The VLogo Signature Range: Clutches, Buckets and Shopping Bags

Where the Rockstud announces itself, the VLogo Signature simply speaks. A contemporary V emblem anchors the entire line, standing as hardware, as a fastening and as the only ornament these bags carry, from clutches and bucket bags to bowling shapes and large shopping totes. The collection’s price ladder is at its widest here: observed 2026 market prices reach from 650 dollars for a small grainy calfskin clutch as far as 3,750 dollars for a shopping bag in soft leather. At the lower end that makes VLogo Signature the practical entry point to the house; at the other it is a serious everyday bag. What follows covers each format in turn, smallest to largest, noting which shapes earn their price, and all figures are observed market prices rather than an official price list.

What the emblem is doing

Because the V emblem is a piece of hardware first and a logo second, it stays restrained even at size. Flat plaque on the clutches, a closure or a clasp on the bucket and bowling shapes, and the anchor of the front panel on the shopping bags, with nothing else competing. Nothing is studded and nothing is quilted, which leaves outline and material to carry the design. The restraint is exactly the point, because it makes VLogo Signature the sensible choice for anyone who wants a valentino garavani bag without the pyramid studs that define the Rockstud family. Across the house, observed hardware finishes include light gold and antique-brass tones, while jewel-set variants appear mainly in other lines. These are, structurally, simple valentino bags, and proportion decides whether a simple bag works, which this line generally manages.

The clutches, and why they punch above their price

The cheapest way into the house is a clutch, and plenty of buyers find it the most quietly useful thing here. Small grainy calfskin versions were observed at between 650 and 790 dollars, with a moire version at 750, which puts them under Rockstud wallets at 1,250 dollars and far below any Rockstud bag. The clutch is the single format in which the emblem does most of the work, since there is little surface for anything else. Of the two, grainy calfskin wears harder, valentino leather mini bag while moire offers a textile sheen that photographs beautifully but marks more easily. Neither one is a laptop bag, and neither pretends otherwise; these are evening and dinner pieces, or pouches that live inside a larger tote. The table below puts the entire line in one view, and the sections after it take each format in turn.

The mini bucket and mini bowling shapes

What sits between the clutches and the totes is the part most people buy, and that is the middle of the line. A nappa mini bucket was observed at 1,450 dollars, and both the mini bag and the mini bowling shapes were observed at 1,750 dollars, placing them level with the Rockstud mini shopping bag instead of above it. The bucket is the softer proposition: it slumps agreeably, takes more than you would expect, and the drawstring-style opening keeps everything out of view. The bowling shape is the firmer of the two and keeps its outline better when put down, good news for anyone who dislikes rummaging. Both work as a compact valentino shoulder bag on a shortened strap, and both sit comfortably across the body once the strap is let out. Worth noting: the brand’s own site does not have a crossbody category page, which organises bags under shoulder bags, totes, top handle bags, clutches, wallets and small leather goods, so crossbody is a description rather than a section you can browse.

The shopping totes

At the top of the line, VLogo Signature shopping bags run from 2,650 to 3,750 dollars in suede or soft leather, which is serious money for a tote with no studs on it. The money buys scale and material rather than hardware, and what separates the suede from the soft leather version is largely temperament. Suede is the more beautiful and more demanding, reacting badly to water and wanting a dry brush rather than a cloth; soft leather forgives commuting, rain and a car footwell. Whichever you choose, this is the format that turns the line into a working valentino tote bag instead of an occasion piece. By way of comparison, observed prices put the Jean medium shopping bag in nappa chevron at 3,650 dollars and Rockstud mini shopping bags between 1,390 and 1,850, which leaves VLogo shopping bags in the upper middle of the tote range. If it is going to be a daily bag, take the leather and size up rather than down.

Why the bags say Garavani

A common question is why an emblem-led line still spells out VALENTINO GARAVANI on the interior tag, and the reason is legal rather than aesthetic. A 1979 coexistence agreement governs how the Rome-founded couture house and the separate Naples company Mario Valentino S.p.A. may each use the Valentino name, and it contractually requires the couture house to use GARAVANI in addition to VALENTINO on leather goods and in their advertising. Running the other way, the agreement limits how the other company may pair a V with the Valentino name on leather goods. These are two completely separate businesses that happen to share a surname, not a parent company and a diffusion label, and mixing them up is the single most common mistake in the category. In practice the check is simple: a bag from the luxury house has VALENTINO and GARAVANI in capitals, plus MADE IN ITALY, on an interior tag. A bag that reads only Valentino outside and Mario Valentino inside is a genuine product of that other company, sold at a different price point.

The VLogo bags that have left the shelves

Not every bag with the emblem on it is still made, and three of them turn up constantly in second-hand listings. The VLogo Escape tote, in hammered and quilted leather with double handles, a removable strap and gold-tone hardware, has been reported as discontinued by a resale platform. The VLogo Supervee shoulder bag is resale-only ground these days, one pre-owned example having been observed at around 866 dollars. There is also a Valentino Garavani Stud Sign VLogo leather shoulder bag, though it does not show up in the current site filters, which puts it in the same archive-or-clearing bracket. None of these are rare in the collector sense, though supply is thin enough that prices move around between listings. Should you want one, watch a few platforms across several weeks rather than buying the first one you come across.

How the line holds up after purchase

On resale data, the emblem bags come out reasonable rather than spectacular. Rebag’s figures place a VLogo Locò flap shoulder bag at 57 percent of original retail, near the top of the Valentino range, against a house average of 41 percent for Valentino handbags in 2023. These are observed market figures rather than a prediction, and prices on the secondary market can slide just as easily as they hold. In practical terms, recognisable emblem hardware helps a bag sell on, while material choice decides what condition it will be in when that day comes. Grainy calfskin ages best, nappa asks for a light touch, and suede repays owners who brush it and keep it dry. Nothing in this line should be bought as an asset, but the middle formats are unusually easy to own.

Buying channels, and what a real discount actually looks like

The line is stocked directly by the house and by authorised retailers including Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Mytheresa, Net-a-Porter, Farfetch, Selfridges, Harrods, Giglio and Tessabit. THE OUTNET, which is the off-price arm of Net-a-Porter, does stock Valentino Garavani, though how deep its reductions run is not something to assume in advance. Official seasonal sales are also run by the house through its own webstore, and as of September 2026 its United States sale page stated that the Spring/Summer 2026 sale had ended, so a genuine valentino bag sale is a periodic event rather than a permanent condition. Treat any site advertising standing deep discounts on current-season stock as the warning sign it is. One further trap worth naming: Nordstrom Rack, Saks OFF 5TH and TJ Maxx stock Valentino by Mario Valentino, the separate company described above, not discounted pieces from this line. Buy from the house or a named authorised retailer and the question of authenticity mostly answers itself.