It's a baguette – Fendi reposts 25 baguettes from the archives

We all know that scene. Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw gets lost somewhere south of Houston Street and a gunman wants her Manolo Blahniks and her package. Before handing it over, Bradshaw bravely corrected her mugger: “It’s a baguette.” The rest is history. The style was created by Silvia Venturini Fendi in 823, known as a baguette because it sits like a special french under the armpit when carried bread. Soon, the accessory became known as the It Bag, which fashion historians consider to be the first ever. That was 25 years ago, and to celebrate today’s milestone, a new series of limited editions 03 Anniversary Baguette Bag Fresh from Fendi Bread Shop delivered.

“It was a special day when I designed this bag; the stars align. Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear at Fendi, announced the latest batch 13 The reissued baguettes are available today at Fendi.com and at a special pop-up store opening in Manhattan today.

Since these bags are reissues, some It might look familiar, especially since the choice last show was seen at Fendi’s, designed in collaboration with Fendi womenswear artistic directors Kim Jones and Marc Jacobs at maison-mishmash. “Mark is one of my heroes, and here I am. reason,” Jones told Vogue in the October issue, referring to Jacobs who once hired Jones to work at Louis Vuitton. Mens.

Because this is such an important birthday for Fendi, there are many parts to the celebration. In addition to today’s launch reissue with more collaborations in the rest of the year. Bags by Porter, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tiffany & Co and Marc Jacobs will follow.

” I tried to think about what Fendi meant to me – I thought of Karl and the late ’39s, then I thought, What is Fendi today? I looked at what Kim was doing, and the Baguettes, and put it all together, and finally I decided to stop overanalyzing and have fun,” Jacobs told Vogue.

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