Balenciaga Price Increase History, 2022 to 2026
A Le Cagole was €1,790 in 2022. It is €1,950 today, +9%. Every price we can cite, size by size and market by market, and what that leaves you deciding.
A Le Cagole cost €1,790 in 2022. Today the same size is €1,950: +9%, or €160 out of pocket if you waited. That is roughly 2% a year, compounding. The year that stung was 2023, +9% in one go.
Balenciaga does not publish a price history. This page is built only from dated records in our database: archived balenciaga.com product pages (4 exact-product series) and dated price lists published at the time. Every figure below is one size in one currency, never an average of the two, because a 25 and a 35 are different bags with different buyers. Where a list did not say which size it priced, the row says so rather than guessing. Sources are at the foot of the page.
Euros. Brand-site product records, Italy market.
Le Cagole
It went from €1,790 in 2022 to €1,950 in 2026, +9%. In USD the Small ran $2,550 to $2,590 over 2023-2026, +2%. What it costs today in every market, what the used ones fetch, and the trend size by size: Le Cagole price page.
| Size | First cited | Latest cited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size not stated (EUR, brand site) | €1,790 (2022) | €1,950 (2026) | +9% |
| Medium (EUR) | €1,790 (2022) | €2,400 (2025) | +34% |
| Small (USD) | $2,550 (2023) | $2,590 (2026) | +2% |
Hourglass
In 2022 the XS was €1,890. By 2026 it had reached €2,150, +14% — climbing quicker than the Le Cagole, 3% a year against 2%. In GBP the Small ran £1,450 to £2,090 over 2021-2026, +44%. Today's price in every market, and the resale median beside it: Hourglass price page.
| Size | First cited | Latest cited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS (EUR, brand site) | €1,890 (2022) | €2,150 (2026) | +14% |
| Medium (EUR) | €2,300 (2023) | €2,450 (2024) | +7% |
| Small (GBP) | £1,450 (2021) | £2,090 (2026) | +44% |
| XS (GBP) | £1,350 (2022) | £1,850 (2026) | +37% |
| Mini (GBP) | £835 (2022) | £975 (2024) | +17% |
| Medium (GBP) | £2,150 (2023) | £2,300 (2024) | +7% |
Le City
The Medium has taken on $555 since 2014 — $1,695 then, $2,250 now, +33%. See where it sits now, new and used: Le City price page.
Ville
Between 2018 and 2025 it moved $1,750 to $2,150, +23%. Current prices market by market, plus the used market: Ville price page.
Everyday
The XS went from €950 in 2023 to €1,050 in 2025, +11%. In USD the XS ran $995 to $1,095 over 2018-2020, +10%. In GBP the XS ran £875 to £950 over 2023-2025, +9%. The 2025 print comes in under 2024, which reads as a different configuration rather than a cut. What it costs today in every market, what the used ones fetch, and the trend size by size: Everyday price page.
| Size | First cited | Latest cited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS (EUR, brand site) | €950 (2023) | €1,050 (2025) | +11% |
| Petit (EUR) | €1,050 (2023) | €1,150 (2025) | +10% |
| XS (EUR) | €950 (2023) | €1,050 (2025) | +11% |
| Medium (EUR) | €750 (2023) | €850 (2024) | +13% |
| XS (USD) | $995 (2018) | $1,095 (2020) | +10% |
| XS (GBP) | £875 (2023) | £950 (2025) | +9% |
Crush
In 2022 it was €2,250. By 2025 it had reached €2,650, +18% — climbing quicker than the Le Cagole, 6% a year against 2%. In GBP the XS ran £1,500 to £1,700 over 2023-2026, +13%. The 2024 print dips below 2023, so take 2026 as the endpoint. Today's price in every market, and the resale median beside it: Crush price page.
| Size | First cited | Latest cited | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size not stated (EUR, brand site) | €2,250 (2022) | €2,650 (2025) | +18% |
| XS (GBP) | £1,500 (2023) | £1,700 (2026) | +13% |
Euros, one size per line; each line is that model's best-documented size.
