That’s the location that was home to All Things New Again for 24 years. The former furniture and home decor store opened in the little white house in 1998 and closed last year. Read on for a history of the most recognizable and best Bottega Veneta handbags. All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may earn affiliate revenue on this article and commission when you buy something.
If there’s a Bottega bag that’s white-hot right now, it’s the Sardine. Curved like The Jodie bag but featuring a rod handle in the shape of a gilt, yes, sardine fish, the bag is crafted with a woven lambskin body. It first debuted on the Bottega Veneta fall/winter 2022 runway which marked current creative director Matthieu Blazy’s debut. For the occasion, Blazy sent out a collection of handbags that would all go on to mark the new Bottega era and nearly all of them have already become an It Bag.
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The visual language of the best Bottega Veneta handbags—and of the label as a whole—is mainly shaped by what goes unsaid. That is, there’s a less-is-more approach, and you won’t find a brand logo on a single item. Instead, you’ll see an identifiable signature, the intrecciato woven leather treatment, which, since we’re on the subject of languages, translates to intertwined in Italian. Furthermore, Bottega Veneta means Venetian shop, which brings us right to the beginning….
A version with a loop (meant to be clutched or tossed on the shoulder), a bucket shape with a smaller strap, and a double version for those looking for a bit more storage. Fabrications also range from metallic foil-like silver and buttery calfskin with a slight gloss. Comes in small ($7,500), large ($9,900), double ($10,500), and bucket ($5,000).
There’s no lining, no zipper, no panels or seams, though there is a strip of leather at the base of the bag’s interior and a detachable pouchette for additional storage. It’s a shape and style that has been in embraced by both Lee and Blazy; and it’s unlikely it’s going anywhere anytime soon. Comes in mini ($5,000), small ($7,200), medium ($9,100), large ($9,900); comes in micro and maxi woven iterations.
It’s the latest bag drop from Blazy’s Bottega and it’s only a matter of time before it lands on the arms of the chicest men and women you know. When the Jodie bag was born, it had no name; it was only after a shot of Jodie Foster shielding herself from flashbulbs with a large black Bottega bag that Bottega changed that. The Jodie comes in many sizes— maxi, standard, mini—but is always crafted in an intrecciato leather (except when it’s sheathed in cushy shearling) and made in Italy. Colors range from fuchsia pink to a perfect chocolate color—but there’s really no wrong choice.
Please note that after modifying the language, the selected country and currency will remain the same. At only 30, he was said to be the man behind the renaissance of Margiela couture, after the brand’s founding designer left the house. A few years later, he was rumored to be the secret sauce in Phoebe Philo’s Céline collections. Then he was spotted at Calvin Klein, helping reinvent it under Raf Simons. His name kept coming up in reference to top designer jobs, but he never took a bow at the end of the runway.
By the autumn of 2022, the bag wound up around the arms of Kendall Jenner and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley; it doubles up as a jewel, according to the brand. And lest you forget, the fish is, after all, quite Italian—there’s no chicer summer island destination than Sardinia. In June 2018, Daniel Lee took over the creative directorship of Bottega Veneta and turned the label into one that churned out It bag after It bag—all without the use of a single logo. Early in his tenure, Lee gave the world the Cassette and the Jodie bag, and the fashion set still hasn’t gotten over it.
Along with all the supremely luxurious yet understated luxuries that walked the Bottega Veneta’s spring/summer 2023 show was a new bag. It was a somewhat structured but not boxy (its corners are rounded) calf leather intrecciato accessory that featured brass hardware sculpted into a bow-like knot. The effect is a not-your-grandmother’s ladylike handbag and it’s been dubbed the Andiamo. Italian for “let’s go,” Bottega is here to tell us that the Andiamo is for the wearer who is going places. Currently, the bag comes in three sizes and various earth tones of inky green, chalk white, and full-bodied reds.
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