Gucci Bamboo Top Handle 1947-20011
Designed in 1947 in a roundish shape to emulate a horse's saddle and given a bamboo top-handle because of leather shortages after WWII, this bag is an enduring beauty, like its many owners ;-)
Ingrid Bergman, Naples 1953
Vanessa Redgrave, 1966
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Doha 2009
(a year before the current re-launch in S/S'10)
2011
Pictures from Gucci on face book http://www.facebook.com/notes/gucci/from-the-archives-the-bamboo-bag/10150110997913300 and Gucci.com (the medium corral leather bag is available now)
