The Bolide. The Plume. The Birkin--object of lust in
Sex in the City. Celebrating the must-have accessory
for the fashion conscious woman, Handbags is an
obsessive, irresistible visual extravaganza, featuring over
900 full-color photographs of the most luxurious, witty,
covetable, talismanic examples of the bagmaker's art and
history.
The iconic Hermés Kelly bag, made from first
stitch to last by a single craftsperson. Judith Leiber's
whimsical minaudiFres, Moschino's smiley-face bag, Elsa
Schiaparelli's surrealist "bird cage," and the ne plus ultra
of fashionable purses--the Chanel bag, reinvented for a new
generation by Karl Lagerfeld. There are novelty bags,
evening bags, sculptural bags, and class acts. Practical
leather pochettes to carry a life, and elegant little
reticules for nothing more than a credit card and a
lipstick. Profiles of famous bagmakers: Jamin Puech, Kate
Spade, Carlos Falchi, and the poet of utility, Bonnie
Cashin, with her visionary "Cashin Carry" bags for Coach.
Plus the anonymous Florentine artisans whose specialist
leather workshops sprouted up in the 14th century.
A
labor of love written by Anna Johnson, author of Three
Black Skirts, Handbags features over 900 bags
from collections, museums, and designers around the world,
most of them photographed in seductive full-color
exclusively for the book. The perfectly matched complement
to Shoes, Handbags is about fashion, about desire,
about secrecy, craftsmanship, art, and imagination as well
as about the changing roles of women--everything that's
packed into every important bag. Includes timelines,
fascinating captions, and the "It" bags--anyone for a Fendi
baguette?
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