THE LITTLE CLASSIC
1983. Karl Lagerfeld, first stylist to succeed Coco, seizes Chanel and propels the brand into orbit.
As soon as he arrived, the German designed the Classic, a quilted leather bag on a chain shoulder strap, the clasp of which features the signature double C.
Here it is, in a slightly different format, decorated with a frill on the shoulder.
€ 3,500.
Phone: 0800 255 005.
Classic from Chanel.
Chanel
THE BIRKIN 35 CARGO
1984. Jean-Louis Dumas, President of Hermès, meets Jane Birkin on board a plane.
The Englishwoman complains that she cannot find any bag for her daily life as a young mother.
He imagines the Birkin for her.
This season, this incredibly luxurious tote that has become legendary, is renewed in canvas and leather, multi-pocket, fitted with a removable cup holder.
Price upon request.
Phone: 01 40 17 47 17.
Birkin, by Hermès.
Hermes
LE BAGUETTE
1997. It owes its name to its elongated shape and to its carried, wedged under the arm… like our bakery specialty.
Created by Silvia Venturini Fendi, the Baguette lends itself to all the fantasies of the Roman stylist.
While it has never left the leather goods shelves, it is back these days in a sleek, fully knitted pearl gray.
2,300 euros.
www.fendi.com
Fendi wand.
Fendi
THE NEO-CLASSIC
2000. Recognizable at first glance, the Balenciaga Classic has entered the history of the it-bag (and of fashion).
Revised and corrected by Demna Gvasalia, this riveted leather urban bag is meant to be rigid (its elder was soft).
Cut in new proportions, and with galvanized metal jewelry, it comes in three sizes and a multitude of colors.
€ 1,690.
www.balenciaga.com
Classic by Balenciaga.
Balenciaga
THE SADDLE
2000. Dior launches a saddle-shaped bag, worn on screen by Sarah Jessica Parker in
Sex and the City
.
The success is immediate and global.
Relaunched with great fanfare in 2018 by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the Saddle warms up, this fall, with a soft woolen skin, always with the D as a stirrup.
€ 3,200.
Phone: 01 40 73 73 73.
Saddle by Dior.
Dior