Gucci Vintage Information Thread
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Okay, this is a horrible/old pic I found on my computer. I would rather take the time to prop it and have it displayed better, but I am about to run out for a few hours..so here is the one I have! Forgive the background desk (I have one of those vintage desks where the middle pops open to a vanity, and it isn't closed..this picture is bad! Also, yours is in better condition than mine! The edges are really showing wear, it started when I had purchased it...and once it starts, it is impossible to stop! Everything else is mint..just the trim! It bothers me! I would have LOVED to have the blue!! It would go with my wardrobe better. This bag/portfolio holder is so LARGE in person! I love it..just wish it was in better shape! I do have some vintage pieces that are mint, unfortunately, this is not one of them! Here is the pic of the front and zipper!
JessieRose, can you post photos of yours? I've only ever seen another one once, in the blue color! I would have bought it, but it was in such rough shape.
I have no doubt it's authentic, I had it authenticated on here back in 2009 when I got it, but like you said, zippers leave something to be desired. To me it's just so boring, I wasn't sure if it had been replaced somewhere along the way or not.
Well, it was more for going to work and travel, but as JR said of hers, it would make a wonderful and sophisticated large clutch.
JR - thanks for posting! Mine shows minor wear at the top. Any recomendations for leather moisturizer? Is this something Gucci would fix? I also use mine for a clutch, I use it mostly for dinners and weddings. I love the leather lining, but my lining is rubbing at the top where the seam of the canvas stops. It's hard to explain. I love this bag though! How long have you had yours?
Read #7 of this thread, looks like #7.9 applies to you.
I know it's great to chat but it's better to go here http://forum.purseblog.com/gucci/gucci-chat-thread-round-2-a-593322-98.html for 1-2-1s.
Let's try to keep this thread about vintage bags in general or queries about specifics - but once that questions answered best to move on or elsewhere
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Thanks for the heads up Papertiger.
However, #7.9 wouldn't apply to me since I'm not looking to have my lining replaced. Only the outter trim.
...I thought I was asking general/queries about specifics about this particular vintage bag.
However, I'll stop chatting about the vintage bags on this thread. Thanks!
However, #7.9 wouldn't apply to me since I'm not looking to have my lining replaced. Only the outter trim.
...I thought I was asking general/queries about specifics about this particular vintage bag.
However, I'll stop chatting about the vintage bags on this thread. Thanks!
Gucci Icons
As we all know Gucci has lots of associated icons, but when did they start?
Diamond print from the 1930s
Bamboo from the 1940s
Horse-bit from the 1950s
Web-stripe from the 1950s
GG logo on hardware early-1960s
GG print (developed from the diamond pattern) mid-1960s
Flora print from the mid-1960s
The buckle, the shield, the knight in armour, the horse-shoe nail, the reef knot, that tassel and the marina chain are also all Gucci icons.
As we all know Gucci has lots of associated icons, but when did they start?
Diamond print from the 1930s
Bamboo from the 1940s
Horse-bit from the 1950s
Web-stripe from the 1950s
GG logo on hardware early-1960s
GG print (developed from the diamond pattern) mid-1960s
Flora print from the mid-1960s
The buckle, the shield, the knight in armour, the horse-shoe nail, the reef knot, that tassel and the marina chain are also all Gucci icons.
Hi I was just curious, I recently received a vintage gucci crossbody bag as a gift from a relative who purchased it most likely around the late 70's or during the 80's. It seems to have all the correct signs of a real gucci purse, the only thing I have noticed is the tab that's stamped in gold reading "gucci italy" doesn't have a serial number on the back...although this bag has been used often and kept in the back of my relatives closet, does it mean that it's fake? Any info would help! Thanks!
PT would you please add some information regarding serial numbers? like how some 70s vintage pieces DONT have serial numbers?
Yup of course 
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Serial Numbers
OK, it's a little complicated but here goes
On very early pieces there were model numbers - especially 'proper' handbags but by the mid 1960s not all handbags, even important handbags, had model numbers.
None of my 1970s Gucci have serial numbers only the Gucci script
On my GAC (Gucci Accessory Collection 1979-83) has a serial number on the back of the leather tag in gold.
Anyone who has, please add to info 1983-87 as I have no bags from that era
Pre-Tom Ford 1990s handbags often have a one-line serial numbers there after there are two-line serial numbers on the tag.
.Serial Numbers
OK, it's a little complicated but here goes
On very early pieces there were model numbers - especially 'proper' handbags but by the mid 1960s not all handbags, even important handbags, had model numbers.
None of my 1970s Gucci have serial numbers only the Gucci script
On my GAC (Gucci Accessory Collection 1979-83) has a serial number on the back of the leather tag in gold.
Anyone who has, please add to info 1983-87 as I have no bags from that era
Pre-Tom Ford 1990s handbags often have a one-line serial numbers there after there are two-line serial numbers on the tag.
Gucci Script
Gucci nearly always writes Gucci somewhere on the item and usually in script (I use nearly always and usually in case there are exceptions but I have never seen any so far).
G.Gucci
Gucci
MADE IN ITALY
BY
Gucci
Gucci
ITALY
are all correct not only depending on what era but also which bag or item.
Gucci nearly always writes Gucci somewhere on the item and usually in script (I use nearly always and usually in case there are exceptions but I have never seen any so far).
G.Gucci
Gucci
MADE IN ITALY
BY
Gucci
Gucci
ITALY
are all correct not only depending on what era but also which bag or item.
Early Model Numbers
If there is a model number/ name in your Gucci, it is a very early example and it should read thus:
MOD. BREV N.75.123
(this is obviously just an example)
If there is a model number/ name in your Gucci, it is a very early example and it should read thus:
MOD. BREV N.75.123
(this is obviously just an example)
Gucci Crest Charms
The Gucci crest charm is a gold-coloured hanging charm on the inside of the bag and depicts the Gucci shopping knight
These charms are nearly always clipped to the back of the bag often with a matching plaque stamped with Gucci ITALY. They go right through the 1960s/70s and '80s but many models of bag do not have them. Not all bag that have the charm have the plaque and vice-versa.
In the 1990s some bags have a round hanging zip-pull charm with interlocking Gs from a finer chain the Gs in a darker shade of gold than the background.
If you get offered one of these offered alone as a charm or a key ring, it has been unclipped from inside a Gucci handbag. They never sold them separately.
The Gucci crest charm is a gold-coloured hanging charm on the inside of the bag and depicts the Gucci shopping knight
These charms are nearly always clipped to the back of the bag often with a matching plaque stamped with Gucci ITALY. They go right through the 1960s/70s and '80s but many models of bag do not have them. Not all bag that have the charm have the plaque and vice-versa.
In the 1990s some bags have a round hanging zip-pull charm with interlocking Gs from a finer chain the Gs in a darker shade of gold than the background.
If you get offered one of these offered alone as a charm or a key ring, it has been unclipped from inside a Gucci handbag. They never sold them separately.
Mid-1970s Made in Mexico
Apart from the 'grey area' Gucci Plus bags there were other pseudo Gucci bags made in Mexico and sold at a completely non-authorised Gucci shop in Mexico city fooling even the usual international jet-setters of the period. These would of course be treated by Gucci as fakes.
'Made in Venezuela' shoes are all fake from the same period.
Apart from the 'grey area' Gucci Plus bags there were other pseudo Gucci bags made in Mexico and sold at a completely non-authorised Gucci shop in Mexico city fooling even the usual international jet-setters of the period. These would of course be treated by Gucci as fakes.
'Made in Venezuela' shoes are all fake from the same period.