nappa
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nappa
1895–1900; named after Napa, California
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In Italian nappa leather, this petite clutch can corral her euro coins—and store international currency between trips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
But its clean, Citroën-like silhouette — with a dramatic “glass canopy” capping an interior feast of nappa leather, wood and metal — still looks fresh.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
The cloud-like shoulder bag hit the runway in white nappa lambskin leather, and will be available in a handful of colors and fabrications when it hits retail in January 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
At the start of this year, Vogue decreed that Fendi’s Micro Peekaboo nappa leather bag would be the it bag of 2015.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2015
Sure enough, black nappa kimono looks opened the collection swirling stiffly and authoritatively - with one model in a two-foot mourning veil.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2012
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