Why a handbag is so much more than a handbag
The power of the purse is well known today but in fashion circles, a bag didn't always swing the same clout.
Before "it bags" were a thing, handbags were things we carried other things in.
When Lizzo, the Truth Hurts singer, matched a thumb-sized (fake) Valentino bag with a flouncy (real) Valentino dress at the American Music Awards in November, the defiantly, delightfully plus-sized artist lit up the internet.
Fans posted endless memes playing on “big girl, small bag”. Her stylist announced that her look started with the bag, not the other way around.
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