The History Of Handbags

The History Of Handbags
But the first documented use of handbags is from 14 century Egyptian hieroglyphics that represent men with little bags around the waist. Called "pockets", these handbags hanging by the straps on the back of his belt, and was used primarily by men to carry flint or money.

In the 1400s both men and women used handbags, which gradually became a status symbol. People decorate their handbags with jewelry or embroidery to reflect their wealth, and the use of expensive materials like silk.

Needless to say, these bags were not very delicate practice, the mentality is that if you can afford the handbags, you could pay a team to carry things for you. Portraits of the wealthiest and most influential of the period often described what I would consider "designer handbags" first visible dress with tassels attached to the chain.

Then it became fashionable for women to wear their handbags under their skirts, and handbags literally disappeared for several decades with little development in design. accents of embroidery and jewelry have been abandoned for practical, everyday materials like leather. Men also abandoned using handbags because of development of integrated pockets of the pants.

Only in the 1800s that handbags "reemerged. It was no longer fashionable to wear puffed skirts, aerodynamic clothing made it impractical to carry bulky bags. This led to the development of "real" bags in hand and is considered as a complement to the clothes. Women had different handbags for different occasions, and used for perfume, cards fan, smelling salts and business. These bags are called "cross."

The term "grant" is actually just came in the 20th century and was used to describe the luggage (similar to today's folders or folders) that men should do. Not to be outdone, designers of women's handbags made similar would be a feminine sensibility and needs, including small compartments for the fans, gloves and makeup.

Then in the 1920s, handbags really came into itself. There was more variation in terms of design, materials, accents and colors, in fact, reflected some of the handbags the most popular in this period of Egyptian art, a tribute to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun .