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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Navy & White Love Clutch Bag
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Navy & White Love Clutch Bag

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Navy & White Love Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Navy “Love” clutch bag featuring a bicolor iconic print, a gold-tone

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1990s French Evening Bags and Minaudières

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Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Clutch Bag Handbag
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Clutch Bag Handbag

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Clutch Bag Handbag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Rome, Rome

Step into timeless elegance with this vintage Yves Saint Laurent clutch bag - a true emblem of

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1980s French Clutches

YSL New Python Blue Crossbody/clutch Bag
YSL New Python Blue Crossbody/clutch Bag

YSL New Python Blue Crossbody/clutch Bag

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H 7.5 in W 2.5 in L 7 in

YSL New Python Blue Crossbody/clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in West Hollywood, CA

YSL brand new blue black python cross body bag, removable strap makes it wearable also as a clutch

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20th Century Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags

YSL Y Ligne Black Textured Leather Clutch w/Dust Bag
YSL Y Ligne Black Textured Leather Clutch w/Dust Bag

YSL Y Ligne Black Textured Leather Clutch w/Dust Bag

By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Port Hope, ON

Typical YSL bag, simple lines and muted sophistication. This YSL Y Ligne clutch was designed by Tom

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Early 2000s Italian Clutches

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Rome, Rome

Yves Saint Laurent vintage clutch bag, crafted in black leather. It features a flap with magnetic

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1980s French Clutches

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Rome, Rome

Yves Saint Laurent vintage clutch bag, crafted in black leather. It features a flap with magnetic

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20th Century French Clutches

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Rome, Rome

Yves Saint Laurent vintage clutch bag, crafted in black leather. It features a flap with magnetic

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1980s French Clutches

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather YSL Logo Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Rome, Rome

Yves Saint Laurent vintage clutch bag, crafted in black leather. It features a flap with magnetic

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2010s French Clutches

Yves Saint Laurent Couture YSL Purple Satin Silk Clutch
Yves Saint Laurent Couture YSL Purple Satin Silk Clutch

Yves Saint Laurent Couture YSL Purple Satin Silk Clutch

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H 5.91 in W 1.58 in D 1.97 in L 8.27 in

Yves Saint Laurent Couture YSL Purple Satin Silk Clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

Yves Saint Laurent Couture YSL purple silk clutch bag featuring a red satin interior, front snap

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1980s French Clutches

Yves St. Laurent Purple Suede Clutch
Yves St. Laurent Purple Suede Clutch

Yves St. Laurent Purple Suede Clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in New York, NY

YSl purple suede clutch bag with zipper closure and fringed tassel pull. Front of bag has a "Y

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1980s French Clutches

Yves St. Laurent blue + gold leather envelope clutch
Yves St. Laurent blue + gold leather envelope clutch

Yves St. Laurent blue + gold leather envelope clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in New York, NY

YSl dark navy "envelope" clutch bag with detachable shoulder strap and gold leather whip stitch

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1980s French Clutches

YSL convertible clutch bag + Gucci vintage black bag
YSL convertible clutch bag + Gucci vintage black bag

YSL convertible clutch bag + Gucci vintage black bag

By Gucci

Located in Rome, Rome

vintage archive, this brown leather shoulder bag blends timeless design with versatile function. Its

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1980s Italian Clutches

YSL NIB Silver Belle De Jour Cross Body Bag/Clutch
YSL NIB Silver Belle De Jour Cross Body Bag/Clutch

YSL NIB Silver Belle De Jour Cross Body Bag/Clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in West Hollywood, CA

YSL new in box metallic silver clutch/ cross body bag. Gold tone hardware. Detachable shoulder

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21st Century and Contemporary Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Croc Embossed Leather Bag Clutch
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Croc Embossed Leather Bag Clutch

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Croc Embossed Leather Bag Clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

clutch. This bag features : - Bordeaux red leather croc embossed body. - Gold toned YSL logo at front

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20th Century French Shoulder Bags

YSL Vintage Gold Metal Black Tassel Evening Bag / Clutch 1980s
YSL Vintage Gold Metal Black Tassel Evening Bag / Clutch 1980s

YSL Vintage Gold Metal Black Tassel Evening Bag / Clutch 1980s

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Boca Raton, FL

party bag. The casing features horizontal ribs to better catch the night’s lights and then the YSL

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1980s Handbags and Purses

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Minaudière Gold Clutch Evening Bag Circa 1980s
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Minaudière Gold Clutch Evening Bag Circa 1980s

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Minaudière Gold Clutch Evening Bag Circa 1980s

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Vintage gold plated Yves Saint Laurent clutch is perfect for an evening out on the town. From the

