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Versace Gianni Leather Pants

Gianni Versace Low Waist Blue Leather Trousers
Gianni Versace Low Waist Blue Leather Trousers

Gianni Versace Low Waist Blue Leather Trousers

By Gianni Versace

Located in Milano, IT

Rare low-waisted leather trousers designed by the well-known Gianni Versace in the 1990s-2000s, made in Italy.

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1990s Italian Pants

2000s Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Leather Wide Leg Pants
2000s Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Leather Wide Leg Pants

2000s Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Leather Wide Leg Pants

By Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace for Gianni Versace

Located in West Hollywood, CA

These Gianni Versace pants from the early 2000s, designed by Donatella Versace, are cut in a high-waisted, wide-leg silhouette in black leather.

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1990s Italian Pants

Gianni Versace 1992 black high waisted leather gold stitched medusa pants IT38
Gianni Versace 1992 black high waisted leather gold stitched medusa pants IT38

Gianni Versace 1992 black high waisted leather gold stitched medusa pants IT38

By Gianni Versace

Located in Milano, Lombardia

LOVE LALI Vintage A rare pair of leather pants from Gianni Versace Fall 1992 featured in their ad campaign High waisted cut Exposed gold lurex stitching Gold hardware Gold studs...

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1990s Italian Pants

Gianni Versace "Classic" black soft leather trousers
Gianni Versace "Classic" black soft leather trousers

Gianni Versace "Classic" black soft leather trousers

By Versace

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Extraordinaire fine grade soft leather "Versace Classic" trousers with 2 pockets and zipper. size eu 40 but fits like 36/38 Please note that vintage items are not new and therefore m...

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20th Century Italian Pants

Gianni Versace Black Fringe Leather Pants,  Fall/Winter 1992.
Gianni Versace Black Fringe Leather Pants,  Fall/Winter 1992.

Gianni Versace Black Fringe Leather Pants, Fall/Winter 1992.

By Gianni Versace

Located in New York, NY

Gianni Versace Fringe Leather Pants, F/W 1992. Documented Gianni Versace black leather fringe pants with studded accents.

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1990s Italian Wide Leg Pants

S/S 2002 Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Leather Moto Style Zip Pants
S/S 2002 Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Leather Moto Style Zip Pants

S/S 2002 Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Leather Moto Style Zip Pants

By Donatella Versace for Gianni Versace, Gianni Versace

Located in West Hollywood, CA

These Gianni Versace pants from the Spring/Summer 2002 collection, designed by Donatella Versace, are cut in a slim, tapered silhouette in black leather.

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1990s Italian Pants

Gianni Versace FW 1991 jeans with leather
Gianni Versace FW 1991 jeans with leather

Gianni Versace FW 1991 jeans with leather

By Gianni Versace

Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ

Gianni Versace FW 1991 jeans with leather size 42 the condition is good, see the photo

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1990s Italian Jeans

F/W 1992 Atelier Versace Haute Couture Runway Medusa Studded Leather Shorts
F/W 1992 Atelier Versace Haute Couture Runway Medusa Studded Leather Shorts

F/W 1992 Atelier Versace Haute Couture Runway Medusa Studded Leather Shorts

By Atelier Versace, Gianni Versace

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This Atelier Versace Haute Couture shorts from the Fall/Winter 1992 collection are crafted in black leather with a high-waisted silhouette and back zip closure. The exterior is fully...

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1990s Italian Hot Pants

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Black Gianni Versace Couture Leather Pants
Black Gianni Versace Couture Leather Pants

Black Gianni Versace Couture Leather Pants

By Gianni Versace

Located in New York, NY

Product details: Black leather pants by Gianni Versace Couture. Accented with mesh panels.

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21st Century and Contemporary Pants

Gianni Versace Men's Black Leather Trousers size 52
Gianni Versace Men's Black Leather Trousers size 52

Gianni Versace Men's Black Leather Trousers size 52

By Gianni Versace

Located in London, GB

Ruder Than The Rest presents: men's Gianni Versace Leather trousers circa 1990s. A signature Gianni Versace style used through the 1990s is the 5 pocket jean style trouser.

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1990s Italian Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Size 28 Black Quilted Leather Flat Front Casual Pants
GIANNI VERSACE Size 28 Black Quilted Leather Flat Front Casual Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Size 28 Black Quilted Leather Flat Front Casual Pants

By Gianni Versace

Located in San Francisco, CA

GIANNI VERSACE casual pants comes in a black quilted leather featuring top stitching, pleated front, slit pockets, and a zip fly closure.

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19th Century Pants

Versace Black Leather Pants With Floral Laser Cutouts
Versace Black Leather Pants With Floral Laser Cutouts

Versace Black Leather Pants With Floral Laser Cutouts

By Gianni Versace

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a pair of vintage Versace black leather pants featuring a slim fit, side pockets, and floral laser-cutouts on the front and back of legs. V...

