Video: The Story of a Lady's Most Important Accessory: How the coin pouch evolved into modern zip bags
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Modern women cannot imagine their life without handbags, which contain everything they need during the day and even more. But the history of this ladies' accessory goes back less than three centuries. Under what circumstances did this detail of women's wardrobe appear - further in the review.
In the Middle Ages, bags did not exist today. Men wore a bag of money on their belts, and women hid the necessary little things in the folds of their dresses. In the XV-XVI centuries. pouches began to appear in women. Pious ladies put prayer books there. Over time, this accessory began to be decorated with embroidery, differing in size and shape.
In the 17th century, clothes with pockets appeared, and men no longer needed to carry bags with them. And women continued to decorate their accessory. Only now he did not hide under the folds of the dress, but was paraded as an addition to the outfit.
In the next century, pompadour handbags, named after the favorite of the French king Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour, came into fashion. These were lacy pieces of fabric that were tied with a cord in a bag with a round bottom.
The bag in its usual form appeared only in the first half of the 19th century. During the reign of Queen Victoria, whole factories for their production started working. It was then that this accessory ceased to be a piece goods. The aristocrats, of course, wanted to receive exclusive models, while the cost of a product to order was much higher.
Over time, the laces on the bags have replaced the fasteners. Lightning has already appeared in the twentieth century. Today, manufacturers of bags offer women countless models of different colors, textures, sizes and prices.
Amsterdam even has the bag museum, which has more than 4,000 exhibits. Any fashionista simply must visit it.
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