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A WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND? THE BAG

Some have feminine names and an inspirational muse.

They all say something about themselves and about the people who wear them.

The first specimen dates back to 4,500 years ago.

Bags, often the most expensive and made of increasingly precious materials, are a part of women’s daydreams.

It must be for this reason that fashion today lives primarily off accessories.

SYMBOL: they are brandished as the swords of knights of bygone days

APPENDIX: an extension of the body, they are containers of secrets.

BIRKIN Hermès

The first elegant maxi bag, it is said that it was “conceived” in a plane.

J. L. Dumas, Hermès’ stylist, was sitting next to Jane Birkin when he heard her lamenting the fact that she did not have a weekend bag.