The history of the handbag—its design, how it has been made, used, and worn—reveals something essential about women's lives over the past 500 years. Perhaps the most universal item of fashionable ador
In the annals of fashion history, French couturier Paul Poiret (1879?1944) is known for liberating women from corsets and introducing pantaloons into their wardrobes. However, it is Poiret’s remarkab