Gucci Vintage Information Thread

264ria · Jun 25, 2014

docringram said:
...and I just saw that you did - good job!

Thank you! Sorry im new to this so i found the other forum later but seems like a quiet one and barely anyone posts replies! Will see

Thanks

papertiger · Jun 25, 2014

gino22 said:
It has been well over a month since I brought my vintage Lady Lock into Gucci to be sent out for repair, and two phone calls later, no indication of where it might be. Both times the store has told me that as soon as it hits the repair center, they should know. This doesn't really help.

Getting anxious, since I assumed they would handle their shipping more professionally (apparently, there isn't even a tracking number associated with the package). Hoping they use their own courier and I will hear back soon... anyone have experience with sending items to Gucci's US repair center for assessment? Is this at all typical?

I usually take mine to Gucci CS myself but I'm not in the US. It gets sent to Italy unless their on-site crafts person can do the minor repair (while I wait) repairs have taken between 4 weeks and 4 months.

It's a good question but prob a question for the Gucci chat thread rather than here, maybe they can help you better as the Lady Lock is not strictly a vintage bag

Hope all goes well for you anyhow

babybaby123 · Jun 28, 2014

I found this gorgeous Gucci at a local thrift store. It feels and looks amazing. I am thinking it is from the 1980's. First I want to make sure it is authentic and then I would love to learn more about it. I was going to post this on the main Authenticate this Gucci thread but then I remembered reading that vintage Gucci should be taken to another thread. I hope this is it. If not I please point me in the correct direction.

serial number: 23-01-1633

Thanks in advance!

WendyH · Jun 28, 2014

WendyH said:
Hi, I recently bought this bag on eBay, and whilst I don't really have any doubts about its authenticity (the inside was all powdery as they are...) I would really appreciate some info on its age. I would guess early 90's but an expert opinion would be appreciated. View attachment 2654863 View attachment 2654864 View attachment 2654865 View attachment 2654866 View attachment 2654867 View attachment 2654868

Hi everyone, I posted this on the authentication thread recently and got nonreply (perhaps my query was nit direct enough?). Can anyone comment on its age please?

redgreenblue · Jul 3, 2014

Good morning @all. Does anybody know what kind of leather (animal) this is?

Also, I would like to share this with you

bry_dee · Jul 4, 2014

@redgreenblue

The top one looks lizard to me.

@papertiger: I just spent the last few hours re-reading this thread, and Gucci was admittedly my sentimental favorite as I first got hooked on everything bag-related from this particular sub-forum. I haven't posted in about a year but I gotta blurt out how much I venerate your knowledge of Gucci. :worthy:

Anyway, I would like to contribute to this thread a couple of, I presume, vintage Gucci bags from my visit to Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul back in 2012. It was forbidden to take pictures, but I managed to sneakily take some with my camera phone on mute anyway (I might be totally banned from going there now, given I have posted LOTS of photos on my blog LOL) and got to see these beautiful Gucci bags I have never even seen online.

Pardon the abysmal photos, but I am kicking myself on not properly photographing the round one at the bottom with the anchor and rope canvas print bag with the metal details. Do you know what that bag is? They also have a Jackie-O with a whale print, and an embellished floral hobo. I have seen a similar one online, but not as 3-dimensional as the one in the picture. The BTH was also in a print I have never seen before. These bags, I guess, are no longer on display, unlike their permanent collection on another floor (they only have one Gucci there, this 2012 BTH donated by Gucci).

redgreenblue · Jul 4, 2014

@bry_dee: Thanks for posting the pictures, how interesting!!

The fabric of the BTH is called Leonardo cloth, and actually I have seen it now and then at ebay on Jackies and Hobos. Not very often, though.

I adore the whales!

bry_dee · Jul 4, 2014

No prob! Thanks for the info on that BTH, I obviously have not been looking at bags on Ebay for a long time

gino22 · Jul 12, 2014

papertiger said:
I usually take mine to Gucci CS myself but I'm not in the US. It gets sent to Italy unless their on-site crafts person can do the minor repair (while I wait) repairs have taken between 4 weeks and 4 months.

It's a good question but prob a question for the Gucci chat thread rather than here, maybe they can help you better as the Lady Lock is not strictly a vintage bag

Hope all goes well for you anyhow

I was referring specifically to the Lady Lock you estimated to be from the late 40's-early 50's. It has just completed its trip around the world (was ultimately sent to Italy), but Gucci would not perform the necessary repairs.

