Fendi Handbags & Purses

While Italian fashion house Fendi has been lauded for decades for its lavish furs, it now enjoys great success in its accessories business as well. This success is in large part due to a series of small shoulder bags known as Baguettes developed under the direction of creative director Karl Lagerfeld.

The Baguette bag is a wide, fancifully decorated Tootsie Roll-shaped Fendi purse meant to fit casually under your arm like its French namesake bread roll. This iconic bag has seen a series of unique spins on the original in materials including leather and exotic skins, some accented with embroidered patterns and designs by famous contemporary artists.

The Baguette is an exciting bag, and only one of many styles of Fendi handbags and purses that attract bids from designer-loving collectors worldwide. Other popular Fendi bags available at auction include the Peekabo and hard to find vintage styles.

Quick Facts

• When the Baguette reached its 15th birthday in 2012, the company celebrated the iconic Fendi handbag by releasing “Fendi Baguette.” The tome featured 250 photos of the Baguette’s many variations as well as a compilation of missives by high-profile devotees
• During 2015 New York Fashion Week, artists and celebrities including Rachel Feinstein, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Rihanna designed one-of-a-kind Fendi bags for the brand’s 3Baguette project. Each bag was auctioned to benefit charities of each designer’s choice
• A Fendi baguette purse signed by Sharon Stone sold in a 2007 AIDS charity auction in Rome for $60,000