Pre-owned Gucci

You know a Gucci piece from across the room by its motifs, well before you get near the label. The green and red web stripe, the horsebit, the bamboo handle and the interlocking G each mark a line at Kove. Look for them in every category below.

• Bags. The Marmont, Ophidia and Soho are the daily shoulder bags and totes, the Dionysus with its tiger head closure is the evening bag, and the Horsebit 1955, Padlock, Jackie and Bamboo are the archive shapes for a structured crossbody, a small locked bag, a hobo under the arm and a top handle.
• Shoes. Horsebit loafers and mules, with the metal bit across the vamp. Check the sole on each pair, since the page describes it piece by piece.
• Clothing. Jackets, knitwear and dresses that carry the web stripe or the GG pattern, so one piece reads as Gucci without a bag.
• Accessories. Belts with the double G buckle, wallets, card holders and silk scarves, the smallest way to put the house’s motifs into an outfit.
• Hats. Caps and bucket hats in GG canvas, worn logo forward with plain clothes.

On a pre-owned Gucci bag, look first at the leather corners. The corners meet the table, the floor and the car seat before any other part, so the finish rubs back there first, and on a quilted Marmont it shows at the base where the quilting turns under. Each page describes the condition of that one piece, and where a laboratory document exists the page says so. On loafers, look at the sole edge and the heel first.