Fendi Vintage Oyster FF Print Unisex Hobo Bag with Adjustable Strap
By Fendi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fendi FF print shoulder Oyster bag. Zucca FF print shoulder hobo bag. Fendi Oyster vintage
Fendi Vintage Oyster FF Print Unisex Hobo Bag with Adjustable Strap
By Fendi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fendi FF print shoulder Oyster bag. Zucca FF print shoulder hobo bag. Fendi Oyster vintage
Fendi Zucca Oyster Bag
By Fendi
Located in Roslyn, NY
Tan Zucca canvas. Gold-tone hardware. Zip closure at top. Tan leather trim. Exterior zip pocket at side. Single flat shoulder strap with buckle adjustments. Tan woven lining and zip ...
Fendi Vintage 2002 Zucca Logo Beige Black Oyster Bag
By Fendi
Located in Toronto, ON
Fendi Vintage 2002 Zucca Logo Beige Black Oyster Bag. Zippered top, leather shoulder strap
Vintage FENDI Wood Embellished Tiger Print Oyster Shoulder bag
By Fendi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare vintage FENDI "Oyster" bag in a light brown tiger print velvet and features a wood panel
Fendi Blue Canvas Oyster Bag
By Fendi
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Fendi bag in blue and gray logoed canvas, with handle and leather details. Zip closure, internally
Fendi Zucca Print Mini Oyster Shoulder Bag
By Fendi
Located in Amman, JO
Fendi Zucca Print Mini Oyster Shoulder Bag, features a Leather lining, single adjustable shoulder
Fendi Wood Paneled Oyster Hobo Bag - '00s
By Fendi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Fendi Wood Paneled Oyster Hobo Bag offers a unique combination of wood panelling, suede fabric
FENDI Italian Black Suede OYSTER BAG Shoulder Bag HOBO Purse w/ STUDS FM
By Fendi
Located in Rome, Rome
- 1 zip pocket on the side - Black canvas internal lining Logos & Tags.'FENDI - made in Italy
Fendi Oyster Bag Printed Canvas
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Oyster Bag Printed Canvas Exterior Material: Canvas Plain Exterior Color: Brown Interior Material
Fendi Oyster Bag Printed Canvas
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Oyster Bag Printed Canvas Exterior Material: Canvas Plain Exterior Color: Brown Interior Material
Fendi Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Height 7.5", Width 9.5", Depth 0.5" Designer: Fendi Model: Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small Exterior
Fendi Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small Exterior Material: Canvas Plain Exterior Color: Blue Interior Material
Fendi Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small Exterior Material: Canvas Plain Exterior Color: Blue Interior Material
Fendi Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
: Oyster Bag Zucchino Canvas Small Exterior Material: Canvas Plain Exterior Color: Blue Interior Material
Fendi Oyster Bag Leather Large
Located in NY, NY
Measurements: Handle Drop 6.5", Height 11", Width 12", Depth 3" Designer: Fendi Model: Oyster Bag Leather Large
Fendi Tobacco/Beige Zucca Canvas and Calfhair Small Oyster Hobo
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Carry a creation of wonder in your arms by choosing this Fendi Oyster bag which has been
Fendi Zucchino Canvas Oyster mini Bag
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
Brown Fendi Oyster mini bag with silver-tone hardware, leather trim, flat shoulder strap, black
Fendi Selleria Oyster Bag Leather Medium
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
", Width 12", Depth 1" Designer: Fendi Model: Selleria Oyster Bag Leather Medium Exterior Material: Leather
Fendi Selleria Oyster Bag Leather Medium
By Fendi
Located in NY, NY
Oyster Bag Leather Medium Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Color: Brown Interior Material: Suede
Fendi Denim FF Zucca Logo Zucchino Oyster Bag
By Fendi
Located in Toronto, ON
Fendi Denim FF Zucca Logo Zucchino Oyster Bag. Dark espresso brown leather, silvertone metal
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W 13.78 in D 0.79 in L 11.82 in
Vintage Authentic Fendi Animal Printed Oyster Shoulder Bag w Dust Bag MEDIUM
By Fendi
Located in Orlando, FL
The Oyster shoulder bag features a canvas body, a flat leather strap, a top zip closure, and an
Fendi Brown Canvas Fabric Animal Printed Oyster Shoulder Bag Italy
By Fendi
Located in Orlando, FL
The Oyster shoulder bag features a canvas body, a flat leather strap, a top zip closure, and an
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W 10.24 in D 1.19 in L 9.06 in
Vintage Authentic Fendi Blue Dark Denim Fabric Oyster Bag Italy MEDIUM
By Fendi
Located in Orlando, FL
The Oyster bag features a denim body, flat leather strap, and a top zip closure. It carries as AB
CHANEL black leather 2022 22C DUBAI BEECHWOOD VANITY Shoulder Bag
By Chanel
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Chanel Small Vanity bag in beige beechwood with black leather trims and antique gold-tone hardware. Rare limited edition. Opens with a logo clasp closure and is lined ...
Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse Khaki Green Monogram Graffiti Keepall 50
By Stephen Sprouse, Louis Vuitton
Located in Oakland, CA
Louis Vuitton Keepall 50 Stephen Sprouse Monogram Graffiti in Khaki and Green. The bag is in very good condition, llightly used. There is a small spot on the poignet and some light m...
1990s Vintage GUCCI Nubuck Pigskin Leather Saddle Camera Bag Khaki Unisex
By Gucci
Located in Bangkok, TH
This vintage GUCCI saddle camera bag is crafted of nubuck and pigskin leather in khaki featuring matte gold toned hardware. Front flap double magnetic snap closure decorated with a s...
