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Article: Handbag allure dates back to B.C. era
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2005
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The original Chanel 2.55 handbag is as relevant today as it was when it debuted in February 1955.(PHOTO) (PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHANEL)
Karl Lagerfeld offered this update to the Chanel 2.55 handbag last year.(PHOTO)
NEW YORK -- Believe it or not, the history of the handbag goes further back than the now classic Hermes Birkin and Chanel 2.55 -- though those bags certainly have a spot in any handbag hall of fame.
A purse is essentially a pouch, and pouches have been used by man (and woman, of course) for as long as human memories have been recorded. Peasants in early rural societies used bags to carry seeds, African priests carried ...
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