Fendi Brown Zucca Mini Spy Shoulder Bag circa Y2K
By Fendi
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This Fendi Brown Zucca Mini Spy Shoulder Bag circa Y2K is a stylish and iconic accessory that
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Black Spy Bag
FENDI Limited Edition Spy Bag Exotic Velvet Hand-Embroidery Crystals FW 2005
By Fendi
Located in Switzerland, CH
The Fendi Spy Bag is popular among celebrities like Bella Hadid, Rihanna, Paris and Nikki Hilton
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Fendi Limited Edition Black Patent Leather Beaded Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Bala Cynwyd, PA
This limited edition Fendi Spy bag features a single flap closure, woven leather handles, and an
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Fendi Black Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Fendi model Spy bag in black leather. Flap closure, internally very large. Double handle in woven
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Fendi Black croco print Spy bag
By Fendi
Located in Capri, IT
Fendi Black black croco print Spy bag Passepartout leather bag with rolled leather handles top
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Fendi Black Leather Spy Bag Hobo 1130f21
By Fendi
Located in Dix hills, NY
Date Code/Serial Number: 2415-8BR511-RQ1-089 Made In: Italy Measurements: Length: 19" Width: 5" Height: 13" Handle Drop: 4.5" OVERALL GOOD minus CONDITION ( 6.75/10 or B- ) Sign...
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Fendi Viole Satin Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Capri, IT
This gorgeous Fendi Violet Sequined Satin Small Spy Bag is popular among celebrities like Paris and
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2000s FENDI Multicolour Embelished Floral Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
"FENDI Multicolour Embelished Floral Spy Bag This FENDI Spy Bag is in Very Good Pre-Owned
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Fendi Zucca Spy Bag with Croc-Embossed Handle
By Fendi
Located in Amman, JO
Fendi Zucca Spy Bag with Croc-Embossed Handle This authentic Fendi Spy bag is one of the brand’s
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Vintage Fendi Zucca Spion (Spy) black leather bag, 2000s
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Fendi bag. Model: Zucca Spion (Spy). One big comparetment. Period: 2000s Condition: good
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FENDI Spy Bag Black Croco Leather Large Women Tote Italy
By Fendi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fendi Black Croco Print Leather Large Spy Bag. The Fendi Spy Bag is an Iconic "It" Women Bag from
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Fendi Vintage Black Leather Spy Bag Women's Tote Circa 1980s-1990s
By Fendi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fendi Black Leather Large Spy Bag. The Fendi Spy Bag is an Iconic "It" Women Bag from the 1980s
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UNWORN Fendi Spy Bag Floral Hand-Embroidery Hand-Painted Black Crystals 2005
By Fendi
Located in Switzerland, CH
The Fendi Spy Bag is popular among celebrities like Bella Hadid, Rihanna, Paris and Nikki Hilton
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Fendi Squirrel Velvet Purple Sparkle Suede Metallic Embroidered Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fendi squirrel velvet purple sparkle suede metallic embroidered spy bag. Embroidered black velvet
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Fendi Black Satin Baby Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Turn heads each time you wear this unique Baby Spy Bag by Fendi. It is crafted from satin with
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Fendi Black/Gold Sequin Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This chic Spy bag is from Fendi. The bag is crafted from satin, velvet and sequins and features two
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Fendi Black Leather Spy Hobo Bag
By Fendi
Located in Orlando, FL
The Spy hobo bag features a leather body, rolled knitted handle, exterior front flap pocket, top
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Fendi Black Nappa Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Montreal, Quebec
First eddition signature hobo bag by Fendi is made of nappa leather and features a fold over flap
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Vintage Black Alligator "Spy" Bag - Handbag
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage black alligator pocketbook- coined the "spy" bag due to the clever sliding and locking
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Fendi Denim Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very good condition Fendi Denim Spy Bag The Fendi Spy bag was once the biggest it-bag of it-bag
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Spy Bag Leather, crafted from black Leather, features spiked braided woven leather
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Spy Bag Leather, crafted from black leather, features spiked braided woven leather
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Fendi Spy Bag Patent
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Patent showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Patent
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Patent Exterior Material: Patent Leather Exterior Color: Black Interior
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Fendi Spy Bag Patent
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 8.5", Width 12", Depth 6" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Patent Exterior Material: Patent Leather
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Fendi Spy Bag Patent
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 8.5", Width 12", Depth 6" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Patent Exterior Material: Patent Leather
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Crafted in