$444
H 5.5 in W 1.5 in L 9 in
Vintage 1950's French Floral Beaded Clutch Bag 1950's Beaded floral handbag
Located in Nashville, TN
A true beauty to behold, this original 1950's micro beaded clutch bag, rendered in the smallest iridescent white rocaille beads, accented by a raised scalloped pattern throughout, in...
Prada Canvas and Leather Bowling Bag
By Prada
Located in New York, NY
Miuccia Prada's elegant take on the American bowling bag rendered in red pebbled leather and brown cotton canvas. ID tag and lock included. Wonderful detailing. 12" x 10" high x 5" w...
UNWORN Christian Dior by John Galliano 2001 Chris 1947 Cadillac Denim Saddle Bag
By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior
Located in Switzerland, CH
A very rare Cadillac denim bag designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior Fall 2001 collection Featured on the runway and in the AD campaign Special piece, produced in a very limit...
Celine Ava Alphabet Logo Unisex Bag in Black Leather
By Celine
Located in PUTNEY, NSW
Celine 2021 Ava Logo Bag Description Celine Shoulder Bag From the Fall 2021 Collection by Hedi Slimane Black Leather Graphic Print Silver-Tone Hardware Single Shoulder Strap Suede L...
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Fendi Baguette Selleria Suede Leather Crossbody Bag Medium Teal Blue
By Fendi
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Experience luxury and style with the Fendi Baguette in durable calfskin Leather Crossbody Bag. Crafted from calfskin leather with selleria white stitching, this incredibly light bag ...
Fendi 1990s Purple Suede Baguette Shoulder Bag with Gold Hardware
By Fendi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fendi Circa 1990s Purple Suede & Gold-Tone Baguette Shoulder Bag. FENDI Suede Calfskin Shoulder Mini Bag in Purple. The handbag features two leather adjustable looping shoulder strap...
HERMES black Box leather BOLIDE 35 Bag GHW
By Hermès
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Hermès Bolide 35 in black Box leather featuring gold-tone hardware. Lined in black lambskin. Has been carried and is in excellent condition. Comes with canvas shoulder...
GIVENCHY black leather ANTIGONA MEDIUM Tote Bag
By Givenchy
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Givenchy Antigona Medium duffle bag in black goatskin. Opens with a oversized silver-tone zipper on top and is lined in black canvas with one zipper pocket against the...
CELINE Cypress green CROCODILE MEDIUM CLASP Shoulder Bag
By Celine
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Céline Medium Clasp Bag IN Cypress green crocodile and gold-tone hardware. Lined in cypress green lambskin and divided in three compartments with a zipper pocket in th...
Prada shoulder bag in Nylon + Leather
By Prada
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Prada bag in tessuto + leather color brown, silver hardware. Condition: Good, to note: some spots on the bottom of the bag. Measurements: 23cm x 19cm x 12cm
Fendi Baguette Mirror Embroidery
By Fendi
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Rare Fendi Baguette Mirror / Beads Embroidery bag in black canvas with multicolor beads throughout, silver hardware. Condition: Really good. Packing/accessories: Dustbag. Measurem...
PRADA ivory leather DEERKSIN Hobo Bag Vietello Daino
By Prada
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Prada hobo bag in cream Vitello Daino deerskin leather with a brown shoulder-strap featuring gold-tone hardware and logo lettering. Opens with a zipper a zipper on top...
Fendi Baguette Medium Shearling Vitello Dolce Marco FF 1974 Tobacco Brown Zucca
By Fendi
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Fendi Baguette Medium Shearling Vitello Dolce Marco FF 1974 Tobacco Black Brown Zucca These are professional photos of the actual bag. Carry it by hand, on the shoulder, or across ...
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.
Ever since we’ve needed an accessory to carry our personal items when we’re on the go, shoulder bags have proven indispensable. Today, vintage and designer shoulder bags are such a treasured part of fashion history that they even get their own museum exhibitions. And while lovers of luxury handbags and purses are savvier now and have a wider range of shopping options, classics created by brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
Prior to bags becoming an essential piece of any ensemble for any gender, women wore pockets strung on ribbons as garments that were separate from their gowns, accessible by openings in the fabric. Small handbags and handheld purses were developed before the accessory gained importance as functional and fashionable. Most had more in common with wallets than anything else.
While the bags of the 16th century warranted ornament, such as exteriors embroidered with silver-gilt thread and beads, it wasn’t until the late 18th century and early 19th century that the design and craft of bags had really broadened. Handheld purses were finished with details that were meant to garner attention, and bags were fitted with shoulder straps. A stylish shoulder bag meant that women could tote jewelry, cash and perhaps a decorative snuff box full of tobacco to an evening ball across town.
The early 1900s saw the introduction of gold and silver minaudières. The patenting of these compact bejeweled clutches has been attributed to revered French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels, and today they remain a fashion favorite. One of Judith Leiber’s innovative minaudières even earned a role in the movie Sex and the City.
A luxury shoulder bag is a work of art with a long, fascinating origin story, and entire brands and fashion lines have emerged around creating the perfect versions of shoulder bags and top-handle bags. For example, the iconic Hermès Kelly bag, which was popularized by actress Grace Kelly, is a widely coveted, collected and often faked entry from the handbag hall of fame. And while vintage Gucci tote bags have their own dedicated fan base, collectors are likely familiar with the Dionysus, a pared-down Gucci shoulder bag that manages to make a substantial statement anyway.
Embrace a classic look with a vintage shoulder bag designed by Chanel, Givenchy or Fendi — find yours on 1stDibs today.
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.