gucci bamboo
The Gucci New Bamboo Large Top Handle Bag is a gorgeous neo-classic from a house we love. Few brands can boast a heritage like Gucci, and this season creative director Frida Giannini is bringing back the Italian brand’s traditions. Here’s Bamboo, a revamped version of one of the brand’s iconic bags.
The unusual texture you’re looking at is actually a fascinating heather gray leather — feels normal, looks innovative. This is one of those bags that will become even more attractive with age.
It takes 13 hours to make each bag, using methods that were used fifty years ago.
The bamboo-handled bag, was developed in a Gucci backroom in Florence in 1947, by craftsmen who were charged to muster all their powers of innovation to think their way around war-time shortages – yet still make objects that met the Gucci standards of desirable exclusivity. It is also a testament to the booming craftsmanship and design that put Italy on the map after World War II. Once it was articulated and attached to the bag by four metal loops (using the least amount of the precious commodity possible, in the on-site forge), the bamboo handle became a piece of design history. Read the rest of this entry »