What this means if you are shopping now
The house has not moved its models together: the Hourglass Small is up +44% since 2021 while the Le Cagole Small has taken +2% since 2023, so which one you choose matters as much as when you buy.
What owners actually say
Price is one half of the decision. Here is the other, drawn from the owner reviews we collect:
**Le Cagole** (4.23/5 from 3 reviews) — it's light as a feather despite all the hardware and fits more than you'd expect, though owners note the shoulder strap can slip and some report a strong leather smell.
**Hourglass** (4.25/5 from 4 reviews) — i love the structured croc-stamped look and versatile straps, but the small size won't fit sunglasses alongside my wallet, phone and keys.
**Le City** (4.14/5 from 9 reviews) — the Blackout mini goes with everything and is the perfect day-to-night size, but the classic studs read too edgy and grungy for me and the version names are confusing.
What you get back
Retail is only the price going in. These are the median asking prices across the live resale listings we track, against the newest retail figure we can cite for the same model:
| Model | Median asking (USD) | Newest cited retail | Share of retail | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le City | $1,954 | $2,250 (2026) | 87% | 128 |
| Everyday | $799 | $1,095 (2020) | 73% | 36 |
| Le Cagole | $1,642 | $2,590 (2026) | 63% | 84 |
| Ville | $795 | $2,150 (2025) | 37% | 11 |
The Le City holds best of the models here, asking about 87% of its newest cited retail across 128 listings. Asking prices are not sold prices, and a bag listed at 90% of retail may sit for months — but the ranking is a fair guide to which of these the secondhand market actually wants.
"1 of the 3 years since 2022 brought an increase on the Le Cagole. None of them were announced in advance."
New is only half the question. Each price page above puts the current resale median next to retail, which is where you find out whether the size you want is worth buying used. Our Balenciaga analytics view charts the official-record models in euros.
Questions people ask
- How much is a Balenciaga Le Cagole in 2026?
- Latest cited retail prices: Le Cagole: €1,950 (2026); Hourglass XS: €2,150 (2026). Retail list prices; see each model's price page for every market.
- How much has Balenciaga raised prices?
- The Le Cagole went from €1,790 in 2022 to €1,950 in 2026, +9%, about 2% a year compounded.
- When does Balenciaga raise prices?
- Without warning, and usually more than once a year somewhere in the world. The Le Cagole rose in 1 of the 3 years between 2022 and 2026; the largest step was 2023 (+9%).
- Which Balenciaga bag has increased the most?
- The Hourglass Small, up +44% between 2021 and 2026. The gentlest was the Le Cagole Small at +2% since 2023 — a reminder that a house does not raise every model at the same rate.
Sources
- balenciaga.com product page, Crush (Germany market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Crush (Germany market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Crush (Germany market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Everyday (Belgium market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Hourglass (Spain market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Hourglass (Spain market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Hourglass (Spain market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Le Cagole (Italy market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Le Cagole (Italy market, archived)
- balenciaga.com product page, Le Cagole (Italy market, archived)
- Balenciaga.com, Crush price reference (balenciaga.com)
- Balenciaga.com, Crush price reference (balenciaga.com)
- delisted listing (archived), Crush price reference (balenciaga.com)
- Balenciaga.com, Crush price reference (balenciaga.com)
- delisted listing (archived), Crush price reference (balenciaga.com)
- Balenciaga.com, Crush price reference (balenciaga.com)
Prices are retail list prices in the currency shown, before sales tax in the US and including VAT in Europe. Editorial lists are dated snapshots and a year's figure is the median of that year's cited prints. 23 cited series were left out because they end below where they start or rise faster than 20% a year, which for a house that only raises prices means the source lists covered different configurations; they remain in the database. This page is regenerated from the database after each price change.
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