Versace White Leather Palazzo Empire Bag
By Versace
Located in Gazzaniga (BG), IT
Beautiful Versace Palazzo Empire bag Leather White color Decorative "Medusa" Two handles Can be carried crossbody (2 different available) Internal zip pocket, additional pocket and ...
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VERSACE Palazzo Empire Mini Limited Edition grey crystal crossbody bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Empire Mini Limited Edition grey crystal crossbody bag Reference: CNLE/A00151 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Empire Mini Material: Leather Color: G...
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VERSACE PALAZZO PERFORATED LEATHER TOTE Bag
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Palazzo leather tote. Made in Italy. Two top handles Detachable shoulder strap Fully lined Depth: 16 cm, Handle: 15 cm, Width: 33 cm, Height: 22 cm, Strap: 52 cm Pre...
Versace Neon Pink Patent Leather Palazzo Camera Crossbody Bag
By Versace
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Practical and chic are some words that describe this bag Crafted meticulously the creation is equipped with a well spaced interior and an easy to carry experience. Carry it to casual...
VERSACE PALAZZO WHITE LEATHER TOTE BAG w/ GOLD-TONE HARDWARE
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Versace Palazzo leather tote in white Two top handles Detachable shoulder strap Fully lined Black satin interior Two inner pockets Gold-tone Medusa hardware Made in Italy....
New VERSACE PALAZZO OVERSIZED SHOULDER BAG IN POWDER PINK DEER LEATHER
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE PALAZZO SHOULDER BAG Crafted in a sophisticated silhouette, this oversized shoulder bag is a chic way to tote the essentials. 100% Deer skin 16" x 16" x 6" Ma...
Versace Palazzo Empire Bag
By Versace
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Versace presents an elevated take on their classic Palazzo handbag with this wonderful navy blue addition with a removable crossbody strap.
Gianni Versace Gold Medusa Palazzo Tote
By Gianni Versace
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Sophisticated and luxe, this bag from Versace definitely needs to be on your wishlist. The bag is crafted from leather in a lovely gold metallic shade and it features a structured si...
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa emblem black saffiano leather zip pouch clutch
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa emblem black saffiano leather zip pouch clutch Reference: TGAS/C00128 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Material: Leather Color: Black, Gold Pattern: ...
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca pocket backpack bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca pocket backpack bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Medusa backpack Material: Nylon Color: Black Pattern: ...
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag-
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag- Reference: TGAS/E00761 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collection: ...
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather silver zip wristlet clutch bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather silver zip wristlet clutch bag Reference: TGAS/E00767 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collection:...
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag-
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag- Reference: TGAS/E00763 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collection: ...
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H 10.63 in W 9.06 in D 0.2 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black geometric quilted nylon crossbody messenger bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black geometric quilted nylon crossbody messenger bag Reference: TGAS/C00839 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DL28120S DNYL2V D41 Col...
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H 10.63 in W 9.06 in D 0.2 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black geometric quilted nylon crossbody messenger bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black geometric quilted nylon crossbody messenger bag Reference: TGAS/C00838 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DL28120S DNYL2V D41 Col...
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather silver zip wristlet clutch bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather silver zip wristlet clutch bag Reference: TGAS/D00832 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collection:...
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag-
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag- Reference: TGAS/E00750 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collection: ...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Palazzo nylon backpack Material: Nylon; leat...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Palazzo nylon backpack Material: Nylon; leat...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Palazzo nylon backpack Material: Nylon; leat...
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa blue nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa blue nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Palazzo nylon backpack Material: Nylon; leath...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Palazzo nylon backpack Material: Nylon; leat...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black nylon Greca stitch front pocket backpack Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Palazzo nylon backpack Material: Nylon; leat...
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa emblem black saffiano leather zip pouch clutch
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa emblem black saffiano leather zip pouch clutch Reference: TGAS/C00128 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Material: Leather Color: Black Patte...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa navy blue nylon Greca pocket backpack bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa navy blue nylon Greca pocket backpack bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Medusa backpack Material: Nylon Color: Blue Patter...
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H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
new VERSACE black Palazzo Medusa Greca nylon stitching pocket backpack bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE black Palazzo Medusa Greca nylon stitching pocket backpack bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Medusa backpack Material: Nylon Color: Black...
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H 7.09 in W 9.85 in D 2.37 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa navy nylon Greca stitch pocket crossbody belt bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa navy nylon Greca stitch pocket crossbody belt bag Reference: TGAS/C00192 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DFB7588S DNYL2Y K83 Collect...
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H 7.09 in W 9.85 in D 2.37 in
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa navy nylon Greca stitch pocket crossbody belt bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa navy nylon Greca stitch pocket crossbody belt bag Reference: TGAS/C00191 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DFB7588S DNYL2Y K83 Collect...
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather gold zip wristlet clutch bag Reference: TGAS/D00831 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collectio...
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather silver zip wristlet clutch bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Palazzo Medusa black lambskin leather silver zip wristlet clutch bag Reference: TGAS/D00833 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP88507 DVT8ME 1B00E Collect...
Subversive, maximalist and unabashedly seductive, Gianni Versace’s (1946–97) designs infused high fashion with an entirely new ethos. “I don’t believe in good taste,” the legendary Italian couturier once explained. Instead, he had a sexy good time with fashion — as he did with life. Today, vintage Versace clothing, handbags and other accessories look astonishingly fresh and freshly relevant.
More than any designer before him, Versace mined celebrity, music and Pop art for inspiration. In fact, the New York Times noted in 1997 that the fashion industry “is now driven by contemporary culture because Mr. Versace made it that way.”
Insiders consider his 1991/1992 Autumn/Winter runway show — which featured supermodels Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista lip-synching George Michael’s “Freedom! '90” — the moment when the two worlds of fashion and pop culture became one, changing both forever.
Versace was born in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. His mother was a successful dressmaker who employed more than 40 seamstresses. As a child, little Gianni marveled at her workshop, which would become a university of sorts, where he learned the exceptional construction techniques that were at the foundation of his creative expression.
In 1972, at age 25, Versace moved to Milan to work in fashion. He launched his first collection — and his label — in 1978, with his older brother Santo managing the business concerns. Soon, sister Donatella, whom Gianni dressed and took to discos when she was still a child, joined the family venture, where she had a creative role and managed enormously popular ready-to-wear lines such as Versus.
Vintage Versace — and Gianni Versace Couture, which debuted in 1989 — has become catnip for modern fashion enthusiasts who seek out the now-iconic house codes that originated in the designs of the 1980s and 1990s. His glamorous and seductive apparel — the clingy skirts and slender, strappy party dresses, as well as the erotic magazine ads that publicized them — looms large, but Versace’s art and historical influences were also vast.
Versace was an art collector, and he took on commissions to create costumes for theatrical performances during the 1980s and spoke of looking to numerous cultures for inspiration. This adventurous spirit of design resulted in his creating jewel-toned prints rooted in Grecian motifs, Etruscan symbols, the Italian Baroque and Andy Warholʼs Marilyn Monroe. There were slinky dresses in Oroton, his patented chain-mail textile that draped like satin, and leather bondage ensembles. Sex sold, for both women and men. Wrote the late curator Richard Martin, “[Versace] became the standard-bearer of gay men’s fashion because he eschewed decorum and designed for desire.”
Following Versace’s tragic murder in 1997, Donatella took over the role of artistic director and continued to evolve the house codes with a twist of her feminine and feminist perspective. Today, Santo Versace is chief executive officer of Versace and Donatella is its chief creative officer.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Versace evening dresses, handbags, day dresses, accessories and more 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.