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1980s French Evening Bags and Minaudières

Yves Saint Laurent Cabas Chyc Clutch Bag in Purple
Yves Saint Laurent Cabas Chyc Clutch Bag in Purple

Yves Saint Laurent Cabas Chyc Clutch Bag in Purple

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

A fabulous YSL Cabas Chyc Clutch bag, flap top closure with goldtone "Y" logo. In mint

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches

Fabulous Vintage Yves Śt. Laurent YSL Clutch Bag
Fabulous Vintage Yves Śt. Laurent YSL Clutch Bag

Fabulous Vintage Yves Śt. Laurent YSL Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Teaneck, NJ

Fabulous vintage Yves Śt. Laurent straw and opaque resin framed clutch handbag. Circa 1980

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1980s French Clutches

YSL Oversized Bag/ Clutch
YSL Oversized Bag/ Clutch

YSL Oversized Bag/ Clutch

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H 15 in L 16 in

YSL Oversized Bag/ Clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Litchfield County, CT

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent oversized 1970s logo clutch made of vegan leather. Inside YSL tag and

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1970s Clutches

YSL Black Leather Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag
YSL Black Leather Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag

YSL Black Leather Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

YSL Black Leather Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag Leather Twill lining Button closure Measures

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches

YSL Gold hardware and black tassle clutch/bag
YSL Gold hardware and black tassle clutch/bag

YSL Gold hardware and black tassle clutch/bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Antwerp, BE

This evening bag is the true definition of an eye-catcher. With this beautiful golden small handbag

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21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Handbags and Purses

YSL, Yves Saint Laurent Cassandre Metallic Logo Clutch Bag
YSL, Yves Saint Laurent Cassandre Metallic Logo Clutch Bag

YSL, Yves Saint Laurent Cassandre Metallic Logo Clutch Bag

Located in Toronto, Ontario

YSL, Yves Saint Laurent Cassandre clutch bag in metallic silver. Sleek lines and understated

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches

Vintage Authentic YSL Brown Leather Clutch Bag France SMALL
Vintage Authentic YSL Brown Leather Clutch Bag France SMALL

Vintage Authentic YSL Brown Leather Clutch Bag France SMALL

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Orlando, FL

This clutch bag features a leather body, a front flap with a magnetic closure, a top zip closure

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21st Century and Contemporary French Clutches

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Kate Croc Black Clutch SHW Bag
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Kate Croc Black Clutch SHW Bag

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Kate Croc Black Clutch SHW Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Boca Raton, FL

with everything! Keep this clutch safe and sound in its original YSL dust bag. Don't pay high retail

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Azur Blue Y Clutch Crossbody Bag
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Azur Blue Y Clutch Crossbody Bag

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Azur Blue Y Clutch Crossbody Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Tampa, FL

This is an authentic Yves Saint Laurent Azur vintage Y Clutch. This bag can be worn as a crossbody

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Handbags and Purses

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather Envelope Evening Clutch Bag
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather Envelope Evening Clutch Bag

YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather Envelope Evening Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

CURATOR'S NOTES YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Black Leather Envelope Evening Clutch Bag

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21st Century and Contemporary Clutches

YSL Black Leather Gold Hardware Envelope Top Handle Evening Clutch Bag
YSL Black Leather Gold Hardware Envelope Top Handle Evening Clutch Bag

YSL Black Leather Gold Hardware Envelope Top Handle Evening Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

YSL Black Leather Gold Hardware Envelope Top Handle Evening Clutch Bag Leather Gold tone hardware

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Late 20th Century Clutches

Vintage Authentic YSL Gray PVC Plastic Printed Clutch Bag France SMALL
Vintage Authentic YSL Gray PVC Plastic Printed Clutch Bag France SMALL

Vintage Authentic YSL Gray PVC Plastic Printed Clutch Bag France SMALL

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Orlando, FL

This clutch bag features a PVC body with leather trim, and a top zip closure. It carries as AB

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21st Century and Contemporary French Clutches

Vintage Authentic YSL Black Light Woven Flap Clutch Bag France SMALL
Vintage Authentic YSL Black Light Woven Flap Clutch Bag France SMALL

Vintage Authentic YSL Black Light Woven Flap Clutch Bag France SMALL

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Orlando, FL

This clutch bag features a PVC body with leather trim, a top zip closure, exterior flap pocket with

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21st Century and Contemporary French Clutches

Vintage Authentic YSL Gray PVC Plastic Printed Clutch Bag France SMALL
Vintage Authentic YSL Gray PVC Plastic Printed Clutch Bag France SMALL

