Fendi Baguette revival
- Fendi presented the 'Baguette 26424 Re‑Edition' during Milan Design Week, drawing directly from its archives. - The reissue includes 20 styles, with six of those variants available in Milan during the week. - The bag launch was one of several fashion highlights tied to Salone del Mobile, which opened April 22 and is spilling into the fashion calendar. (elle.com, interiordaily.com)
Fendi used Milan Design Week to relaunch the Baguette, reviving the bag in a new “26424 Re-Edition” tied directly to its original style code. (fendi.com) The house said the project includes 20 re-editions from its Fall/Winter 2026-27 collection, presented during Milano Design Week 2026. Fendi described the release as a return to the 26424 code, the number attached to the original Baguette model. (fendi.com, fendi.com) Fendi said the launch began at its Montenapoleone boutique in Milan, with six variants available in the city during the week. The company also said 14 more re-editions would later be sold at its IFC store in Shanghai, its 57th Street store in New York, and online sign-up channels tied to the drop. (fendi.com) The timing put a fashion accessory inside Milan’s biggest design event. Milan Design Week runs April 20 to 26, 2026, while the Salone del Mobile trade fair at Fiera Milano Rho runs April 21 to 26. (fuorisalone.it, salonemilano.it, milandesignweek.org) That overlap has pulled more luxury brands into a calendar once dominated by furniture and interiors. Coverage of this year’s week placed Fendi alongside other label-driven installations and retail activations across Milan. (elle.com, interiordaily.com) The Baguette has enough history to carry that kind of crossover. Fendi says the bag debuted in 1997, built around a slim shape meant to sit under the arm like its French namesake. (fendi.com) The new run leans hard on archive cues rather than a clean-sheet redesign. Product pages for the reissue show versions in black crackled calfskin, tiger-print calfskin inspired by archive pieces, and black biker-effect calfskin stamped with “1925-26424.” (fendi.com, fendi.com, fendi.com) Fendi also framed the bags like collectible objects, not just seasonal stock. The company said the re-editions come in packaging modeled on art-shipping crates, a design choice that matched the week’s gallery-and-installation mood. (fendi.com) The result is a launch built around memory, scarcity and Milan. Nearly 30 years after the Baguette’s debut, Fendi brought it back to design week as an archive piece with a shop window. (fendi.com, salonemilano.it)
