Gucci Vintage Information Thread

[LadyVintageBags]

Hello Papertiger! I was hoping to be one of fortunate people who could have your help identifying what bags I own?. Still waiting for them to come in the mail. The link has pictures of 2 vintage gucci bags. From what i was told they are circa 1980s, purchased from HK. I think the white one is a Jackie O bag and I have no, and cant find any information, on the blue bag. Im hoping you would know what their names are and what year they are from?

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ao-YyhNcqj2EhXqE4P7QwpS4vXFm

Sorry ignore the first link, this is the correct link

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ao-YyhNcqj2Ehg3c5Vq6dqZY_liZ

 

[papertiger]

Hello Papertiger! I was hoping to be one of fortunate people who could have your help identifying what bags I own?. Still waiting for them to come in the mail. The link has pictures of 2 vintage gucci bags. From what i was told they are circa 1980s, purchased from HK. I think the white one is a Jackie O bag and I have no, and cant find any information, on the blue bag. Im hoping you would know what their names are and what year they are from?

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ao-YyhNcqj2EhXqE4P7QwpS4vXFm

No pics ^

For anyone to look (esp. me) you'll need to post photos on here and be prepared to leave them on this thread. I don't like followers of this thread at some later date wondering what's being written about, which makes this thread useless as a resource in the future.

 

[LadyVintageBags]

No pics ^

For anyone to look (esp. me) you'll need to post photos on here and be prepared to leave them on this thread. I don't like followers of this thread at some later date wondering what's being written about, which makes this thread useless as a resource in the future.

Hi papertiger. Yes sorry the first link was a dud but i did post a second link which i posted as a reply to my first post ( i forgot i could use the edit function so i opted for the reply function instead). https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ao-YyhNcqj2Ehg3c5Vq6dqZY_liZ

Anyways, sorry about making things difficult. Here are the uploads to make things more streamline =) (Please note i have purchased these bags but they haven't arrived yet so i can only provide the pics from the ads, happy to post better/more pics when i receive them =] )

Also please see next post for pics of the next bag (i think its a jackie O bag) =)

 

[LadyVintageBags]

 

[GerardoB]

Hi there, I’m new on this forum.
Last week I found this beauty at my grandmother's house.
Someome can tell me the collection and the relase year of this item?

Thanks

 

[chocolateolive]

No idea but that is so cool!

 

[Rachellebrn2]

Hello! My aunt gifted this purse to me a while ago and I know she purchased it brand new in the 80s-90s maybe? I was wondering if anyone knew a more exact time frame this bag came out? Love learning about vintage bags.

 

[papertiger]

View attachment 4019559 View attachment 4019559 View attachment 4019560 View attachment 4019562 View attachment 4019563 View attachment 4019565 View attachment 4019566 Hello! My aunt gifted this purse to me a while ago and I know she purchased it brand new in the 80s-90s maybe? I was wondering if anyone knew a more exact time frame this bag came out? Love learning about vintage bags.

It's a 1980s GAC Boston

 

[Cyanide Rose]

Hi, I was hoping I could find out some information on this bag I just purchased. I’m very interested in knowing when it was made and the type of material it is made out of. Is there a name for this model? Also is this a bag I could carry often or is something that would get damaged if I wear it in the rain? I love collecting vintage Italian handbags and this is my first bamboo Gucci top handle. I am very fond of the Gucci bamboo handle handbags and I do plan to purchase more in the future. Thanks in advance for any information you can share with me.

 

[papertiger]

Hi there, I’m new on this forum.
Last week I found this beauty at my grandmother's house.
Someome can tell me the collection and the relase year of this item?

Thanks

If you read through you will see the GAC started 1979, expanded and exploded late 1980s. There were some further canvas bags for export to Japan only in the 1990s but this looks more 1980s.

 

[papertiger]

Hi, I was hoping I could find out some information on this bag I just purchased. I’m very interested in knowing when it was made and the type of material it is made out of. Is there a name for this model? Also is this a bag I could carry often or is something that would get damaged if I wear it in the rain? I love collecting vintage Italian handbags and this is my first bamboo Gucci top handle. I am very fond of the Gucci bamboo handle handbags and I do plan to purchase more in the future. Thanks in advance for any information you can share with me. View attachment 4044832View attachment 4044833View attachment 4044834View attachment 4044836View attachment 4044838View attachment 4044839

It's boar skin (also called pigskin, peccary or tunstall) yours is one of Gucci's typical colours (the other being tan) but there are other colours too.

How well it will take to the rain is dependant on if the skin hasn't been allowed to dry out (the tanning of the leather and natural oils repel the water). If the skin appears light, patchy or dry to the touch it will have lost it's natural rain repellence. It would have been helped if it has been used a lot and not just kept for best, as brushing skirts, handled all day etc would help build a patina, the more patina acquired the more resistant it will be. My (preloved) Gucci case is from the same era and it's clear it had something spilled on it, whether or not it was just water I don't know but it's visible, this case never left indoors. I have have Gucci MTO loafers and had no probs although I didn't wear them in the rain to begin with. Other Gucci pigskin I have is newer (just before they stopped producing). I have Hermes and BV pigskin (BV's is sueded lining) with no trouble and the H I wear very frequently, rain no problem.

 

[Cyanide Rose]

It's boar skin (also called pigskin, peccary or tunstall) yours is one of Gucci's typical colours (the other being tan) but there are other colours too.

How well is will take to the rain is dependant on if the skin hasn't been allowed to dry out (the tanning of the leather and natural oils repel the water). If the skin appears light, patchy or dry to the touch it will have lost it's natural rain repellence. It would have been helped if it has been used a lot and not just kept for best, as brushing skirts, handled all day etc would help build a patina, the more patina acquired the more resistant it will be. My (preloved) Gucci case is from the same era and it's clear it had something spilled on it, whether or not it was just water I don't know but it's visible, this case never left indoors. I have have Gucci MTO loafers and had no probs although I didn't wear them in the rain to begin with. Other Gucci pigskin I have is newer (just before they stopped producing). I have Hermes and BV pigskin (BV's is sueded lining) with no trouble and the H I wear very frequently, rain no problem.

Thank you so much Papertiger, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I will check it’s condition thoroughly when I return home.

Would you say that this bag was made in the 70’s? Thank you so much for you kindness in helping me again. Enjoy the rest of your day [emoji5]

 

[papertiger]

Thank you so much Papertiger, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I will check it’s condition thoroughly when I return home.

Would you say that this bag was made in the 70’s? Thank you so much for you kindness in helping me again. Enjoy the rest of your day [emoji5]

1950s, poss early-'60s but no later

Edited to say, the patina looks fabulous on this bag and I doubt you would have any problems. As with all Gucci bags, Gucci advise you not to use in the rain if you can help it, so I would just be as sensible as you can. .

 

[amstevens714]

Trying to get picky with my vintage collection and I had to snag this grey ostrich messenger . Sadly something other than water dripped down the front, but otherwise it repels water (which is helpful where I live ) and is in pretty good condition. I’m assuming from the 80s based on the hardware. Papertiger, correct me if I’m wrong ❤️.

 

[Cyanide Rose]

1950s, poss early-'60s but no later

Edited to say, the patina looks fabulous on this bag and I doubt you would have any problems. As with all Gucci bags, Gucci advise you not to use in the rain if you can help it, so I would just be as sensible as you can. .

This is such an interesting thread, thank you so much again. I will definitely be careful with it.