Saint Laurent, Medium Kate shoulder bag in black
By Saint Laurent
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Saint Laurent, Medium Kate shoulder bag in black grained leather.
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Saint Laurent Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
Saint Laurent Black Smooth Calfskin Studded Heart Medium Kate Chain Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Listing Title: Saint Laurent Black Smooth Calfskin Studded Heart Medium Kate Chain Bag SKU: 152555 Condition: Pre-owned Handbag Condition: Very Good Condition Comments: Item is in v...
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Saint Laurent 2018 Sac Kate Opium Medium YSL Khaki Gold Leather Shoulder Bag
By Hedi Slimane, Saint Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
Saint Laurent Kate, Kate Monogram, or Kate Opium medium-sized bag in quilted khaki and gold leather.
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2010s French Structured Shoulder Bags
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Saint Laurent Monogram Raffia Kate Shoulder Bag Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
SAINT LAURENT MONOGRAM RAFFIA KATE SHOULDER BAG MEDIUM Color: black with gunmetal hardware Material: raffia Style No. 555069 Comes with: dust bag Condition: Very good.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Kate Gold Tassel Suede Medium
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Saint Laurent Kate medium bag with gold-tone chain shoulder strap, perfectly complementing the iconic YSL monogram on the front flap.
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Yves Saint Laurent Medium Leather Kate Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Expertly crafted from Black Embossed Leather, this Yves Saint Laurent Medium Kate Shoulder Bag is adorned with a gourmette chain, metal interlocking YSL and a metallic tassel.
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Saint Laurent Medium Kate Bag - '20s
By Saint Laurent
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Saint Laurent Medium Kate Bag is the perfect accessory for any occasion.
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Saint Laurent Black Leather Logo Kate Medium Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Rome, Rome
The certificate will be provided at no further cost Elegant and unmistakably iconic, the Saint Laurent K'ate - Medium' Shoulder Bag is a refined evening companion that embodies the s...
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YSL Saint Laurent Medium Kate Leather Chain Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
An iconic insignia nods to the Parisian fashion house's heritage on this chic shoulder bag designed in perfect proportions. Retail $2,400. Designer: YSL Saint Laurent Material: 100%...
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SAINT LAURENT emerald green KATE MEDIUM TASSEL EMBOSSED CROC Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Zürich, CH
Saint Laurent 'Monogram Kate Medium' in emerald green crocodile embossed leather with chain tassel.
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SAINT LAURENT leather KATE MEDIUM Shoulder Bag Grain de Poudre ALL BLACK
By Saint Laurent
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Saint Laurent Kate Medium in black Grain De Poudre embossed leather featuring matte black metal chain shoulder strap and YSL initials at front.
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Saint Laurent Medium Reversible Kate Suede, Smooth Leather Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Soft reversible crossbody bag with magnetized flap decorated with metal YSL initials and featuring a chain shoulder strap. Made in Italy. Comes with the original dust bag. Retail pri...
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2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3139 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3135 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3134 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3141 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3140 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3138 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3139 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3136 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
2019 Saint Laurent White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3133 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
YSL Saint Laurent Dark Beige Medium Kate Chain Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
An iconic insignia nods to the Parisian fashion house's heritage on this chic shoulder bag designed in perfect proportions. Retail $2,400. Designer: YSL Saint Laurent Material: 100%...
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2019 Chanel White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate
By Saint Laurent
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
SAINT LAURENT White Grained Calfskin Leather Medium Kate Xupes Reference: HB3139 Serial Number: PMR3640210219 Age (Circa): 2019 Accompanied By: Saint Laurent Dust Bag, Box, Care Boo...
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YSL Kate Medium Tassel In Crocodile-Embossed Leather Beige
By Saint Laurent
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic Saint Laurent kate medium tassel in crocodile embossed leather shoulder bag in Ivory.
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Saint Laurent Grain De Poudre Medium Kate Tassel Satchel
By Saint Laurent
Located in Salt Lake Cty, UT
Authentic, pre-loved Saint Laurent YSL Grain De Poudre medium Classic Monogram Kate Tassel shoulder bag in Ivory.
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Saint Laurent Black Medium Kate Leather Chain Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
An iconic insignia nods to the Parisian fashion house's heritage on this chic shoulder bag designed in perfect proportions. Retail $2,400. Designer: YSL Saint Laurent Material: 100%...
