Early 1900s
A family workshop
Filippo Della Valle established a small shoe factory. Successive generations expanded the business, with Diego Della Valle driving its later industrial and international development.
The House & Its Designers
Tod’s
Marche · Early 20th-century workshop origins
Italian leather craft with a practical, informal elegance.
Tod’s developed from the Della Valle family’s shoemaking business. Its bags extend the same attention to leather, finishing and everyday use that made the Gommino driving shoe recognisable.
3 photographs · Reviewed August 2026
Explore the history ↓
01 / The house
The story behind the name.
The Gommino
Function becomes identity
The driving shoe’s rubber-pebble sole supplied an immediately recognisable detail. Soft leather and comfort helped define the wider brand image.
The bags
A leather wardrobe
The D-Bag and later designs carried those values into handbags. Their forms generally give priority to proportion, material and useful construction.
2023–2024
Matteo Tamburini arrives
Tamburini was appointed creative director in 2023 and presented his first collection in 2024.
02 / The designers
The people who shaped the house.
Selected creative chapters; dates distinguish appointments from runway debuts.
Founding generations
The Della Valle family
Developed the shoemaking business into an international leather-goods house.
Appointed 2023
Matteo Tamburini
Brings a new interpretation of the house’s leather-working traditions.
03 / The bags
A vocabulary in leather and form.
A selection of the house’s designs. Resale photographs illustrate individual examples; size, finish and condition vary.
01
T Timeless
A leather-bag family organised around the house’s T-shaped hardware.
02
D Bag
A practical top-handle tote with a spare silhouette and discreet detailing.
03
Joy Bag
A roomy open tote with long handles and minimal decoration.
More designs to know
- Wave Bag
- A sculptural front panel and arched handles give this bag its distinctive profile.
- Holly
- A softly structured day bag with understated metal accents.
- Gommino Tote
- A leather tote that brings references to the house’s driving-shoe heritage into accessories.