Dior Saddle

Published specification

Published size

25.5 x 20 x 6.5 cm

Category

bag

Materials

calfskin, canvas

Hardware

gold

Season

permanent collection

Official style codes

not published yet

Published size references (checked against the pages listed below)

• collectorscage.com
• luxuryevermore.com

Values here are published references for the model. Anything we could not verify on an open page is left as “not published yet” on purpose — we do not fill gaps with guesses.

Specifications in cm and inches

Every figure below has a record behind it on this site. Where the record has no value (interior and opening measurements are rarely published), the row says so instead of carrying a guess.

The dimensions come from the model record, which cites the published pages listed under Published specification.

How this size sits in the range

The rows below are the nearest published sizes on this site to the Saddle, measured the same way (width, height, depth). They are here so a 25 cm body can be judged against a 24 cm and a 28 cm one instead of against a number alone.

Comparisons use published outside measurements. Two bags of the same width can hold different amounts, because depth and body rigidity decide more than width does.

Dimensions in cm and inches

One published figure for the Saddle on this site, with the neighbouring Dior bodies quoted for scale.

The Saddle Medium is published at 25.5 x 20 x 6.5 cm, which is 10 x 7.9 x 2.6 inches. The Saddle is published by name across several bodies — Mini, Medium and Maxi — rather than as a numbered ladder, so the centimetres are the only reliable identifier in a listing. At 25.5 cm across, the Medium is the middle of that set.

The shape is why the numbers read differently from a rectangular flap. The lower edge is asymmetric and curves down on one side, which means the usable depth varies across the body: the deepest point is where the flap closes, and the front of the bag is shallower. Any capacity reading for a Saddle therefore has to be taken at the flap side, not across the base.

Inch values are the published centimetres converted at 2.54 cm per inch and rounded to one decimal, the same rule the guides use. Rows with no published figure say so.

How to recognise it in a photo

Curved lower edge with a single slanted flap and a metal D stirrup ring in the middle of the front; the outline reads as a saddle.

Not this style when: A square flap with cannage quilting is a Lady Dior.

The Saddle is a shape that is hard to confuse once the flap edge is visible in the photograph.

1. Shape and closure: Curved lower edge with a single slanted flap and a metal D stirrup ring in the middle of the front.
2. Shape and closure: the outline reads as a saddle.
3. Not this model when: A square flap with cannage quilting is a Lady Dior.
4. Hardware: the record lists gold; the clasp or turn-lock should match that finish in the photos.
5. Materials: calfskin, canvas on the record — grain and sheen in the photo should look consistent with those.
6. Size in frame: the model record publishes 25.5 x 20 x 6.5 cm, so a photograph with a phone or a tape beside the bag is the only way to check the tier.
7. Strap and hardware: ask for the strap or handle laid straight, so the drop can be read rather than estimated from a worn photograph.
8. Look at the lower edge: the Saddle flap curves down asymmetrically on one side, and the strap is an unbroken letter mark rather than a chain.

What fits inside

What a curved 25.5 x 20 x 6.5 cm flap takes, measured at the flap side rather than the base.

A phone, a cardholder, keys and a compact fit; a slim wallet fits if the phone rides in the front pocket formed by the flap. A hard sunglasses case is the item that fails first, because the curved front does not offer a flat 6.5 cm of depth all the way across.

The strap does most of the work in deciding how the bag carries: worn short it sits high on the hip, worn long it hangs below the waist. The load stays the same either way, which is the honest way to read a Saddle — it is a shape-led bag rather than a capacity-led one.

• Phone, cardholder, keys and sunglasses in a flat saddle body; a wallet starts to strain the 6.5 cm depth.
• A phone, a cardholder, keys and a compact are the working load.
• A slim wallet fits if the phone goes into the pocket under the flap.
• A hard sunglasses case does not fit flat, because the front is shallower than the flap side.

These capacity notes are read off the published outside dimensions and the tier ladder, not from a measured interior: the site has no published interior figure for this model, so treat them as a size guide rather than a packing list.

The capacity note is read from the published 25.5 x 20 x 6.5 cm outside figure; no interior measurement is published for the Saddle.

How it compares with the next size up

Three published Dior sizes sit within 3 cm of the Saddle Medium in width.

Against the 30 Montaigne Medium at 24 x 17 x 8 cm, the Saddle is 1.5 cm wider, 3 cm taller and 1.5 cm shallower. The Montaigne is the boxy flap and the Saddle the curved one, and that 1.5 cm of depth is exactly the amount that decides whether a compact sits beside a wallet. Against the D-Joy Medium at 26 x 18 x 7 cm, the Saddle is half a centimetre narrower, 2 cm taller and half a centimetre shallower.

The other end of the comparison is the Lady Dior Medium at 24 x 20 x 12 cm: the same height, 1.5 cm narrower, and almost twice the depth. That pair answers the most common Dior sizing question — whether to take a structured top-handle bag that carries a tablet, or the curved flap that carries a phone and a wallet.

Compared values are the published outside measurements listed in the ladder table above.

Materials, colours and hardware

Materials, hardware and season come from the model record; rows without a value stay blank.

Leather and body

calfskin, canvas

Hardware

gold

Season

permanent collection

What the photos show

The leather panels on a Saddle curve into the base rather than meeting at a seam, so a photograph should show a continuous line from the front pocket to the strap.

Current catalog photos for this style

10 album photos in this batch, each labelled with the album reference (mark_code) you can quote in a message.

Each caption is the album reference for that piece, so a photo here can be matched back to the listing it came from. Nothing on these photos has been covered or altered.

Questions buyers ask about the Dior Saddle

Model references that sit next to this one

These pages use the same published-specification format, so a size, a strap drop or a depth can be compared without leaving the site.

• Dior Lady Dior Same height, almost twice the depth — the structured Dior alternative.
• Saint Laurent Envelope A 24 cm flat flap in the same width band across houses.
• Balenciaga Rodeo A 29 cm soft shoulder bag for buyers who want more capacity at this tier.

Sources and cross-checks

Every figure above comes from one of the records below. Each row states where the value is published on this site and the date it was last checked against that record.

External pages are read-only references for published measurements; they are not partners of this site and their figures are quoted, not endorsed. Where two records disagree, both numbers are printed above instead of one being averaged away.

Why this page is here

Album listings that match this model

24

Published references checked

2

Album photos on this page

10

The album count comes from titles in the current catalog batch that name this model (24 in the archive record, 24 in the latest recount). Photos are the record for each piece.