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Rare Fendi Denim Snake Leather Baguette
By Fendi
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Fendi denim/jeans print lurex baguette with details in turquoise snake leather, gold hardware, double F clasp embellished with a natural stone.
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Rare Fendi Fur + Snake leather crystal embellished Baguette Bag
By Fendi
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Fendi baguette in brown and black dyed fur + water snake leather color black, jewellery logo, gold hardware.
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Rare Fendi Baguette in Fur + Snake leather crystal embellished logo
By Fendi
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Fendi baguette in brown and black dyed fur + water snake leather color black, embellished jewellery logo, gold hardware.
Fendi Turquoise Snake Embossed Slingback Platform Sandals Size 37
By Fendi
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These sandals will frame your feet in an elegant manner. Crafted from quality materials, they display a classy design and comfortable insoles.
Fendi White Snake Skin w/ Pink & Yellow Accents Baguette Handbag
By Fendi
Located in Houston, TX
Period: 1990-2000 Lining: chartreuse green satin (looks like silk) and white snake skin Harpers Bazaar has claimed that the Fendi "Baguette" is back with the help of "Sex and the ...
Fendi Peekaboo Monster Blue Lambskin Leather and Snake Skin Top Handle Bag
By Fendi
Located in Kowloon, HK
Color: Blue Material: Lambskin Leather and Snake skin inside Condition: Rank A Overall: Good, few minor defects Surface: Minor Scratches Corners: Minor Scratches Edges: Minor Scr...
Fendi Baguette Denim Shoulder Bag Snake-skin Strap
By Fendi
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Fendi Baguette Denim Shoulder Bag Snake-skin Strap These are professional photos of the actual bag.
FENDI Black Snake Skin Evening Zucca Mini Handbag
By Fendi
Located in San Francisco, CA
FENDI handbag comes in a black snake skin featuring a mini style, stone embellishment, top handle, gold tone hardware, and a snap button closure.
Fendi Baguette Vintage Black Round Beads with Snake Skin Strap
By Fendi
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Fendi Baguette Vintage Black Round Beads with Snake Skin Strap These are professional photos of the actual bag.
Fendi Beaded Flower Design with Lime Green Snake Skin Handbag
By Fendi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fendi handbag with beaded flowers and lime snake skin.
Fendi Black Silk baguette with red snake strap/rhinestone buckle
By Fendi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fendi Black Silk baguette with floral motif in bugle beads.
Fendi Handbag - Cream and Yellow Floral Beaded Snake Skin Baguette
By Fendi
Located in San Francisco, CA
FENDI "Baguette" handbag comes in cream beaded martial with all over yellow flower embroidery and features a flap closure with snakeskin leather strap adorned with silver tone Zucca ...
Black fur, snake pattern leather and branded nylon hand bag FENDI
By Fendi
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black fur, snake pattern leather and branded nylon with wallet attached. Branded nylon lining. Wallet is close with claps and come like the bag flap. Small case for coins on the edge...
Fendi Baguette Rare Vintage Gold Metallic Beaded Snake-skin Trimmed Shoulder Bag
By Fendi
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Fendi Baguette Rare Vintage Gold Metallic Beaded Snake-skin Trimmed Shoulder Bag These are professional photos of the actual bag.
Fendi Black Snake Print Thin Baguette Double Wrap Belt sz 75/ 30"
By Fendi
Located in New York, NY
Fendi Black Snake Print Thin Baguette Double Wrap Belt sz 75/ 30" Made In: Italy Color: Black Hardware: Goldtone Materials: Leather Closure/Opening: Peg Overall Condition: Excellent...
FENDI Spring 2016 Size 34 Lamb Deer Leather Snakeskin Studded Monster Jacket
By Fendi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fendi Lamb, Deer and Water Snake (Python) Leather Moto Jacket from the Spring 2016 Menswear Collection featuring hues of Grey, Blue and Beige, allover iconic monster eye design with ...
Fendi Snake Skin Clutch Handbag
By Fendi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fendi clutch handbag with genuine snake skin from the 90s.
Fendi Baguette Brown Python Leather Snake Print
By Fendi
Located in AUBERVILLIERS, FR
Fendi Baguette Brown Python Leather with Snake Print.
Fendi by Karl Lagerfeld Maxi Baguette Snake Skin Shoulder Bag – Spring 2008
By Fendi
Located in Boca Raton, FL
An iconic piece from Fendi’s Spring 2008 runway collection, this oversized baguette bag is a stunning example of the brand’s artistry and innovation in exotic leatherwork. Crafted fr...
Fendi Rare 1990s Beaded Baguette Bag
By Fendi
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Feel nothing but fabulous with this Fendi! Circa 1990s, this rare Fendi hand-beaded baguette features a colorful tribal motif and a Fendi logo magnetic closure.
Fendi Coral Snake Skin Embosed Pump
By Fendi
Located in Narberth, PA
Coral Snake Skin Embosed Pump Size UK 39 (Equates to US 8-8.5) Wooden detailed Heel 4.75" Inch Heel 3" Inch Sole Width Leather Upper, Leather Lining, Leather Sole
Fendi Ff Beige Canvas Snakers (7 US)
By Fendi
Located in Montreal, Quebec
COLOR: Beige MATERIAL: Canvas SIZE: 7 US COMES WITH: Dust bag CONDITION: New Made in Italy
Fendi grey snake leather Monster Charm' backpack key chain
By Fendi
Located in Paris, FR
Fendi grey python leather Monster Charm' backpack key chain never used. With box
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Fendi Hobo Bag
By Fendi
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Fendi Black Snake Skin Hobo Bag with Yellow Gold Hardware and Magnetic Closure.
Fendi Reversible Broadtail Jacket with Chinchilla Fur Collar
By Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Fendi Luxurious Reversible Broadtail to Snake Embossed Leather Jacket with wide Genuine Chinchilla collar It reverses from broadtail to leather and the wide collar is the same on...
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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