VALENTINO gold leather VSLING MINI WOVEN Bag
By Valentino
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Valentino VSLING mini bag in metallic gold woven leather with clear rhinestones, exquisitely crafted in a structured, refined silhouette that radiates couture-level gl...
VALENTINO black leather VSLING MINI RHINESTONE Bag
By Valentino
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Valentino VSLING mini bag in black leather with black rhinestones, masterfully crafted in a structured, refined silhouette that embodies modern couture glamour with a ...
VALENTINO gradient purple leather VSLING MINI CRYSTAL Bag
By Valentino
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Valentino VSLING mini bag in metallic lilac leather with gradient rhinestones, exquisitely crafted in a structured, refined silhouette that radiates couture glamour an...
VALENTINO blue leather VSLING MINI RHINESTONE Bag
By Valentino
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Valentino VSLING mini bag in blue denim with blue and clear rhinestones, exquisitely crafted in a structured, refined silhouette that blends casual texture with coutur...
Valentino Garavani Micro VSling Shoulder Bag in Red Patent Leather
By Valentino Garavani
Located in Houston, TX
The Valentino Garavani Micro VSling Shoulder Bag in red patent leather delivers bold sophistication in a compact, high-impact design.
VALENTINO burgundy leather VSLING Shoulder Bag
By Valentino
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Valentino VSLING Medium Shoulder Bag in burgundy calfskin featuring gold-tone hardware.
Valentino VSling Hobo Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 8.5", Width 9.5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Hobo Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Color...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 6", Width 7", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather Exterior C...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior...
Valentino VSling Convertible Clutch Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Chain Strap, With Strap Measurements: Height 4", Width 8", Depth 1.5", Strap Drop 25" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Convertible Clutch Leather Small Exterior Materia...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4", Width 5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Height 6", Width 7", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather Exte...
Valentino VSling Convertible Clutch Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Chain Strap, With Strap Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 8", Depth 1.5", Strap Drop 25" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Convertible Clutch Leather Small Exterior Mater...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4", Width 5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4", Width 5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 6", Width 7", Depth 3", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4", Width 5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Crossbody Bag Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 7", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 22-24" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Crossbody Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leath...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4", Width 5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4", Width 5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior Col...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Height 5.5", Width 7", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Small Exterior Material: Leather Ex...
Valentino VSling Camera Bag Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11-13", Height 5", Width 7", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21-23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Camera Bag Leather Small Exterior Materia...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino Garavani
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Exterior...
Valentino VSling Camera Bag Leather Small
By Valentino Garavani
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 1", Height 5", Width 8", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 16-25" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Camera Bag Leather Small Exterior...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro
By Valentino Garavani
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Height 4.5", Width 5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 19" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Leather Micro Exterior Material: Leather Ex...
Valentino VSling Top Handle Bag Leather Medium
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: With Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 5", Height 9", Width 11", Depth 5.5", Strap Drop 15" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Top Handle Bag Leather Medium Exterior Materi...
Valentino VSling Shoulder Bag Printed Leather Small
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Height 6", Width 7", Depth 3", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Shoulder Bag Printed Leather Small Exterior Material: Leathe...
Valentino VSling Wallet on Chain Leather Compact
By Valentino
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag, With Strap Measurements: Height 4", Width 4.5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Wallet on Chain Leather Compact Exterior Material:...
Valentino VSling Zip Shoulder Bag Leather Mini
By Valentino Garavani
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 5", Width 8", Depth 1.5", Strap Drop 14.5" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Zip Shoulder Bag Leather Mini Exterior Material: Leather Exter...
Valentino VSling Zip Shoulder Bag Leather Mini
By Valentino Garavani
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Box, Dust Bag Measurements: Height 5", Width 8", Depth 1.5", Strap Drop 14.5" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Zip Shoulder Bag Leather Mini Exterior Material: Leather ...
Valentino VSling Top Handle Bag Metallic Leather Micro
By Valentino Garavani
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Dust Bag, Box, Detachable Strap Measurements: Handle Drop 3", Height 3", Width 4", Depth 2", Strap Drop 24" Designer: Valentino Model: VSling Top Handle Bag Metallic Lea...
The mononymously known Italian designer Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (b. 1932) is renowned for his fashion house of romantic styles and feminine shapes that he founded in Rome in 1960. Valentino dresses, skirts and other apparel captured the hearts of many of Italy’s wealthiest ladies in the couturier’s early days and led to commissions from Babe Paley, Gloria Guinness, Jayne Wrightsman and others on the international best-dressed list (when it still meant something). They sought out Valentino for gorgeous gowns, jackets, elegant daytime wear and even when they needed wedding dresses.
An early fascination with fashion developed when Valentino attended the theater as a child and was dazzled by the evening gowns on stage. While a teenager in Voghera, Lombardy, he studied under Italian designer Ernestina Salvadeo and soon moved to Paris, where he trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Valentino spent time apprenticing under haute couturiers Jean Dessès and Guy Laroche, learning how to design and construct high fashion while also thinking about how to strike out on his own.
In 1959, Valentino returned to Italy, and a year later, he opened his own salon, soon joining with longtime professional and personal partner Giancarlo Giammetti. It was located on Rome’s trendy Via Condotti and modeled after the French maisons. One of his earliest clients was Elizabeth Taylor, who discovered Valentino while she was in Rome filming Cleopatra and ordered the white dress that she wore to the premiere of Spartacus.
When the designer launched his first couture line in 1962 with its fiery red colors, it was internationally celebrated, with Valentino soon attiring fashion trendsetters including Princess Margaret and Audrey Hepburn. He formed an especially close friendship with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for whom he designed numerous dresses. Luxurious drapery with fine needlework, bold uses of color and dramatic flourishes would define Valentino fashion across the decades.
As a fashion house, Valentino is best known for its signature Valentino Red color, though one of its iconic lines is the monochromatic “no colour” collection for which the designer won the Neiman Marcus Award in 1967. (The collection also debuted his trademark “V.”) The white dresses and beige dresses led to a demand for Valentino wedding gowns, with clients including Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Lopez and Anne Hathaway.
Valentino retired from his fashion empire in 2007, with Alessandra Facchinetti and then the duo Maria Grazia Chiuri (who departed in 2016) and Pierpaolo Piccioli succeeding him as creative directors. But Valentino still steps out of retirement for special occasions, such as designing a wedding gown for Princess Madeleine of Sweden in 2013.
Today, the brand offers a range of collections that include the Valentino Garavani line and REDValentino, a diffusion line that is aimed at a younger audience. The house has expanded far beyond women’s haute couture and prêt-à-porter to encompass various lines of accessories, including shoes, sunglasses, scarves and perfume.
Find vintage Valentino evening dresses, handbags and other items on 1stDibs now.
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.