FASHIONPHILE’s 2026 Resale Report Puts Chanel Searches and Vintage Handbags in Focus

The findings give retailers a view of which names attract curiosity and which generate trading activity within one resale business. The company’s annual report draws on its shopping, search and secondary-market sales data. Its rankings describe FASHIONPHILE’s platform, rather than a census of the entire luxury market.

Search momentum moves beyond the largest houses Chrome Hearts recorded a 372% year-over-year increase in searches, while searches for the Hermès Birkin and Fendi Baguette each rose 215%. Those measures indicate growing interest, not equivalent increases in sales or resale prices.

The report also places the Louis Vuitton Speedy at the top of its most-shopped handbag list. Chanel’s Double Flap ranks second, followed by Prada’s Re-Edition 2005 shoulder bag.

For resale merchants, that distinction is useful: acquisition and merchandising decisions require both demand signals and evidence of what shoppers actually buy. An archival silhouette gains resale value FASHIONPHILE reported a 127% rise in the Fendi Spy bag’s average resale value year over year…