There are several fashionable markers in a female image, one glance is enough to determine the status and taste of ladies. Of course, the bag is one of them. She can tell about his owner a lot, ranging from character and ending with information on hobby and musical preferences. The jokes and legends about the female handbag walks many, and with the main one - that in her depths the whole universe - we definitely agree. So, about the accessory of a galactic scale - in our next fashion investigation.
Bag perfectly deservedly occupies a special place in women's wardrobes and hearts. She reliably keeps our secrets, becomes an indispensable companion and a partner, in it - figuratively and literally - you can find a reflection of ourselves. The story of the bags, as you can guess, does not have one (more precisely speaking, six!) Millennium. Both elegant clutches, and sports backpacks, and volumetric ballot bags, and exquisite models on an elongated strap - all of these diverse representatives of the "family of the samples" have one common ancestor - a regular bag that primitive people used. Kochuya from place to place in search of the best share, they collected all their simple skarbes into cloak cottomicles. Interestingly, everyone walked to themselves exactly women, because men were important to leave hands free for weapons and defend themselves in the event of a wild animal attack. Anthropologists assure that the ladies of love for bags are not a whim, but a habit formed by evolution.
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Hold your pocket wider
Your long way to the modern appearance of the bag began from there, from where it leads many of the wonderful invention - from ancient Greece. True, similar achievements of human thought are found everywhere - in Asia, and in Africa. Greek women adapted for their needs - wearing trivia, coins, ridges - small brushes, which were tied around the belt. The Roman residents attached to the whole so-called sinuses - simply pockets that served the same goals. Today, historians converge in the opinion that the first bags should be considered exactly the pockets that the ladies were hidden under clothing, and men preferred to wear in sight.
In this form, the bag existed until the fifteenth century, without changing in size, but transforming in scenery and patterns. The bags that were attached to the clothes, noble people and the rich townspeople were made from the excellent stretch of the skin - small, tightly stuffed with coins, they were very eloquently called "pockets under good". In some countries, such an accessory was not only a functional unit, but also a status symbol and a real decoration of the toilet.
In size and thickness, the bag-pouch could be bolder to judge its owner. Weekly citizens sought to show their wealth, but all their good in the little cotton did not fit - so appeared more spacious and gorgeous decorated furnace bags. If, when walking, they were loudly wrapped, everyone surrounding understood with whom they deal with.
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At some point, the tailors finally divided pockets and bags - the first began to tightly sew to clothes, and the second risked to go into the fly. The fact is that men of the era of the enlightenment of pockets have become quite enough to keep everything you need in them. They managed to somehow sort tobacco and coins, scarves and even miniature prayer books. There were significantly less about women's needs in the XVII century, and they were clearly insufficiently insufficiently not enough for them. The ladies ignored the fashion on the pockets and continued to wear their "ancestors", modifying fresh bags in more elegant, on the hand strap. It was becoming more difficult to hide them under the podium, and the needs in this false modesty no longer had - protosumka became a full-fledged accessory, which ladies were walked from more ascetic men. It was sewed out of the best materials, decorated with precious stones, some copies were pulled out of the tree and painted.
Pocket after all, took a place in the female wardrobe. This is due to the name Madame Pompadour, which introduced the fashion not only on the handbags on the ribbon (Ridiculi, the name of which is translated as "funny"), but also for secret pockets. Many of them were hidden in the folds of women's toilets.
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The sample family
The new milestone in the history of the bags began in the XIX century - streaming factory production, the first real locks, the rabid popularity of Ridiculi and wallets ... At the end of the century, at the trendy Olympus, the Frenchman Louis Witton, who submitted to the public the first collection of women's sacqueries. It was decorated with a LV monogram, which later became the cult.
In the new century, the accessory included in the new status - finally the bag could afford and ordinary girls from the middle class. Of course, their models did not differ in the wealth of finishes and fittings (for example, zipper locks were then considered an element of luxury), and nevertheless the barrier was broken. Bags for bicycle walks, urban promenade, evenings in theaters - options set.
Guess to whom we are obliged to another breakthrough is easy. Eternal Coco Chanel, telling about creating one of the legends bags, a small 2.55 on a long chain, explained: "Tired of keeping a bag in his hands. I always forgot her somewhere. " The leitmotif of all creativity Mademoiselle was freedom and the desire to give it to women-contemporaries. The symbolic liberation of the hands gave the will to act as the soul wishes. Later, Chanel said: "I know women, they adore chains. Give them them! " In the title of the Bag Cipher: 2 - the second month of the year, February, 55 - the year of its release. From this point on, more than sixty years have passed, but still women of all over the world are crazy about a small 2.55, which is rightfully considered a fashionable fetish.
If a woman has served for Coco inspiration as such, then many famous designers will be the case of the case found themselves, in honor of which the cult bags have become cultivated. So, one of the most famous of them, named after Jane Birkin, name Birkin. She was presented with an artist himself head of the house Hermes Jean-Louis Duma. Today Birkin is a synonym for the success and status of its owner. The hunt for this model is serious: it is simply no free selling, and even celebrities are in the waiting list to get the believed accessory. Hermes House is a recognized leader in the production of registered bags. In addition to Birkin, on his account, elegant Kelly, dedicated to the actress and Princess Monaco Grace Kelly. The star was a loyal portrait of the brand. One day, trying to hide pregnancy from the ubiquitous paparazzi, Kelly covered the stomach with a bag, which after that proudly called in her honor. By the way, the model chosen by the woman has existed since 1892, but she gained frantic popularity after the case described.
Legendary Double Hermes Birkin
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Similar fate suffered a modest shoe bag from Gucci, whose creations really appreciated the first Lady of the USA, Jacqueline Kennedy. The model appeared from the brand in the forties, but it is thanks to the frequent appearances of Jackie with this accessory in the frame, he became the subject of the desire of many Americans. Gucci was not confused and quickly gave the name of the Jackie earlier in any way called the bag.
In honor of the famous women called their creations many brands - Mulberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Ballin. For example, Louis Vuitton has created a comfortable, miniature and functional EVA BAG, dedicated to the supermodel Eva Gersigov. For director Sofia Coppola - and with its active participation - stylish Sofia Bag was developed. By the way, the other Sophie - Lauren became a muse for his friend, designer Salvator Ferragamo. But the bag that he presented did not have the actress to taste - she never appeared with her in public. But many modern celebrities, such as Jennifer Aniston, gladly complement their image of Sofia Salvatorre Ferragamo.
A colleague and contemporary Lauren - Brigit Bardo turned out to be a more grateful brand Lancel, who released a playful and perky BB - a ribbon bag, decorated with tassels and a registered key chain. Naturally, the bag was performed without the use of the skin - such a move became a tribute to the beliefs of the famous BEBE.
The relationship of a woman and her bags can only understand men who create these bags. Bright, discreet, laconic - among all the infinity of modern models, exactly there is exactly your, which will keep all the secrets.