When is a simple designer bags becomes the it-bag? When is an accessory designed for a season fails to capture a broader and ends up becoming a cult object desired by fashionistas across the world, so to be repeated for years and sometimes for decades?
The physiological limit to exceed six months are: which level of the season can become the must-bag it real, recognizable and recognized, and especially longed revisited and reinterpreted by designers, who continue to carry on the runway. The real-bag is that it does not suffer because over the years and retains its charm intact. Some examples? Here are the bags of worship ever more established in the last few years, and not only that many of you already know very well and probably long for a long time …
Hermes
Topping the list of the most timeless bags of history can not be that the fashion house Hermes has managed to create two models, which for decades have been high on the wish list of millions of women. Guardacaso And both have taken the name of a woman’s charm also immortal.
Kelly was born in the ’50s, inspired by the saddle bags, is made of soft leather, trapezoidal and sober. In 1958, Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, appears in Life magazine as he tries to hide her belly with his own elegant Hermes handbag. At that moment the bag becomes the “Kelly”, and has not yet ceased to be.
The other en-bag instead of the house Hermes Birkin, dating back to early 80′s (Series 30 years and not hear them) and inspired by the sensual French actress Jane Birkin. And ‘the bag comfortable, spacious and elegant hyper par excellence, totally made by hand from the coast up Euro 5000 and people had to queue up a long waiting list. But as we teach the girls of Sex and the City, when you have a Birkin definitely a woman on his arm six arrived.
Today’s immortal Hermes bags are designed by Jean Paul Gaultier that reinterprets with great flair and irony: the trompe l’oeil prints a few seasons ago, to recent reinterpretations in wool and fabric, as well as the Kelly shrunken and reintegrated in the stick umbrella a few weeks ago we saw on the catwalks of Paris.
Chanel
Another bag that has passed the half century of life without showing it is the Chanel 2.55, designed by Coco Mademoiselle himself, who called it in a minimal time just because it was created in February 1955. The current version, redesigned by Karl Lagerfeld, differs from the original only in some details (like the matelasse, the woven leather chain shoulder strap and logo placed on the closure that were not originally), but the design of the bag is exactly the one signed by Coco Chanel more than 50 years ago.
The 2:55 is continually subject to fanciful interpretations, and is available in different sizes. Beyond revisiting the season, it goes without saying that the basic model (or rather the Reissue of Karl Lagerfeld, inspired by the original 2.55) is a must almost immortal. But people had to save a lot: the mini model is around 1000 euros, while the Jumbo (larger version) should be almost double. But then use the tarot (and illegal) is definitely a sacrilege.
Vuitton
Another house that has succeeded in imposing historical and Louis Vuitton bags. The size of the success of the traditional Monogram canvas cavas we can measure from the banquets of squatters on the streets. This is by far the most imitated of the imagination. The model is undoubtedly the most loved Speedy trunk: the last revision signed by Marc Jacobs is called Eclipse and has the monogram embossed embroidered with gold sequins and black, costs about 1300 Euro. The traditional model however, is much more “convenient”: the quarried there with about 400 Euro.
And then there’s the it-bag Vuitton youngest of the house, which had been so successful that having established itself in just a few seasons. We’re talking of course of the Neverfull, the huge, functional and durable shopping bag that, in fact, is never full, it is lightweight and can withstand a load of 200 kg. Again Monogram version (available in three sizes) to remain under 500 Euros.
Balengiaga motorcycle
On top of the list of all the fashionistas who, when they can, aim to collect them in various colors. The bag has its own name to the motorcycle handlebar install of Centaurs with a saddle and handlebars decorated with fringes. E ‘equipped with comfortable handles and shoulder strap, adorned with studs and fringes, and available in three sizes. It ‘made of soft calf leather, is large, comfortable and chic impagabilmente. From what experts say must be handled with care, mainly because it creates a strong dependency. The only antidote to addiction? Certainly the price, which is around one thousand Euro.
Dolce & Gabbana
Miss Sicily Sicily is yet another tribute to the beloved homegrown duo Dolce and Gabbana. And ‘it bag among the younger, appeared on the catwalk for the first time in 2008, and was made entirely in python. But it has proved a successful model, proposed to re-interpreted with new materials and details this year, for the autumn-winter 2010. It costs about 1800 Euro and is beloved by the stars (Madonna in the lead) because it manages to combine spacious in size and elegant lines and refined.
Bottega Veneta
The model Cabat of Bottega Veneta is undoubtedly one of the most valuable shopping bag on the planet Earth. Beautiful and impossible, is entirely hand woven inside and out. Every season they produce only 500 pieces made entirely by hand for each specimen must be the work of two craftsmen two days. Even if you feel like straw, so skillfully woven material that you see is actually leather. It is therefore a mystery why the price is around 3000 Euros.
Christian Dior
Among the many IT bag designed by Dior, the most famous is the Lady Dior, created in honor of Princess Diana in 1995. The bag was made du request for Bernadette Chirac, then France’s first lady, who wanted to pay homage to Lady Diana on the occasion of his visit to ndere tribute to Diana of England, a guest at the inauguration of an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. The model, small and agile, reworks all the traits most recognizable and symbolic of the French fashion house: the pattern cannage and Dior charms that reproduce the logo.
in ’95 at the inauguration of an exhibition at the Grand Palais
Fendi
The Peekaboo Fendi is relatively young but has already regained the catwalks (and the arm of VIP) enough times to gain the status of it-bag. Birkin comparable to the breadth and trapezoidal shape, stands for the interior finished in a whimsical and very chic details. The base price for the simplest model is 1,500 euros, but the pattern of snake skin, for example, more than 5000 Euro
Gucci
The most representative model ever produced by the Florentine fashion house? Certainly the Bamboo, dating back to 1947 no less, became famous in the ’60s, and revived in recent years by Frida Giannini. E’senz’altro an iconic product, characterized by traditional and unique bamboo handle, is made up of 140 pieces assemplati hand. A true masterpiece of craftsmanship.