Gucci’s Attache Bag Is a Reinterpretation of Tradition

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When Gucci's Creative Director, Alessandro Michele, set eyes on the Attache bag in the Italian fashion house's archives, he knew the style was ahead of its time. Designed in a crescent or half moon shape that hooks onto itself, the '70s silhouette is a catch-all, practical, but with attributes of a modern It bag—like craftsmanship and a unisex appeal—that transcend time and place.

Intrigued by the purse, Michele followed his "instinctual desire" to reinterpret it for Gucci's Spring/Summer 2022 Love Parade collection. The collection's theme was a nod to Gucci's multi-faceted roots in art and cinema, shown in the streets of Hollywood last November.

The bag's metallic G-shaped clasp hardware harkens back to the 1975 bag—forever connecting the new Attache bag with its original—alongside an updated color palette, contemporary leather fabrications, and duo size options. The clasp allows the crescent shape to remain open or closed as a top handle bag, a shoulder bag, or a functional messenger bag—one I would gladly use as a small weekender or work bag. The Attache comes in small and large sizes with leather, suede, or a vintage Gucci monogrammed option, a collectible for long-standing Gucci admirers and my favorite rendition. This bag drives home the point that Michele thoughtfully makes time and again: that an object of desire cannot just be beautiful—it must also be useful.

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Gucci Attache Large Shoulder Bag

Sara Holzman is the Style Director at Marie Claire, where she oversees fashion coverage spanning seasonal trends, celebrity style, designers, Fashion Month, and shopping. With more than a decade of experience in fashion media, she has held roles at Condé Nast’s Lucky and Self and contributed style and travel coverage to Equinox’s Furthermore. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, Sara is based in New York City, where she writes about fashion through both an industry and personal lens, including the realities of getting dressed as a working mom. Follow her on Instagram at @sarajonewyork.