valeriefzl
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Nov 23, 2011
10:35 PM
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jerrychan
602 posts
Jan 10, 2012
12:35 AM
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It could well be argued that have overtaken
shoes as the collectable accessory
of choice for celebrities and ordinary alike.
But in fact may have had
as long and a history as the ubiquitous high heel,
and according to historians they were used
in a similar way - to show the of the wearer.
In the fourteenth ,
the richer and more powerful the was,
the more jewels and embroidery festooned the .
Not much has changed in the world, then.
Over the centuries have gone through many
adaptations and fashions,
but the word was only coined in the 1900s.
The start of the twentieth also heralded
the type ofwe would recognise today - with bags
getting increasingly smaller and the introduction of fasteners,
inner compartments and . But that is enough history:
clearly the most important time period in terms of handbags was the fifties,
which saw the rise of the ultimate designer houses;
including Chanel, Louis and Hermes.
Like Number 5 perfume,
some of these have become instantly
recognisable fashion icons; signifiers of the and the famous.
Sadly, though, this means that
off your new Louis at the office party,
or having a stash of Gucci in the wardrobe,
is out of the price range of almost
We should be grateful for the ,
for perhaps us mortals a chance
to own a genuine Gucci without
having to win the or shoplift.
The web is so full of second hand designer
dealers that auction giant Ebay haveout
with their own dedicatedsite, e bags. Even better,
high street shops and even are increasingly
living up to the ideals set by the
and expensive designer , and it has never
been more possible that you can buy afor
eight dollars and pass it off as a unique
Truly this decade ought to be the decade of the
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