VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00517 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Medallion Bowling bag Collect...
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H 6.7 in W 7.09 in D 3.15 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Small Bowling fuschia bondage Medusa stud bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Small Bowling fuschia bondage Medusa stud bag Reference: TGAS/B00592 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Bowling Crossbody Col...
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00525 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Medallion Bowling bag Collect...
VERSACE Tribute Icon black gold Barocco calfskin Medusa crossbody satchel bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE Tribute Icon black gold Barocco calfskin Medusa crossbody satchel bag Reference: TGAS/E00999 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Material: Leather Color: Black, Gold P...
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00521 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Medallion Bowling bag Collect...
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00525 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Medallion Bowling bag Collect...
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H 6.3 in W 7.49 in D 3.15 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Small Bowling fuschia bondage Medusa stud bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Small Bowling fuschia bondage Medusa stud bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: Spring Summer 2018 Model Name / Style: Tribute bowl...
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00523 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: Spring Summer 2018 Tribute Colle...
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00516 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: Spring Summer 2018 Tribute Colle...
new VERSACE Tribute gold Medusa black leather small wristlet zip clutch bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute gold Medusa black leather small wristlet zip clutch bag Reference: TGAS/C00844 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP8G975 D3VIT K41OT Collecti...
new VERSACE Tribute gold Medusa black leather small wristlet zip clutch bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute gold Medusa black leather small wristlet zip clutch bag Reference: TGAS/C00847 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP8G975 D3VIT K41OT Collecti...
new VERSACE Tribute gold Medusa black leather small wristlet zip clutch bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute gold Medusa black leather small wristlet zip clutch bag Reference: TGAS/C00845 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: DP8G975 D3VIT K41OT Collecti...
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H 7.49 in W 10.24 in D 4.73 in
new VERSACE Tribute Tote Small red Bondage Medusa gold stud shoulder bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Tote Small red Bondage Medusa gold stud shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/A05112 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Tote Collection: 2019 ...
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H 7.88 in W 13.98 in D 1.97 in
VERSACE 2018 Tribute Icon black gold Double Medusa coin Kelly clutch bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2018 Tribute Icon black gold Double Medusa coin Kelly clutch bag Reference: TGAS/B00588 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Icon Material: Leather ...
new VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00495 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Medallion Bowling bag Col...
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H 9.45 in W 13 in D 5.91 in
new VERSACE Tribute Tote Medium red Bondage Medusa gold stud shoulder bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Tote Medium red Bondage Medusa gold stud shoulder bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: 2019 Model Name / Style: Tribute Tote Material: Leath...
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H 6.3 in W 7.49 in D 3.15 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Small Bowling pink bondage strap Medusa stud bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Small Bowling pink bondage strap Medusa stud bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: 2019 Model Name / Style: Tribute Medallion Mater...
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H 6.3 in W 7.49 in D 3.15 in
new VERSACE Small Tribute Medallion Bowling pink Medusa stud bondage strap bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Small Tribute Medallion Bowling pink Medusa stud bondage strap bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: 2019 Model Name / Style: Tribute Medallion Mater...
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H 9.85 in W 12.21 in D 4.73 in
new VERSACE Tribute Diana Technicolor Baroque print top handle Kelly satchel bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Diana Technicolor Baroque print top handle Kelly satchel bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: 2019 Model Name / Style: Tribute Diana Materia...
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H 9.85 in W 12.21 in D 4.73 in
new VERSACE Technicolor Baroque Diana Tribute print top handle Kelly satchel bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Technicolor Baroque Diana Tribute print top handle Kelly satchel bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: 2019 Model Name / Style: Tribute Diana Materia...
new VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2018 Tribute 1992 gold Medusa stud bondage bowling shoulder bag Reference: TGAS/B00524 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: Spring Summer 2018 Tribute C...
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H 6.7 in W 7.09 in D 3.15 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion gold Medusa coin pink satchel small shoulder bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion gold Medusa coin pink satchel small shoulder bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Tribute Medallion Material: Leather Col...
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H 9.85 in W 12.21 in D 4.34 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Medusa coin red leather satchel large bowling bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Medusa coin red leather satchel large bowling bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Tribute Medallion Material: Leather Co...
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H 9.85 in W 12.21 in D 4.34 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion gold Medusa coin blue satchel large bowling bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion gold Medusa coin blue satchel large bowling bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Tribute Medallion Material: Leather Colo...
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H 9.85 in W 12.21 in D 4.34 in
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Medusa coin red leather satchel large bowling bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Medallion Medusa coin red leather satchel large bowling bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Tribute Icon bag Material: Leather; cal...
new VERSACE 2018 Tribute Icon pink gold Medusa coin Greca chain crossbody bag
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2018 Tribute Icon pink gold Medusa coin Greca chain crossbody bag Reference: TGAS/A05066 Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model: Tribute Icon bag Collectio...
Versace black leather gold tone hardware Tribute Medallion Shoulder handle bag
By Gianni Versace
Located in Capri, IT
Versace black leather gold tone hardware Tribute Medallion Shoulder handle bag stylish and easy to carry tribute to Gianni Versace black bag embellished with medusas all over
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H 7.49 in W 14.18 in
new VERSACE Tribute cobalt blue gold Medusa coin stud shoulder satchel tote bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute cobalt blue gold Medusa coin stud shoulder satchel tote bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Model Name / Style: Tribute tote Material: Leather Color: ...
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H 5.12 in W 9.85 in D 1.97 in
new VERSACE Tribute Bondage pink Medusa Stud gold chain flap clutch shoulder bag
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE Tribute Bondage pink Medusa Stud gold chain flap clutch shoulder bag Brand: Versace Designer: Donatella Versace Collection: 2019 Model Name / Style: Tribute clutch Materi...
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.