Fendi Mia Metallic Leather Clutch Beige
By Fendi
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnificent Fendi Mia clutch in beige metallic leather with gold-tone hardware. Compact and elegant
Fendi Mia Metallic Leather Clutch Beige
By Fendi
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnificent Fendi Mia clutch in beige metallic leather with gold-tone hardware. Compact and elegant
FENDI Grande Mia Pebbled Leather Nappa Chain Shoulder Bag
By Fendi
Located in Tampa, FL
This is an authentic FENDI Grande Mia Pebbled Leather Nappa Chain Shoulder Bag. This bag is done in
Fendi Mia Flap Bag
By Fendi
Located in London, GB
* Cognac brown calf leather * Ruched detailing * Iconic FF logo plaque * Leather and chain-link shoulder strap * Foldover top with magnetic fastening * Internal zip-fastening pocket ...
Fendi Small Mia Shoulder Bag
By Fendi
Located in Amman, JO
Fendi Small Mia Shoulder Bag, Features FF Logo, Black Zucca Canvas, Patent Leather Intertwined
Fendi Black Leather Large Drummed Mia Tote
By Fendi
Located in London, GB
used Fendi designer resale item. Details Model: Mia Black Leather Medium tote bag
Fendi Glitter Brown Zucca Canvas Large Mia Tote
By Fendi
Located in Amman, JO
Fendi Glitter Brown Zucca Canvas Large Mia Tote, Features an FF label's plaque in the front, a dual
Fendi 8M0251H8 Signature Logo Zucca Mia Clutch Wallet Tobacco
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
We guarantee this is an authentic FENDI Zucca Mia Clutch Wallet Tobacco or 100% of your money back
Fendi Zucca Small Mia Brown Tote Women's Bag 8BR674G1
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
Founded in 1925 as a family-owned fur and leather-goods shop in Rome, Fendi has grown into an icon
Fendi Zuka 8BR675G1E Mia Ring Lizard-trimmed Zucca Large Tote
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
We guarantee this is an authentic FENDI Zucca Mia Tote Tobacco or 100% of your money back. This
Fendi Cheetah Leopard Pony Hair Mia Flap Mama Forever s331f53
By Fendi
Located in Dix hills, NY
Fendi Cheetah Leopard Pony Hair Mia Flap Mama Forever s331f53 Date Code/Serial Number: 2373-8BR614
Fendi Zucca 'FF' Monogram Canvas Mia Agenello Bag Logo printed soft body canvas
By Fendi
Located in London, GB
Fendi Zucca 'FF' Monogram Canvas Mia Agenello Bag Logo printed soft body canvas bag with brown
Fendi Tobacco Brown Zucca Borsa Mia Tote Bag
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
Fendi Tobacco Brown Zucca Borsa Mia Tote Features woven straps Made In: Italy Color: Brown
Fendi Tobacco Zucca Canvas and Patent Leather Mia Flap Handbag
By Fendi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fendi Tobacco Zucca Canvas and Patent Leather Mia Flap Handbag. Complete a winning look with this
Fendi Mia Tote Velvet Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Velvet Small, crafted from blue velvet, features woven-in leather chain handles
Fendi Mia Tote Embroidered Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Embroidered Canvas Small, crafted in neutral embroidered canvas, features woven
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large, crafted from brown zucca canvas, features woven-in leather
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Printed Fabric
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Flap Bag Printed Fabric, crafted from black, brown, neutral fabric, features an
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Printed Fabric
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Flap Bag Printed Fabric, crafted from black, brown, neutral fabric, features an
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large, crafted from brown zucca canvas, features woven-in leather
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large, crafted from brown zucca canvas, features woven-in leather
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large, crafted from brown zucca canvas, features woven-in leather
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Denim Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Denim Large, crafted from blue zucca denim, features woven-in leather
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Small is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from brown
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from brown
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from brown
Fendi Mia Tote Printed Fabric Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Printed Fabric Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from
Fendi Mia Tote Printed Fabric Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Printed Fabric Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from
Fendi Mia Tote Pebbled Leather Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Pebbled Leather Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted in
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from black
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Denim Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Denim Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from blue
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This authentic Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large is feminine yet edgy in design. Crafted from brown
Fendi Mia Tote Canvas with Snakeskin Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Canvas with Snakeskin Large, crafted from neutral canvas, features woven-in
Fendi Mia Tote Shimmer Zucca Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
This Fendi Mia Tote Shimmer Zucca Canvas Small, crafted from gold and silver metallic zucca canvas
Fendi Mia Hobo Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 11", Width 17", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Hobo Leather Exterior Material: Leather
Fendi Mia Tote Leather Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Drop 7.5", Height 9", Width 13.5", Depth 3.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Leather Small Exterior
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 6", Height 9", Width 14", Depth 3.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Handle Drop 6", Height 8", Width 14", Depth 3" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag Leather Exterior
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Width 14", Depth 3.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag Leather Exterior Material: Leather Exterior
Fendi Mia Tote Leather Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Measurements: Handle Drop 7.5", Height 8", Width 12", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Leather Small
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 8", Width 14", Depth 5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag Leather Exterior Material: Leather
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Width 14", Depth 5", Strap Drop 12-24" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag Leather Exterior Material
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Leather
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Width 14", Depth 5", Strap Drop 12-24" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag Leather Exterior Material
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
. Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 12", Width 16.5", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Depth 4.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Small Exterior Material: Canvas (Plain) Exterior
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Printed Fabric
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
. Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 9", Width 14", Depth 5" Designer: Fendi Model
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Zucca Canvas
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Flap Bag Zucca Canvas Exterior Material: Canvas (Plain) Exterior Color: Brown
Fendi Mia Tote Pebbled Leather Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Depth 5.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Pebbled Leather Large Exterior Material: Leather Exterior
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Printed Fabric
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
. Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 7", Height 8", Width 13", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi
Fendi Mia Tote Printed Fabric Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 12", Width 17", Depth 5.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote
Fendi Mia Tote Embossed Leather Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 8", Width 12", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Embossed Leather Small Exterior Material
Fendi Mia Tote Pebbled Leather Medium
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 7", Width 13", Depth 3" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Pebbled Leather Medium Exterior Material
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 12", Width 16", Depth 5.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large Exterior Material
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large Exterior Material: Canvas (Plain) Exterior
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Width 16.5", Depth 6" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large Exterior Material: Canvas
Fendi Mia Tote Embossed Leather Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 8", Width 12", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Embossed Leather Small Exterior Material
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Width 17", Depth 5.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large Exterior Material: Canvas
Fendi Mia Flap Bag Zucca Canvas
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
. Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 6", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi
Fendi Mia Tote Zucca Canvas Large
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 8", Height 11", Width 16", Depth 4" Designer: Fendi Model
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.
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.
Iconic Italian fashion houses Fendi and Versace teamed up on this delightfully outrageous Fendace reimagining.
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.