All woman’s and girls love bags and most usually have handbags as their collector’s item. Not only are they used to hold everything that we hold dear, from our credit cards to our cellular phones, our ipod to the papers that will spell the difference between promotion and demotion. Let’s face it; can you imagine a world without the women’s handbag as we know it?

The very 1st handbags were literally crude pouches fashioned from leaves and animal skin. By the 1400’s both men and women were using handbags, which gradually became a status symbol. Then it became fashionable for women and girls to wear their handbags under their skirts, and handbags literally disappeared for several decades with little development in design. Men also leave using handbags because of development of built-in pockets in pants.

In 1800 until 1900, handbags “reemerged”. It became popular for woman to bring handbags for their efficiency. Women had different handbags for different occasions, and used it to carry perfume, a fan, smelling salts and visiting cards. These handbags were called “reticules.”

Then in the 1920’s, handbags really came into its own. There was more variety in designs, color and material. And then in 50’s, some designers make their own designer house and build their brand and reputation of the product, design, and the designer to be chic, classy, and luxurious. Up to this day, these designers and his designer house became a legends and carrying their labels command a premium price.