The Return of the Dragon!

[papertiger]

Love, but not for me. I can imagine any of these with jeans and a white shirt on someone with a bit more height (I’m short

I never thought of height.

 

[papertiger]

Thanks for sharing! I was not familiar with these. I agree with @A bottle of Red... while I'm generally not a "quiet luxury" type gal, these bags are a bit too ornate for my personal taste but the dragon embellishment itself is to die for and I would love to have on a smaller and more simple bag.

I found this green on online which I think is stunning. Maybe I need an overly ornate bag after all? Lol

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I would love that one!

 

[stacy_natalie]

Enamel.

Gucci is famous for its enamel. It's always been apart of their fancy hardware work and then in the 70s, their silver too.

It supposed to resemble Cloisonné (or perhaps Champlevé ) although, in this case I suspect the gold is painted on (I will have to check my shoes).

The zoom on your pic makes me think that perhaps the leather is boar-skin (which Gucci used to be famous for before phasing it out around 2012)

Thank you for the info. I was wondering about the enamel bc it reminds me a bit of the handle on my Bvlgari cuore 1968 bag (snake with gold plated brass and enamel scales).

 

[papertiger]

Thank you for the info. I was wondering about the enamel bc it reminds me a bit of the handle on my Bvlgari cuore 1968 bag (snake with gold plated brass and enamel scales).

That sounds gorgeous too.

Obviously Bvlgari, founded in Rome, almost treat their hardware like jewellery, and Gucci shares its founding city Florence with the largest and finest jewellery centres in Italy.

Since I answered your last post, I did some digging and it seems Italian enamel work more often uses Basse-taille work.

I am now officially obsessed.

I'm just running off to find my enamelled Gucci tiger buckle to take a closer look.

 

[stacy_natalie]

That sounds gorgeous too.

Obviously Bvlgari, founded in Rome, almost treat their hardware like jewellery, and Gucci shares its founding city Florence with the largest and finest jewellery centres in Italy.

Since I answered your last post, I did some digging and it seems Italian enamel work more often uses Basse-taille work.

I am now officially obsessed.

I'm just running off to find my enamelled Gucci tiger buckle to take a closer look.

It's not the most practical bag, but it's unique. The handle is what drew me to it. Here's a video I found that shows a bit of insight into the making of it, but I wish they better showed the process for making the handle.

 

[papertiger]

Here is my Gucci enamel belt buckle. I ran my hand over and it and the metal feels raised

 

[lstars]

Found a couple more with purple vibe. @papertiger Do you know what the "scales" on the body are made of?

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The detailing on this is incredible!

 

[papertiger]

There is a similar bag but with an enamel snake and chain from AW03 on Vintage Couture.
I can't get it though, the croc needs CITES. I also note that there is a hole where some idiot has made with a security tag.

 

[papertiger]

This is where TF got the inspiration. This is a 1970s coat (also from the same site as the Snake bag)

As you can see , it stars tigers and not dragons. A bit like the Dionysus (some of which were also enamelled) TF morphed the tigers into snakes and dragons

 

[A bottle of Red]

This is where TF got the inspiration. This is a 1970s coat (also from the same site as the Snake bag)

As you can see , it stars tigers and not dragons. A bit like the Dionysus (some of which were also enamelled) TF morphed the tigers into snakes and dragons

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What a fabulous coat!

 

[papertiger]

What a fabulous coat!

I don't think it's ever been worn and kept immaculate for more than 50 years

 

[A bottle of Red]

I don't think it's ever been worn and kept immaculate for more than 50 years

I went to look at the rest of the photos, it's so beautiful and immaculate as you say. But in a way that's sad to have owned such an incredible piece and never wear it.

 

[papertiger]

I went to look at the rest of the photos, it's so beautiful and immaculate as you say. But in a way that's sad to have owned such an incredible piece and never wear it.

Very true. A lesson to us all.

It should go to the Gucci museum IMO. Gucci Museo won't pay that money though, for all their billions, Gucci don't spend proper money on their archive.