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20th Century Italian Pants

Gianni Versace Pant Iconic Vintage Leather Studded Black
Gianni Versace Pant Iconic Vintage Leather Studded Black

Gianni Versace Pant Iconic Vintage Leather Studded Black

By Gianni Versace

Located in Miami, FL

Guaranteed GIANNI VERSACE iconic Vintage studded black leather pant. Abstract design with gold and gunmetal beading interspersed with Medusa Head studs. Jean style front with small g...

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1990s Italian Pants

VERSUS by GIANNI VERSACE Size 34 Black Leather Zip Fly Casual Pants
VERSUS by GIANNI VERSACE Size 34 Black Leather Zip Fly Casual Pants

VERSUS by GIANNI VERSACE Size 34 Black Leather Zip Fly Casual Pants

By Versace

Located in San Francisco, CA

VERSUS by GIANNI VERSACE casual pants comes in a black leather featuring a slim fit, top stitching, and a zip fly closure.

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Pants

Blue leather pants inlaid with gold studs and rhinestones attributed to Versace
Blue leather pants inlaid with gold studs and rhinestones attributed to Versace

Blue leather pants inlaid with gold studs and rhinestones attributed to Versace

By Gianni Versace

Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR

Sky blue in genuine leather pants inlaid with gold studs and rhinestones Versace. Two pockets in front and two backside. There is no label but there are the medusa buttons. Size: 36...

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1990s Italian Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Jean 2 Black & Silver Contrast Stitch Leather Chain Piping
GIANNI VERSACE Jean 2 Black & Silver Contrast Stitch Leather Chain Piping

GIANNI VERSACE Jean 2 Black & Silver Contrast Stitch Leather Chain Piping

By Gianni Versace

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage GIANNI VERSACE black leather pants feature all-over white white stitching and chain link detailing, zipper fly closure, Medusa head rivets, zipper detailing at the hems and z...

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Late 20th Century Italian Jeans

Gianni Versace Atelier Dramatic Vintage Black Leather Pant 40 / 6
Gianni Versace Atelier Dramatic Vintage Black Leather Pant 40 / 6

Gianni Versace Atelier Dramatic Vintage Black Leather Pant 40 / 6

By Gianni Versace

Located in Miami, FL

Guaranteed authentic GIANNI VERSACE ATELIER dramatic Vintage black lambskin leather pant. Flat front style with front zip and 1 black button. Bold bell bottom styling with 12" side s...

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1990s Italian Flat Front Pants

S/S 1998 Gianni Versace by Donatella Runway Star Beaded Black Leather Hot Pants
S/S 1998 Gianni Versace by Donatella Runway Star Beaded Black Leather Hot Pants

S/S 1998 Gianni Versace by Donatella Runway Star Beaded Black Leather Hot Pants

By Donatella Versace for Gianni Versace, Gianni Versace Couture

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Presenting a pair of leather embellished Gianni Versace Couture shorts, designed by Donatella Versace. A pre-production sample from the Spring/Summer 1998 collection, these soft leat...

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1990s Italian Hot Pants

NWT Versace Vintage 1990s Purple Leather Sz 6 Eggplant Low Rise Flared Leg Pants
NWT Versace Vintage 1990s Purple Leather Sz 6 Eggplant Low Rise Flared Leg Pants

NWT Versace Vintage 1990s Purple Leather Sz 6 Eggplant Low Rise Flared Leg Pants

By Versace Jeans Couture, Gianni Versace

Located in San Diego, CA

Stylish brand new with tags vintage 1990s GIANNI VERSACE leather dark purple / eggplant low rise flare leg pants!

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Balenciaga oversized silk red gold chain equestrian print wrap kimono blouse top
Balenciaga oversized silk red gold chain equestrian print wrap kimono blouse top

Balenciaga oversized silk red gold chain equestrian print wrap kimono blouse top

By Balenciaga

Located in Milano, Lombardia

The other has no shoulder pad and a large oversized kimono sleeve Wrap closure at waist with long ties MADE IN ITALY Shown here with our Gianni Versace 1992 leather pants also liste...

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Chanel vtg tan camel beige turtleneck gold logo button cashmere dress sweater
Chanel vtg tan camel beige turtleneck gold logo button cashmere dress sweater

Chanel vtg tan camel beige turtleneck gold logo button cashmere dress sweater

By Chanel

Located in Milano, Lombardia

LOVE LALI Vintage Chanel vintage cashmere oversized sweater in camel Beautiful oversized gold buttons engraved with a Chanel handbag with a CC logo Open turtleneck style collar that...

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Gianni Versace Studded Skinny Leather Trousers US 6
Gianni Versace Studded Skinny Leather Trousers US 6

Gianni Versace Studded Skinny Leather Trousers US 6

By Gianni Versace

Located in London, GB

Gianni Versace Studded Leather Trousers - Black leather trousers - Skinny leg - High rise - Contrast stitching - Four pocket design - Belt loops - Concealed zip fastening - Zipped c...

