From the Biker to the City Bag, a History of Balenciaga Handbags

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From the Biker to the City Bag, a History of Balenciaga Handbags
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Learn more about the iconic Balenciaga handbags that were beloved by all.

, was right: This iconic accessory, full name Le Dix Motorcycle Lariat, was friendly, and extremely good, but not a bit old, even if it appeared artfully aged.

And it only seems like it has been with us forever, this squashy soft lambskin companion with its long leather tassels, silver studs, little buckles at its bottom corners, and, of course, that trademark attached mirror. But the truth is, it almost didn’t happen at all. The year is 2001. Ghesquière had designed a few prototypes of what will come to be known on the street as the Balenciaga Biker, and his parent company, frankly, isn’t keen on it. Too squashy, too mushy, too lacking in structure, they think. And it is true that back then, stiff structured designer bags, many with sky-high logos, were swinging from chic arms. As Ghesquière recounted to a journalist in 2011: “Accessories [at the time] were rigid.

With success would come a variety of incarnations, all with subtle differentiations, and all arguing fiercely that maybe you should own more than one biker bag? The original version was called the City, with a relaxed rectangular shape, but soon there was also the Velo, which leaned more towards square; the Part Time, and the Work, with subtle variations instantly recognizable to the connoisseur; the Town, the Polly, the Mini Pom Pom! The self-explanatory Envelope, and the obvious Twiggy .

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