Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269) and index.
Contents
A history of containment / Claire Wilcox -- Beginning with bags / Adam Phillips -- The collection -- The making of a museum of handbags / Judith Clark -- The evolution of pose / Caroline Evans -- The uniform on the street: the fashionable handbag in 1912 / Amy de la Haye -- Specimens -- A terminology pertaining to handbags / Amy de la Haye -- The collection overview.
Summary
With specially commissioned photographs, this title provides an exploration of the handbag in the history of culture, fashion and material production. It also presents an account of the creation of the first museum devoted to the handbag: the Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul.