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1980's Gianni Versace Leather Pants Big Belt XS/S
1980's Gianni Versace Leather Pants Big Belt XS/S

1980's Gianni Versace Leather Pants Big Belt XS/S

By Gianni Versace

Located in Paris, FR

GIANNI VERSACE, Made in Italy, circa 80's. Dark grey leather pants with a gorgeous integrated belt in black suede with chain links on the side.

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1980s Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Brn Leather & Suede Belted Pants
GIANNI VERSACE Brn Leather & Suede Belted Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Brn Leather & Suede Belted Pants

By Versace

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Measurements:
Waist: 29" from side seam to side seam then doubled
Hips: 46" from side seam to side seam then doubled
Rise: 16"
Inseam: 31"

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1980s Italian Pants

Versace High Wasted Leather Skinny Pants
Versace High Wasted Leather Skinny Pants

Versace High Wasted Leather Skinny Pants

By Gianni Versace

Located in Topanga, CA

Gianni Versace high wasted leather pants. Side closings have gold gromett detailing incorporated with a leather criss cross design, and zippers detailing at ankles.

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1980s Italian Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Off White Rhinestone Embellished Leather Pants
GIANNI VERSACE Off White Rhinestone Embellished Leather Pants

GIANNI VERSACE Off White Rhinestone Embellished Leather Pants

By Versace

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Here are these Gianni Versace off white leather pants. * They're beautifully embellished in rhinestones throughout

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1980s Italian Pants

Gianni Versace Beaded Black Leather Shorty Shorts 40, S/S 1998
Gianni Versace Beaded Black Leather Shorty Shorts 40, S/S 1998

Gianni Versace Beaded Black Leather Shorty Shorts 40, S/S 1998

By Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace

Located in Yukon, OK

DESIGNER: S/S 1998 Gianni Versace Please contact for more information and/or photos. CONDITION: New with tags MATERIAL: Leather- lined. COUNTRY MADE: Italy SIZE: 40 ...

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1990s Italian Hot Pants

1980s Gianni Versace Leather Trousers
1980s Gianni Versace Leather Trousers

1980s Gianni Versace Leather Trousers

By Gianni Versace

Located in Lugo (RA), IT

Red Gianni Versace genuine leather trousers, with carrot cut, high waist, front zip closure, belt loops, side welt pockets and decorative stitching on the length.

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1980s Italian Jackets

1980s Gianni Versace Red Genuine Leather Trousers
1980s Gianni Versace Red Genuine Leather Trousers

1980s Gianni Versace Red Genuine Leather Trousers

By Gianni Versace

Located in Lugo (RA), IT

Gianni Versace red genuine leather trousers. Carrot cut, high waist, front zip closure, belt loops, side welt pockets and decorative stitching on the length.

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1980s Italian Jackets

1984 Gianni Versace Couture Studded Brown Leather Vest and High Waist Pants
1984 Gianni Versace Couture Studded Brown Leather Vest and High Waist Pants

1984 Gianni Versace Couture Studded Brown Leather Vest and High Waist Pants

By Gianni Versace

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast. We have to change." Gianni Versace Measurements Vest marked size 42 Bust:38 inches Waist:34 inches Total Length:25 inches Pa...

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1980s Italian Trouser Pant Suits

Gianni Versace Vintage Chain Embroidered Black Leather Pants, 1990s
Gianni Versace Vintage Chain Embroidered Black Leather Pants, 1990s

Gianni Versace Vintage Chain Embroidered Black Leather Pants, 1990s

By Gianni Versace

Located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Gianni Versace Vintage Chain Embroidered Black Leather Trousers, 1990s Estimated Size: UK 8/ US 2/ EU 36.

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1990s Italian Pants

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Versace Gianni Leather Pants For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of versace gianni leather pants for sale on 1stDibs. For versace gianni leather pants, Black is a pretty popular color, but we also have Brown, Gray, Pink and more in stock now. If you’re looking for accessories from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find some that date back to the 20th Century while other versions may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Finding appealing versace gianni leather pants such as these — no matter the origin — is easy, but Gianni Versace, Versace and Donatella Versace each produced popular versions that are worth a look. When shopping for these accessories, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men or unisex today than there are for women.

How Much are Versace Gianni Leather Pants?

The prices for versace gianni leather pants start at $299 and top out at $5,675 with these items, on average, selling for $693.

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The signature extravagance of legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace — forever aligned with glamour, sex, celebrity and spectacle — can overshadow the Italian couturier’s broad and deep engagement with history and culture. Today, his vintage dresses and gowns, handbags, sunglasses and other accessories look astonishingly fresh and freshly relevant.

More than any designer before him, Versace mined celebrity, music and Pop art for inspiration, and his subversive, maximalist and unabashedly seductive designs infused high fashion with an entirely new ethos. “I don’t believe in good taste,” he once explained. Instead, he had a sexy good time with fashion — as he did with life. 

Gianni Versace was born in 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, he 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. 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” — as the moment when the two worlds of fashion and pop culture became one, changing both forever.

Versace's 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 Gianni Versace evening dresses, handbags, day dresses and more on 1stDibs.

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