The Fendi Baguette wasn’t intended to be a global phenomenon, as evidenced by the number 26424 attached to it when it was first designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi in 1997. To her, and to the house, it was just another bag – and she designed many. Yet when the soft, oblong bag emerged, dubbed the Baguette because its short strap meant it was carried squashed in your armpit, the way the French traditionally haul their loaves of bread, something sparked – perhaps because,hellip;

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