Gucci · Tier 3

Horsebit 1955

Name: Gucci Horsebit 1955 Medium
Brand: Gucci

Catalogued July 2026

The Gucci Horsebit 1955 is a shoulder and top-handle bag reintroduced by Alessandro Michele in 2020, reviving a style the house first made in 1955. Its defining feature is the horsebit, the metal snaffle-and-ring hardware drawn from Gucci's equestrian heritage, set on a clean structured flap. It appears in smooth leather and GG Supreme canvas, often accented with the green-red Web. The design revisits one of Gucci's oldest hardware signatures for a modern audience.

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Size

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Colour

Black White Beige BrownRedBlue Metallic Unknown

Material

Leather Suede GG SupremeUnknown

Hardware

gold silverUnknown

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Material

GG Supreme Canvasdefault, Smooth Leather

Seasonal: Exotic / Printed

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The red shades we’ve recorded (2)

Blue/Red47Burgundy2

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What it's worth

Gucci · Horsebit 1955 · Medium · Red

This exact variant · 514 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $850 on Rebag, well below the typical price (median $1,530).

Demand is light and prices are soft, so there's little pressure to move fast.

No longer in production, so resale is the only way to buy it.

By condition · compared like-for-like

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very good

47 prices

$1,600$1,900

Estimated from recorded resale prices (465 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-27.

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Where it stands

#194

of 536 styles in the LC Index

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⚖Blended from price, trade volume, and scarcity.
◷Recomputed monthly from recorded market prices.

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The three measures behind #194

By priceof 536 styles

#263First · Balenciaga
#264Horsebit 1955 · Gucci
#265Aline · Hermès

By trade volumeof 536 styles

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Bag DNA

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GHouseGucciest. 1921 · Italy ColourRed

The Story

Built around the bridle hardware Gucci borrowed from the stable in the 1950s.

Origin

Named for a year in the saddle

The Horsebit 1955 takes its name from the mid-1950s, when Gucci first used the horsebit on its bags. Alessandro Michele brought the motif back as the Horsebit 1955 line in 2020.

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Design

A bit from a bridle

The signature clasp is the horsebit itself: a double ring joined by a bar, lifted straight from horse bridles. It nods to Gucci's equestrian roots and its early days outfitting riders.

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Specifications

SizeMedium

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ColorwayRed

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StatusDiscontinued

Marketresale

Resale price history

-47%

$1,600 → $850 across 514 recorded sales

2026-07 – 2026-08

Estimated from recorded resale prices · not an appraisal or investment forecast. Values can go down as well as up.

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Care for it

Grained leather is forgiving, but it still likes a gentle clean and the odd condition.

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