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Bags / Claire Wilcox with Elizabeth Currie.

by Wilcox, Claire, author.

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London : Thames & Hudson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2017.

Victoria and Albert Museum -- Catalogs.

Handbags -- History.

Fashion -- Great Britain -- History.

9780500519370 (hardback)

0500519374 (hardback)

V & A accessories series.

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Revised and expanded edition.

Girdle pouches and almoners : the 14th and 15th centuries -- Pokes, purses and swete bagges : the 16th and 17th centuries -- Pockets, purses and work-bags, 1700-90 -- Reticules: 1790-1830 -- Bags, purses and châtelaines: 1830-80 -- The handbag, 1880-1918 -- Dance bags, clutches and 'make-do-and-mend': 1918-45 -- The new look: shoulder bags and designer handbags: 1945-2000 -- Man bags, totes and mini bags: 2000s-the present.

"Illuminating the evolution of bag designs and uses from the medieval period to today, the author explores early drawstring creations and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, before looking at large work bags of the 18th century, and by contrast the small reticules that were designed to complement high-waisted Empire line dresses. Increased travel in the 19th century brought about the leather handbag as we know it today, while the 20th century saw an explosion of innovations, from 1930s designs reflecting the streamlined American aesthetic and the use of new synthetics such as imitation patent and Vynide, to the rise of the luxury designer handbag by the likes of Hermès, Gucci, Chanel and Prada. After a general introduction, chronological chapters unfold, illustrated throughout; a detailed glossary, bibliography and index conclude the book..."--Publisher's description.

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