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather showcases one of the brand's most popular designs. Constructed
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 11", Width 13", Depth 6" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Leather Exterior Material: Leather
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Measurements: Handle Drop 6", Height 10", Width 13", Depth 5" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Leather Exterior
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 6" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Leather Exterior Material: Leather Exterior
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Fendi Moncler Spy Bag Nylon
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
16.5", Depth 7" Designer: Fendi Model: Moncler Spy Bag Nylon Exterior Material: Nylon Exterior Color
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather Mini
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Spy Bag Leather Mini showcases one of the brand's most popular designs in mini
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Fendi Moncler Spy Bag Nylon
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Drop 7", Height 10.5", Width 17", Depth 6" Designer: Fendi Model: Moncler Spy Bag Nylon Exterior
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather Baby
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Handle Drop 5", Height 7.5", Width 9.5", Depth 5" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Leather Baby Exterior
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Fendi Spy Bag Leather Mini
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Measurements: Handle Drop 4.5", Height 9.5", Width 12", Depth 5" Designer: Fendi Model: Spy Bag Leather Mini
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FENDI ITALY Black grain leather Spy bag purse
By Fendi
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Excellent condition FENDI 100% grain leather Spy bag in black. Large size with engraved logo
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Fendi Leather & Monogram Canvas Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in London, GB
Fendi Leather & Monogram Canvas Spy Bag Bunched detail Gold hardware Oval shape Rough brown
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Fendi Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Spy is an iconic style from Fendi, designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi and released in 2005
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Fendi Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Spy is an iconic style from Fendi, designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi and released in 2005
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Fendi Brown Leather Baby Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Designer bags are ideal companions for ample occasions! Here we have a fashion-meets-functionality piece crafted with precision. It has been equipped with a well-sized interior that ...
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Fendi Dark Brown Leather Large Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Spy bag from Fendi is a classic. The bag is crafted from leather and features two woven
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Fendi Dark Brown Textured Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This chic Spy bag is from Fendi. The bag is crafted from textured leather featuring two woven
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Fendi Dark Brown Leather Large Spy Bag
By Theo Fennell, Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Spy bag from Fendi is a classic. The bag is crafted from leather and features two woven
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Fendi Dark Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Spy bag from Fendi is a classic. The bag is crafted from pebbled leather and features two
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Fendi Dark Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Spy bag from Fendi is a classic. The bag is crafted from pebbled leather and features two
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Fendi Dark Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This chic Spy bag is from Fendi. The bag is crafted from pebbled leather and features two woven
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Fendi Dark Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This chic Spy bag is from Fendi. The bag is crafted from pebbled leather and features two woven
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Fendi Multicolor Embroidered Squirrel Velvet Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This chic Spy bag is from Fendi. The bag is crafted from plush velvet with luxurious embroidery and
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Fendi Multicolor Embroidered Squirrel Velvet Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This chic Spy bag is from Fendi. The bag is crafted from embroidered velvet and foil leather
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Fendi Dark Brown Pebbled Leather Spy Bag
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
This Spy bag from Fendi is a classic. The bag is crafted from pebbled leather and features two
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You are likely to find exactly the vintage or contemporary black spy bag you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. If you’re looking for an option in Black and you’re unable to find the right fit, there are plenty of variations in more. Finding the perfect black spy bag may mean sifting through those that were made during different time periods — popular versions were made as early as the 20th Century and a newer one, made as recently as the 21st Century, can also be found on the site. When shopping for these accessories, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men or unisex today than there are for women.
How Much is a Black Spy Bag?
The price for a black spy bag starts at $240 and tops out at $1,800, and on average, selling for $679.
