The Vintage Gucci Bag That's Taking Over 2021

Let’s just say that 2020 has been a year of newness for all of us.

I mean, before this year had you ever heard the term “social distance”, worn a face mask, or witnessed the obsessive over-purchasing of toilet paper?

Me neither.

Among all the changes and talk of “the new normal”, it seems that a lot of people have begun to feel a strong sense of nostalgia. Maybe it’s because everything this year has thrown at us is simply too much. Maybe it’s a form of comfort, like re-watching your favourite childhood cartoons or cooking up a pot of Mac & Cheese that reminds you of being five years old. Maybe people just don’t care about 2020 anymore and want to distance themselves from it.

Whatever the reason being, the masses have been hit with a sweeping sense of “the good old days.” And just like most cultural phenomena, this sentiment has translated into the fashion world as well. And Gucci proves it. Of course.

Only a few seasons back, Gucci decided to revive an old classic: The 1995 horsebit bag. Lo and behold, it’s already trending. All of fashion’s it-girls have been spotted with the bag: Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller, Helena Bordon, Courtney Trop, Caroline Issa, Yoyo Cao… I could go on and on.

Though the revival style is still very fresh, the iconic horsebit hearkens back to the fashion house’s O.G. history. Based on equestrian riding equipment, the metal hardware somehow exudes both country simplicity and high-fashion that Gucci seems reign over. You may recognise this detail as the same buckle seen on Gucci loafers — and that’s where the horsebit originated in 1953. Only two years later, the fashion house followed the logic of supply and demand, adding the ever-popular detail to bags as well.

Fast forward to 2020, and the popularity of the revival proves that even 65 years later, love for the iconic look lives on. Whether it’s sentimentality or a longing for familiarity in strange times that has made us all obsessed with the revival style, we have a feeling that this look is here to stay.

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