"Gucci first put a horsebit - the metal mullen that chomps into a horse's mouth to allow the rider to control its direction - on a soft leather loafer in 1953. It was, by then, a non-essential bit of tack, a nod to an equestrian tradition in leather making that allied the brand with European aristocracy, even if everyone was driving cars by then."
"A remix of those well-trod ideas, the Gucci Siena bag - named after the city in Tuscany, a region synonymous with leathercraft and the province where Gucci first opened shop in 1921 - the bag sports a blown-up scale half-horsebit clasp, which was first introduced in the 1970s. Here, the practical becomes decorative, the utilitarian metal clasp resembling jewellery for the bag. A new addition to the Gucci family, indeed."
The horsebit first appeared on a soft leather loafer in 1953, signaling a nod to equestrian tradition and European aristocratic associations despite widespread car use. That same year Gucci expanded to New York City, beginning global export of an idea of innate Italianness that feeds current creative direction. The horsebit migrated to a bag in 1955 and later inspired details in denim. The Gucci Siena bag, named for Siena in Tuscany where Gucci began in 1921, features a blown-up half-horsebit clasp from the 1970s that transforms a utilitarian fastener into jewellery-like decoration, offered in multiple leather colors.
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