Women’s handbags, like their owners, have always attracted attention, at least because they are fashion accessories, without which it’s difficult to imagine a modern woman today. Therefore, there is nothing surprising in the fact that monuments to the handbag appeared. The authors of these sculptures are, of course, men, for whom these objects, like their mistresses, will always remain something incomprehensible. By this attribute, one can say a lot about a woman, first of all, what class she belongs to, where she works and what she is fond of.
Integral accessory
So in which city is the monument to the handbag, and why is it that so much attention is paid to it? It is hard to imagine a lady empty-handed today. It will probably look unnatural. The woman herself will not feel at ease, since this is a very important wardrobe item. She is picked up to suit, dress, shoes. According to some psychologists, the bag, and especially its contents, can be used to judge the nature of the woman.
For many, this will seem surprising, but in the modern world there are monuments to a women’s handbag. Their authors, of course, are men for whom the woman herself and everything connected with her always remains a mystery.
The biggest
Do you want to know where the monument to the women’s handbag is located, in which you can fit the store? It is located near the facade of the Dior boutique in New York, in Manhattan. This, of course, is advertising, but really in a small bag you can fit so much that it's hard to imagine. In addition, it is a monument to the excellence of taste.
Most famous
In Italy, in the city of Piedmont, where there is a monument to a women’s handbag, there are many small workshops. World-famous leather accessories for women and men are made in them. It is not surprising that it was precisely the monument to the bag that Italy presented in 2013 at the seventh Biennale of Park Culture held here. But this is not the only monument. In the world there are many thematic sculptures, where a women's handbag found its application.
Universal Bag Monument
Irish Dublin is literally dotted with monuments. They are put on every occasion. By the millennium of the city in 1988, several bronze sculptures were erected near the Happenie Bridge, dedicated to the townspeople, residents of the Irish capital. The plot of one of them was the meeting of two women friends who sat down to rest on a bench and share news.
Pay attention to their bags. They speak for themselves. This is a symbol of our era, universal, for all occasions: to work, to visit, and along the way, be sure to run to the store. If you shake out all the burdens, then it can pass for the original women's handbag, the monument of which will still be put up.
The most ancient
Since ancient Egypt, the fashion for handbags has appeared among noble people. This can be seen on the bas-relief in the palace of Assursasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq (Sumerian civilization, IX century BC). The bas-relief can be considered the most ancient monument to a women’s handbag. Elegant and small, reminiscent of a modern ladies clutch. She is so small for a modern fashionista who needs a more capacious, but no less elegant bag. After all, a woman always remains a woman.
Modern bag
An important role in the decoration of modern models is played by accessories, all kinds of fasteners, buckles. They give a unique look. By the beginning of the 20th century, bags appeared for work, cycling, and theater visits. They began to be made not only of leather, but also of velvet or other expensive fabrics.
During the First World War, voluminous handbags, which still have not lost their leadership to miniature ones, came into fashion, due to a change in the status of women in society. Her role has increased markedly, as the fair sex began to work, participate in social movements, they have new hobbies: sports, cars, tourism.
Naturally, a roomy bag is also more convenient in the sense that after work it is necessary to go to the store, as all the housework, women continue to perform properly. In Ukraine, where a monument to a woman’s handbag in the form of cobblestones is installed, as well as in Russia, Ireland, America, you often see a woman with a heavy burden. In Chicago, Maxwell Street has a bronze sculpture depicting a woman sitting on a bench, apparently returning from work, and next to her is a full bag of groceries.
Handbag History
A handbag is a companion and girlfriend of a woman. For her, this is not just an addition to clothes, but an independent attribute, a whole trend in fashion. No wonder the famous fashion designers and designers work on her look. Fashionable and beautiful, she gives the lady self-confidence. This attribute of women's fashion has appeared long ago. The history of the handbag is inextricable with the development of mankind.
Even in ancient times, tribes, moving from one camp to another, put everything of value in bags sewn from animal skins. To make it convenient to drag, pens were attached to them. Men walked lightly, as they had to hunt and protect the tribe.
Women carried all the luggage. So carry heavy bags laid down in them at the genetic level. Everything in life flows and changes. Gradually, these bags began to take the form of real shoulder bags, which were made of leather, decorating them with fur, beautiful pebbles.
In the Middle Ages, they began to give them a small size. When a woman left the house, she needed to take a mirror, a hairbrush, a handkerchief with her, but you never know what was useful to her. All this went into a handbag, which was considered a luxury item. She was decorated with gold, precious stones, embroidered with unprecedented patterns.