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YSL Saint Laurent Metallic Silver Medium Kate Chain Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Experience exquisite fashion with this YSL Saint Laurent Medium Kate Chain Shoulder Bag. The iconic insignia and silver metallic leather material add a touch of luxury, while the per...
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2010s Italian Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags
Saint Laurent Burgundy Croc Embossed Baby Sac de Jour - New Never Carried
By Hedi Slimane for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Baby meanwhile measures a fairly roomy 26cm x 20.5cm — the same width as Saint Laurent’s medium LouLou bag — making it ‘the perfect bag to carry all of your everyday essentials.
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Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy black-tone shoulder chain, the YSL lo...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy black-tone shoulder chain, the YSL lo...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from durable leather, this Saint Laurent Kate shoulder bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. The bag features a sturdy silver-tone shoulder chain, ...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from high-end leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. The bag features a sturdy black-tone shoulder chain, the YSL l...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
For a look that is complete with style, taste, and a touch of luxe, this designer bag is the perfect addition. Flaunt this beauty on your shoulder and revel in the taste of luxury it...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
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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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Pink Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL log...
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Saint Laurent Red Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The House of Saint Laurent holds a longstanding reputation for crafting upscale, signatory leather goods that remain highly popular and appealing globally. This Kate shoulder bag fro...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL log...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL log...
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Saint Laurent Pink Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy silver-tone shoulder chain, the YSL l...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL log...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Red Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL log...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Red Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL log...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Paris Black Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from high-end leather, this Saint Laurent Kate shoulder bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. The bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, t...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Off White Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from high-end leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. The bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL lo...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Off White Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from high-end leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. The bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chain, the YSL lo...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Red Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Ravishing in red, this Kate Saint Laurent bag is sure to lend you a glamorous look. It has been crafted from leather and styled with a gold-tone 'YSL' logo and a tassel on the front ...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Cream Leather Medium Kate Star Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A charming companion for your next evening party, this Saint Laurent Kate bag is a well-crafted design. It can be carried in a chic way with the chain shoulder strap, and its interio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Off White Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A charming companion for your next evening party, this Saint Laurent Kate bag is a well-crafted design. It can be carried in a chic way with the chain shoulder strap, and its interio...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Off White Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A charming companion for your next evening party, this Saint Laurent Kate bag is a well-crafted design. It can be carried in a chic way with the chain shoulder strap, and its interio...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from black leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. It features a gold-tone YSL logo with a tassel on the front flap ...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from black leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. It features a gold-tone YSL logo with a tassel on the front flap ...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from black leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. It features a gold-tone YSL logo with a tassel on the front flap ...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from black leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. It features a gold-tone YSL logo with a tassel on the front flap ...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Crinkled Leather Medium Kate Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
For a look that is complete with style, taste, and a touch of luxe, this designer bag is the perfect addition. Flaunt this beauty on your shoulder and revel in the taste of luxury it...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Kate Monograme Medium Embellished Leather Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Saint Laurent Kate Monogramme Medium embellished leather shoulder bag.
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21st Century and Contemporary Structured Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black Patent Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A charming companion for your next evening party, this Saint Laurent Kate bag is a well-crafted design. It can be carried in a chic way with the chain shoulder strap, and the bag get...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Cream Leather Medium Kate Star Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A charming companion for your next evening party, this Saint Laurent Kate bag is a well-crafted design. It can be carried in a chic way with the chain shoulder strap, and its interio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Black/Silver Suede Medium Kate Star Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Perfect for conveniently housing your essentials in one place, this Saint Laurent accessory is a worthy investment. It has notable details and offers a look of luxury.
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Croc Embossed Leather Medium Kate Monogram Tassel Shoulder Bag
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Saint Laurent Croc Embossed Leather Medium Kate Monogram Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
The Kate shoulder bag by Saint Laurent has all the details that make it a special designer bag. Crafted using croc-embossed leather, the bag features a sturdy gold-tone shoulder chai...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
Saint Laurent Vanilla Croc Embossed Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
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Saint Laurent Vanilla Croc Embossed Leather Medium Kate Tassel Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Meticulously crafted from croc-embossed leather, this Saint Laurent Kate bag exudes just the right amount of sophistication. The bag features a sturdy silver-tone shoulder chain, the...
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2010s Italian Shoulder Bags
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French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear. By blurring gender-specific design, he empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008. Under creative director Hedi Slimane, the house’s ready-to-wear collection was rebranded as Saint Laurent in 2012.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Shoulder-bags for You
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.
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