The Orsay bag is like a poetry reading: everything resonates and concurs into a final product that’s overflowing with beauty. The history of the bag begins in 1905, when Jean-Baptiste Morabito opened a metalworking boutique in Nice. 10 years of apprenticeship in the jeweler trade in Rome led him to work with tortoiseshell, coral, and...
Pauline Moynat founded her eponymous brand in 1849, deciding to set up shop right by the Comédie Française. This was no accident; she herself was a lover of theater. With her immense talent, she would soon become the official supplier of Parisian theaters. In the 1880s, throughout a series of backstage encounters and show viewings,...
Coco Chanel’s story is imbued with mysteries and things left unsaid, secrets that purportedly forged the legend of the Dame aux Camélias. The same goes for the matelassé motif. It was used for the first time during the conception of her emblematic handbag, the 2.55 – no word on its original inspiration. Once more, it’s Chanel...
They met on the benches of Parsons. Today, it’s been 15 years since Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough founded the brand Proenza Schouler. This name was crafted by the two designers from their mothers’ maiden names. Obviously the past is a huge inspiration for them. To conceive their first bag, these two creative types took...
In 1970, Miucci Prada gave a breath of fresh air to the brand and in doing so brought it into the big leagues of luxury fashion houses. At that time, the founder’s granddaughter released new lines of bags where she surprisingly used “vela”, in other words, parachute fabric. By tapping into the codes established by...
No one imagined it making it so far, and yet, the Speedy by Louis Vuitton is already 85 years old. It was in 1930 that George Vuitton, Louis’ son, imagined “L’Express”, a name that stemmed from the era’s fascination with new transportation methods. A shrunk-down version of the Keepall, the Express was equipped with a...
Peekaboo! While it may be a funny name for a bag, this is in reality the essence of its success. Imagined in 2008 by Silvia Venturini Fendi, creative director for the Italian brand’s accessory line, “the bag marked a turning point in 2008 because, in a period of craziness for ‘it bags’, it was able...
Environmental friendliness is where it’s at today, and Stella McCartney may just be to thank for it. The proof is her new small format Falabella tote bag. The British designer, a strict vegetarian, conceived this bag out of respect for the environment. Proud in her convictions, Stella McCartney doesn’t use any leather. The Falabella is...
Pauline Moynat founded her eponymous brand in 1849, deciding to set up shop right by the Comédie Française. This was no accident; she herself was a lover of theater. With her immense talent, she would soon become the official supplier of Parisian theaters. In the 1880s, throughout a series of backstage encounters and show viewings,...
Coco Chanel’s story is imbued with mysteries and things left unsaid, secrets that purportedly forged the legend of the Dame aux Camélias. The same goes for the matelassé motif. It was used for the first time during the conception of her emblematic handbag, the 2.55 – no word on its original inspiration. Once more, it’s Chanel...
