fashion history 1940s
fashion history 1940s
The History of Handbags
The first documented use of handbags is from fourteenth century hieroglyphics, showing men carrying bags around their waists called 'girdles for the completion of stone. However by the year 1400 women and men used handbags adorned with jewels and embroidery to reflect their wealth and these objects became a status symbol, represented in portraits of wealthy and influential people proudly sporting their bags tied to their computers chains with tassels.
By the early seventeenth century men and women's handbags had virtually disappeared and were replaced by pockets under their clothes, but at the end of the eighteenth century fashionable dresses skirts inflated for women and became stuck thing. Leather and handbags embroidered handbags became popular as hand began to complement their clothes and handbags of the women were different for different occasions. The perfume, smelling salts, fans and business cards were transported women in bags and these bags are called 'grids.
It was not until the 1900s that the bag of the term arose first to describe portfolios and briefcases carried by men. But designers of handbags for women made similar versions to meet the needs of women as tiny compartments for fans, gloves, glasses and makeup.
The years after World War I witnessed the physical freedom of women and a more independent attitude to women when they really go out and handbags became indispensable accessories. Handbags really came into your account, with different materials including mother of pearl and bolder colors used and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb was also reflected in bags and purses of the time.
The outbreak of the Second World War meant a shortage of leather and metal tables and racks, so the bag manufacturers began to use wood and plastic. The 1930s and 1940s also saw the development of the stock clutch - which remain very popular today and websites such as SexyHandbags offer a wide range of clutch bags in various designs and colors for every taste.
What, however, it was not until 1950 fashion houses developed production designer handbags and skin of reptiles and 1960 silk bags became fashionable. Again silk handbags are still very casual and fashionable bags and SexyHandbags stocks a wide selection of stunning embroidered silk handbags.
Today most leather handbags imported into the United Kingdom, Italy and China, where SexyHandbags sources of leather bags and we have recently seen a trend for bags of wool and tweed, like many stylish bags SexyHandbags' winter, as the Rose of Autumn, Poppins and Patchwork bag winter.
Process improvements manufacturing has also meant that the bags can now be produced much cheaper, allowing people to buy beautiful handbags at affordable prices, which has been long the spirit of Sofia Curtis SexyHandbags website that sells a wide range of stunning bags, clutch bags, silk handbags, purses and jewelry wraps at very reasonable prices for all budgets, tastes and styles.
Sophie Curtis
About the Author
Sophie Curtis wanted to share her love of handbags with other like-minded fashion-conscious women and so she started www.SexyHandbags.co.uk in 2007. She endulges her passion by sourcing the best quality and value for money handbags, evening bags, summer bags, purses and jewellery rolls from around the world and making them available to buy online at www.SexyHandbags.co.uk
Sophie’s small but growing business is based in Middlesex and has already brought joy and happiness to discerning women who have bought Handbags from the website and the fairs she attends around the country throughout the year.
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