Why do Women so Love Bags

denny123 · Wysłany: Czw 16:36, 24 Mar 2011 Temat postu: Why do Women so Love Bags

Why do Women so Love Bags,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych][/b]
Rail and sea travel caused an explosion in the popularity of fashionable luggage such as suitcases,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], dressing cases,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], hat and shoe boxes - out of which the modern [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] developed.
It's no accident that many of today's most luxurious handbag design houses,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], such as Louis Vuitton,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Gucci,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Prada and Hermes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as travel became more common. Then,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as women gained financial independence,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so the handbag industry flourished out of all proportion to its humble origins.
Now a big luxury conglomerate such as [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] makes millions of pounds a year from handbag sales alone.
But the way the right bag can make us feel goes far deeper than just being a way of carrying things around.
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This stems largely from the fact that the handbag was originally developed from a silk purse or pocket worn next to the skin for safety. In times gone by pockets were classed almost as items of underwear - secret places hidden under sumptuous material and reached by a slit in the skirt.
These almost risque; connotations remained when the first prototype [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] were developed in the late 18th century in the form of reticules - exquisitely embroidered,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], handled pouches in damask,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], satin and velvet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in which a woman would could carry cosmetics,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a fan for flirtation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], smelling salts and cartes de visite,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], all without compromising the slim-line fit of the newly fashionable Empire-line dresses.