Saint Laurent Shearling Small Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
We Adore - Saint Laurent Shearling Small Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Lilac purple bag crafted from lamb shearling featuring a plush texture-cloud-like aesthetic.
Saint Laurent Monogram Matelassé Small Loulou Puffer Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Add a touch of effortless Parisian edge to your collection with this gorgeous Saint Laurent Small Loulou Puffer Bag. Crafted from ultra-soft, quilted lambskin leather in a sleek blac...
Saint Laurent Patent Leather Monogram Puffer LouLou Small Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Houston, TX
The French fashion house was founded in 1961 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized the world of women's fashion. In 1963, th...
Saint Laurent Puffer Quilted Tote Nylon Black Celebrities' diaper bag - NWT
By Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Saint Laurent Puffer Quilted Tote - Nylon Black Celebrities' diaper bag - NWT A classic everyday tote in durable signature Econyl nylon by Saint Laurent.
SAINT LAURENT natural beige SHEARLING FUR 2021 SMALL PUFFER Clutch Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Saint Laurent Puffer Small Clutch in natural beige quilted shearling exudes effortless sophistication with a cozy, luxurious touch. Featuring the iconic gold-tone...
Saint Laurent Small Denim Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This Saint Laurent shoulder bag is made with signature quilted denim with the iconic ysl logo hardware on the front in gold tone. The bag features an adjustable shoulder strap with a...
Saint Laurent Tie Dye Yellow Loulou Puffer Bag Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Yellow black tie die ‘Puffer’ quilted shoulder bag from Saint Laurent. Size small.
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H 8.5 in W 12.5 in D 5 in
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage Denim Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 8.5", Width 12.5", Depth 5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintag...
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H 8.5 in W 13 in D 5 in
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage Denim Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 8.5", Width 13", Depth 5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage ...
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H 8.5 in W 13 in D 5 in
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage Denim Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 8.5", Width 13", Depth 5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage ...
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H 8.5 in W 13 in D 5 in
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage Denim Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 8.5", Width 13", Depth 5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Vintage ...
Saint Laurent Navy Blue Polka Dots Loulou Puffer Bag Small
By Anthony Vaccarello
Located in Montreal, Quebec
SAINT LAURENT NAVY BLUE POLKA DOTS LOULOU PUFFER BAG SMALL This Saint Laurent bag is made of navy canvas with white polka dots and features soft quilting in the signature Loulou Puf...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
We are offering this elegant black Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag. Made in Italy, it is finely crafted of black lambskin leather and silver-tone hardware features.
Saint Laurent Lambskin Monogram Puffer LouLou Toy Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Houston, TX
The French fashion house was founded in 1961 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized the world of women's fashion. In 1963, th...
Saint Laurent Lambskin Monogram Puffer LouLou Medium Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Houston, TX
The French fashion house was founded in 1961 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized the world of women's fashion. In 1963, th...
Saint Laurent Lambskin Monogram Puffer LouLou Medium Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Houston, TX
The French fashion house was founded in 1961 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized the world of women's fashion. In 1963, th...
SAINT LAURENT forest green leather SMALL PUFFER Shoulder Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Zürich, CH
100% authentic Saint Laurent Small Puffer shoulder bag in moss green quilted lambskin featuring silver-tone YSL initials and chain strap.
SAINT LAURENT black quilted leather SADE PUFFER ENVELOPE Clutch Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Zürich, CH
Welcome to LUX Authentic Designer Consignment in Zurich. 100% authentic Saint Laurent Sade Puffer Envelope clutch in black smooth quilted lamb leather.
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer YSL Monogram Flap Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This leather puffer shoulder bag from Saint Laurent features metallic hardware and a chain-and-leather shoulder strap.
Saint Laurent Loulou Small Puffer YSL Monogram Flap Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Saint Laurent monogram bag, decorated with metal YSL initials, featuring a leather and chain crossbody strap that can be worn doubled for shoulder carry. Made in Italy. Retail price ...
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H 6.5 in W 9 in D 3.25 in
Saint Laurent Dark Beige Loulou Puffer Small Quilted Leather Shoulder Bag
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
From the 2021 Collection by Anthony Vaccarello. Introducing the Saint Laurent Loulou Small Quilted Leather Shoulder Bag: a practical and stylish choice for any occasion. Made in Ital...
Saint Laurent Lou Lou Puffer Dusty Grey Medium Quilted Leather Shoulder Bag YSL
By Saint Laurent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Saint Laurent Lou Lou Puffer Dusty Grey Medium Quilted Leather Shoulder Bag in excellent condition.
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Shearling Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 8", Width 12", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Shearling Small Ex...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Heavy wear and darkening on exterior, stains underneath flap, minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 11"...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Heavy wear and scuffs on exterior and underneath flap, wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 5", S...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Heavy wear and darkening on exterior, stains underneath flap, minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 11"...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear on exterior, scuffs on handles and underneath flap, minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Height 7", Width 11", D...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing on exterior and underneath flap, wear on base corners and in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 9.5", Height 9", Width 13", Dep...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Heavy wear and darkening on exterior, stains underneath flap, minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 11"...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Heavy wear and darkening on exterior, stains underneath flap, minor wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 7", Width 11"...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Box, Dust Bag Measurements: Height 5", Width 8", Depth 3", Strap Drop 23" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small Exterior Materi...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Slight creasing on exterior, shoulder pad and underneath flap, minor wear on base corners and in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Height 6", Width...