Fendi for sale on 1stDibs
Like other major European luxury fashion houses, Fendi started small. Adele Casagrande was an Italian creative who loved fashion and sold leather and fur accessories from a tiny workshop she opened in Rome in 1918. However, after marrying Edoardo Fendi in 1925, her business model was altered dramatically. Together, the couple changed the boutique’s name to Fendi and moved into a bigger storefront, which quickly became the favorite shop of women all over Italy’s capital city for furs and leathers, such as handbags, coats and accessories.
As time moved on for Adele and Edoardo, the couple began to distribute more responsibility to their five daughters, who assumed management of the company during the 1950s. Fendi’s audience broadened and its profitability has soared over the years, owing to the brand’s fresh perspective on fashion world happenings and innovative sensibility.
The maison also has a distinctive relationship with old-world Italian craftsmanship. The Selleria bags were the work of master saddlers in Rome, and Fendi partnered with lace artisans in southern Italy as well as craftsmen in the east trained in the intrecciato (intertwined) technique (an idea that Adele introduced during the 1940s), which, in Fendi’s case, sees an interwoven leather fabric integrated in the creation of its handbags, countering leather’s traditional rigidity with a bag that is soft, versatile and fitted with an alluring slouchy curve.
It wasn’t until 1965, however, when a young German designer named Karl Lagerfeld took the creative helm that Fendi became a world-renowned fashion house. In fact, Lagerfeld, who produced four to five collections yearly for the brand, is credited with creating Fendi’s instantly recognizable double-F logo (which stands for “Fun Furs”) in “less than five seconds.” Until Lagerfeld started designing for the brand, fur was a material mostly associated with heavy coats that few people actually wore. Lagerfeld reimagined fur in creative ways, using it as an accent on purses, cuffs on dress sleeves and collars on wool coats.
Over the ensuing years, Fendi has broken into the home-goods market with Fendi Casa and has become synonymous with luxury fashion, producing such pieces as the iconic Baguette, which was rendered ever popular on the television series Sex and the City. In fact, an entire episode during the third season was dedicated to the “original It bag,” a slim accessory tapered in a manner that recalls its namesake, designed in 1997 by Adele and Edoardo’s granddaughter Silvia Venturini Fendi, who was named creative director of accessories three years earlier.
Perhaps just as well known as its vintage Baguette handbags and creative use of fur is the brand’s devotion to its Italian roots. In 2013, Fendi donated more than 2 million euros to restore Rome’s Trevi Fountain, and when it was reopened to visitors, Fendi hosted its Autumn/Winter 2017 show on top of the landmark.
Fendi was a family-controlled brand until 1999 and is now owned by LVMH. In late 2020, British fashion designer Kim Jones was named the house’s artistic director for womens wear.
Find a wide variety of vintage Fendi handbags and purses, clothing and other accessories on 1stDibs.
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An integral part of fashion, handbags and purses have been indispensable accessories ever since we began to carry around personal items. Level of craftsmanship, style and shape matters — from coin purses in ancient Greece to early 20th-century opera bags and onward, handbags have evolved considerably over the years to meet our needs and desires, whether or not you happen to be prioritizing functionality over a flashy exterior.
Once, a single “It” handbag ruled each fashion season. No more. Today, lovers of vintage handbags are savvier and have a wider range of shopping options. Nevertheless, classics created by the likes of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
“It is not a fashion bag — it is a statement bag,” says Mightychic's Debra Kent of Hermès's widely beloved accessories. “When you carry an iconic Hermès bag — Birkin, Kelly, Constance — no one knows how long you have been into this culture or if you are a newbie. Your status is validated immediately.”
First released in 1997, Fendi's Baguette rose to fame along with Carrie Bradshaw, the Sex and the City character portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Recently, the design has seen such a resurgence in popularity that Fendi has reissued it.
They are part of design history, so owning a handbag has meaning. As New York–based fashion historian Sarah C. Byrd says, “You have made the choice to invest in this piece because you understand the value of it in the past and in the future to come.”
From a 1980s Chanel black leather quilted mini buckle bag to the rare Hermès Birkin 30cm Himalayan with diamond hardware to a range of 19th-century bags, find a rich variety of vintage and designer handbags and purses spanning numerous brands on 1stDibs — seasonal “It” designation no longer needed.
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