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An array of unusual bags illustrates the history of this essential fashion accessory from its earliest forms to the very latest creations from contemporary fashion designers.
Exploring changing styles and usage, this colourful account features a wide range of bags from delicate drawstring and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, to large 18th-century work-bags and the tiny reticules worn by slender-waisted Empire beauties. Beading and embroidery gave way to leather with the increase in travel, while in the late 20th century the story comes full circle with the fashion for delicately modelled evening bags, existing alongside more streamlined styles from designers such as Moschino and Prada. Finally bags such as Chanel’s ’2005’ bring this fascinating book right into the new millennium
Exploring changing styles and usage, this colourful account features a wide range of bags from delicate drawstring and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, to large 18th-century work-bags and the tiny reticules worn by slender-waisted Empire beauties. Beading and embroidery gave way to leather with the increase in travel, while in the late 20th century the story comes full circle with the fashion for delicately modelled evening bags, existing alongside more streamlined styles from designers such as Moschino and Prada. Finally bags such as Chanel’s ’2005’ bring this fascinating book right into the new millennium