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“THE BOOK OF ICONIC BAGS” FROM ASSOULINE OFFERS A THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT THE HANDBAGS THAT BECAME CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES.
By Jenny Starr Perez
What makes something iconic is rarely its novelty. Icons endure because they capture a moment and then refuse to stay there. They are instantly recognizable yet endlessly reinterpreted, passed from one generation to the next with their meaning intact and their allure sharpened by time. In fashion, few objects shoulder that weight quite like a handbag. Handbags live closest to the body. They travel through airports and dinner parties, boardrooms and grocery stores. They are practical, personal and deeply expressive. When a bag transcends trend cycles and becomes a shorthand for taste, ambition or rebellion, it earns a rare designation. Icon.
That idea sits at the heart of “The Book of Iconic Bags”, a new volume from Assouline created in collaboration with Fashionphile, the luxury resale authority that has spent decades studying the secondary life of fashion’s most coveted accessories. The book curates 25 handbags that have shaped the modern fashion landscape, not simply because they are beautiful, but because they have stories that refuse to fade. The selections span eras, houses and attitudes. Hermès’ Birkin and Kelly appear not as status clichés, but as cultural artifacts whose craftsmanship and scarcity continue to fuel obsession. The Fendi Baguette earns its place thanks to pop culture immortality and its ability
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