I can understand why - it is possibly the only one of its kind still in circulation, so if they made a mistake with the repairs, I guess they assumed things could get litigious. Not like they can just send me a replacement.

I will be offering it up on eBay either this weekend or next.

Adr412 · Jul 16, 2014

didnt have any luck in the gucci authentication thread, so i figured i would post here. seems like an older piece, i am not sure if it is authentic. currently in my possesion, can take more pics if needed. thanks in advance!

here is a link for photos : http://imgur.com/a/Xa9R8
here are some details about this piece.
-all leather outer and inner lining
-stitching is nice and even through ought the entire piece
-comes with a set of 2 keys. they fit inside the lock perfectly but I'm not sure if it locks properly. doesn't seem to be functioning
-has a nice weight to it
-seems very sturdy and a little stuff when you open it
-no signs of deterioration/water damage
-the tab stamped with the Gucci logo and serial is the only branding on the entire piece
-no idea of what year it's from

Vitta · Aug 4, 2014

redgreenblue said:
Good morning @all. Does anybody know what kind of leather (animal) this is?

Also, I would like to share this with you

This is karung (snakeskin)

http://www.victoriastowecollection.com/#!snakeskin-skin/cntj

papertiger · Aug 5, 2014

bry_dee said:
@redgreenblue

The top one looks lizard to me.

@papertiger: I just spent the last few hours re-reading this thread, and Gucci was admittedly my sentimental favorite as I first got hooked on everything bag-related from this particular sub-forum. I haven't posted in about a year but I gotta blurt out how much I venerate your knowledge of Gucci. :worthy:

Anyway, I would like to contribute to this thread a couple of, I presume, vintage Gucci bags from my visit to Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul back in 2012. It was forbidden to take pictures, but I managed to sneakily take some with my camera phone on mute anyway (I might be totally banned from going there now, given I have posted LOTS of photos on my blog LOL) and got to see these beautiful Gucci bags I have never even seen online.

Pardon the abysmal photos, but I am kicking myself on not properly photographing the round one at the bottom with the anchor and rope canvas print bag with the metal details. Do you know what that bag is? They also have a Jackie-O with a whale print, and an embellished floral hobo. I have seen a similar one online, but not as 3-dimensional as the one in the picture. The BTH was also in a print I have never seen before. These bags, I guess, are no longer on display, unlike their permanent collection on another floor (they only have one Gucci there, this 2012 BTH donated by Gucci).

Apologies for not getting back to you sooner, I've been away and then had no Net.

Thanks for these pictures :flowers:

they are so wonderful. :kiss: Isn't the beaded Flora amazing? Have to check on the Anchor Print Hobo, I know they had bags with this print in the 1960s but they could have been a reissue even then.

Redgreenblue is correct the BTH is the Leonardo print. Leonardo Da Vinci sketched a bag more the 500 years ago, not too far from some of some of Gucci's early incarnations of a BTH, indeed with the pattern interpreted by Gucci's print.

CanuckBagLover · Aug 6, 2014

papertiger said:
Apologies for not getting back to you sooner, I've been away and then had no Net.

Thanks for these pictures they are so wonderful. :kiss: Isn't the beaded Flora amazing? Have to check on the Anchor Print Hobo, I know they had bags with this print in the 1960s but they could have been a reissue even then.

Redgreenblue is correct the BTH is the Leonardo print. Leonardo Da Vinci sketched a bag more the 500 years ago, not too far from some of some of Gucci's early incarnations of a BTH, indeed with the pattern interpreted by Gucci's print.

Stunning bags - thanks for posting. And never knew that Da Vinci sketched a bag! Thanks for the history lesson

loly1982 · Aug 6, 2014

papertiger · Aug 7, 2014

loly1982 said:
hello, I need your help once. I had bought a Used Gucci bag on Ebay, which was not cheap. The model is called Vintage Web. the good woman has no account of it, you had been given by her husband. I am now unsure whether the bag is original. Supposedly fend the original. Maybe you can tell me what to what. Thanks for your help.

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Hello there, welcome to TPF

Unfortunately, you have posted in the wrong thread

A. This question needs to be posted in the 'Authenticate This Gucci'. Someone there may be able to help you.
B. The 'Vintage' in a new/nearly new Vintage Web refers to the style and not the age. This thread is dedicated only to vintage Gucci pieces, as in many years old.

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