Vintage Authentic YSL Gray PVC Plastic Printed Clutch Bag France SMALL

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Orlando, FL

This clutch bag features a PVC body with leather trim, back exterior zip pocket, a top zip closure

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21st Century and Contemporary French Clutches

Vintage Authentic YSL Black Coated Canvas Fabric Logo Clutch Bag Italy SMALL
Vintage Authentic YSL Black Coated Canvas Fabric Logo Clutch Bag Italy SMALL

Vintage Authentic YSL Black Coated Canvas Fabric Logo Clutch Bag Italy SMALL

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Orlando, FL

This clutch bag features a coated canvas body and a top zip closure. It carries as B+ condition

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches

YSL Belle De Jour Green Patent Leather Clutch
YSL Belle De Jour Green Patent Leather Clutch

YSL Belle De Jour Green Patent Leather Clutch

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H 6.5 in D 1.75 in L 10.75 in

YSL Belle De Jour Green Patent Leather Clutch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Toronto, Ontario

leather sample. Magnetic snap closure. Original YSL dust bag included. - Flap clutch bag - Magnetic

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches

YSL Pochette Cassandre classic shoulder bag in Black grained calf leather, GHW
YSL Pochette Cassandre classic shoulder bag in Black grained calf leather, GHW

YSL Pochette Cassandre classic shoulder bag in Black grained calf leather, GHW

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, IDF

Stunning​ ​and​ ​Timeless​ ​YSL​ ​Envelope​ ​Cassandre​ ​classic​ ​clutch​ ​bag​ ​with​ ​gold

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21st Century and Contemporary French Structured Shoulder Bags

YSL White Leather Clutch Bag
YSL White Leather Clutch Bag

YSL White Leather Clutch Bag

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W 9.06 in D 1.19 in L 5.91 in

YSL White Leather Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Orlando, FL

This clutch bag features a leather body, top flap with magnetic closure, top zip closure, and slip

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21st Century and Contemporary French Clutches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Monogram Leather Long Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Monogram Leather Long Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Monogram Leather Long Envelope Evening Flap Clutch Bag

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Chicago, IL

CURATOR'S NOTES Leather Twill lining Magnetic snap closure Measures 12" W x 8" H x 2.5" D

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Late 20th Century Evening Bags and Minaudières

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Ysl Clutch Bag For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact vintage or contemporary ysl clutch bag you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. If you’re looking for an option in Black and you’re unable to find the right fit, there are plenty of variations in Brown, Red and more. Making the right choice when shopping for a ysl clutch bag may mean looking at versions that date from different eras — you can find early iterations from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century, both of which have proven very popular over the years. Finding a ysl clutch bag for sale for women should be easy, but there are 4 pieces available to browse for men as well.

How Much is a Ysl Clutch Bag?

On average, a ysl clutch bag on 1stDibs sells for $1,208, while they’re typically $478 on the low end and $2,200 for the highest priced versions of this item.

Yves Saint Laurent for sale on 1stDibs

French 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, Saint Laurent 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.

Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Clutches for You

Vintage and designer clutches are the perfect size to hold exactly what you need. While they’re typically small purses, Chanel clutches, Gucci clutches and other kinds of clutches can make a big impact on an outfit. They also have a fascinating history.

Clutches are handbags without handles that are carried by hand. One of the oldest known clutches was made in Mosul, Iraq, in the 14th century. It was made of brass and inlaid with gold and silver in geometric patterns. Although the loops on the side indicate it likely had handles to wear as a shoulder bag, manuscripts show a similar example being carried by hand.

Fashion designers often made clutches to reflect the wealth of the holder. In Medieval Europe, men and women securely carried items in small bags hidden inside their clothing as tie-on pockets. Women carried their possessions, scented and secreted, in the folds of their voluminous skirts. Pockets eventually became integral to garment design, but bigger sacks were needed to carry books and documents. When women’s clothing became lighter, consisting of fewer layers, it could no longer easily hide their handbags or pockets.

Changes in fashion led to handbags becoming a popular fashion accessory, and today, even as we’re overwhelmed by options from a variety of high-end brands, iconic luxury handbags still rule. The highly decorative bags of the 19th century faded from popularity when women entered the workforce and the clutch became the dominant business accessory. Flappers in the 1920s, clad in the dazzling Art Deco jewelry of the era, also loved the freedom of carrying clutches as they didn’t get in the way of dancing.

The simplicity of the clutch remains stylish today. Once made to be carried on special occasions, they are now an accessory for everyday use. Find a collection of vintage and designer clutches from Dior, Hermès, Louis Vuitton and more on 1stDibs.