Saint Laurent Beige Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag (Pre Loved)
By Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Beige ‘Puffer’ quilted shoulder bag from Saint Laurent. Size small.
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, darkening, wear and indentations on exterior, shoulder pad and underneath flap, minor wear and small marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measure...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Oil slick discoloration and minor scuffs on exterior and underneath flap, minor wear on base corners and in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handl...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear, scuffs and creasing on exterior and underneath flap, minor wear and small marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Heigh...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Oil slick discoloration and minor scuffs on exterior and underneath flap, minor wear on base corners and in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handl...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, darkening and wear on exterior and underneath flap, minor wear and light marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Heig...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 12", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 4", Strap Drop 21" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puf...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, moderate wear and scuffs on exterior, shoulder pad and underneath flap, wear and marks in interior, scratches and discoloration on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Box Meas...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, heavy wear, darkening and stains on exterior and underneath flap, moderate wear and darkening on shoulder pads, wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust B...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, darkening and wear on exterior and underneath flap, minor wear and light marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Heig...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Moderate wear on base and flap corners, minor wear, scuffs and creasing on exterior and underneath flap, light wear and marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Ba...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear and light marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 5", Strap Drop 18" Designer: Saint Laurent...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear, scuffs and creasing on exterior and underneath flap, light wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Height 7", Width 11",...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Moderate wear on base and flap corners, minor wear, scuffs and creasing on exterior and underneath flap, light wear and marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Ba...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Creasing, darkening and wear on exterior and underneath flap, minor wear and light marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Heig...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear and marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 8", Width 11", Depth 3.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Height 8", Width 10.5", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede ...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Moderate wear and marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 4.5", Strap Drop 19" Designer: Saint Laur...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Light wear in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 6.5", Width 10.5", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: ...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Light marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop \", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 4.5", Strap Drop 11-19" Designer: Saint Laurent Model:...
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear, marks and glitter in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag, Box Measurements: Handle Drop None", Height 5.5", Width 8.5", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 23" Designer: ...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 10.5", Depth 4.5", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leathe...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Height 7.5", Width 10.5", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leat...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 8", Width 11", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Sm...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 8", Width 11", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Sm...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear and marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: ...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Moderate oil slick discoloration on exterior and shoulder pad, wear, scuffs and creasing on exterior and underneath flap, light wear and marks in interior, scratches on hardware. Acc...
Saint Laurent Loulou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Wear, marks and small stains underneath flap and in interior, scratches and discoloration on hardware. Accessories: Dust Bag Measurements: Handle Drop None", Height 5.5", Width 8.5",...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 4.5", Strap Drop 19" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather ...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: Box Measurements: Height 5.5", Width 8.5", Depth 3", Strap Drop 22.5" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Mini Exterior Material: L...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10", Height 10", Width 13", Depth 5", Strap Drop 19" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Suede Med...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Medium
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 11", Height 9", Width 13", Depth 4.5", Strap Drop 19" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather ...
Saint Laurent LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather Small
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
Accessories: No Accessories Measurements: Handle Drop 10.5", Height 7", Width 11", Depth 4", Strap Drop 20" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: LouLou Puffer Shoulder Bag Quilted Leather ...
French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear. By blurring gender-specific design, he empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008. Under creative director Hedi Slimane, the house’s ready-to-wear collection was rebranded as Saint Laurent in 2012.
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Ever since we’ve needed an accessory to carry our personal items when we’re on the go, shoulder bags have proven indispensable. Today, vintage and designer shoulder bags are such a treasured part of fashion history that they even get their own museum exhibitions. And while lovers of luxury handbags and purses are savvier now and have a wider range of shopping options, classics created by brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.
Prior to bags becoming an essential piece of any ensemble for any gender, women wore pockets strung on ribbons as garments that were separate from their gowns, accessible by openings in the fabric. Small handbags and handheld purses were developed before the accessory gained importance as functional and fashionable. Most had more in common with wallets than anything else.
While the bags of the 16th century warranted ornament, such as exteriors embroidered with silver-gilt thread and beads, it wasn’t until the late 18th century and early 19th century that the design and craft of bags had really broadened. Handheld purses were finished with details that were meant to garner attention, and bags were fitted with shoulder straps. A stylish shoulder bag meant that women could tote jewelry, cash and perhaps a decorative snuff box full of tobacco to an evening ball across town.
The early 1900s saw the introduction of gold and silver minaudières. The patenting of these compact bejeweled clutches has been attributed to revered French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels, and today they remain a fashion favorite. One of Judith Leiber’s innovative minaudières even earned a role in the movie Sex and the City.
A luxury shoulder bag is a work of art with a long, fascinating origin story, and entire brands and fashion lines have emerged around creating the perfect versions of shoulder bags and top-handle bags. For example, the iconic Hermès Kelly bag, which was popularized by actress Grace Kelly, is a widely coveted, collected and often faked entry from the handbag hall of fame. And while vintage Gucci tote bags have their own dedicated fan base, collectors are likely familiar with the Dionysus, a pared-down Gucci shoulder bag that manages to make a substantial statement anyway.
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