The 1900's the rise of all things great and wonderful. The handbag developing into a known fashion accessorie the rise of haute couture and art noveau. The 1900's was when things really started to move on people started to become an industry and people started to find all this a lot more important than before. Between now and the 1920's it really was the development of the fashion industry with the department stores and the birth of vogue coming about which people can really relate to now a days and understand a lot more than any other time period before this which people tend to forget about.
Handbags in the men's fashion, where it originated from, changed in 1914 when they started carrying around briefcases which were a lot more masculine then handbags woman started to carry around. This was when the clear divide was made between men and women's bag fashion and this is where people tend to get lost in thinking that handbags were always and originated from women which is wrong. These briefcases the men carried also included folders for the new found pound note that replaced the gold sovereign.
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Women's handbags did significantly change in the 1900's aswell with it being referred to by different names such as a leather shopping bag and tote bags that could be worn on the shoulder just shows the modern-iteration of the handbag coming into use. Women would also use dorothy bags and drawstring pouches which matched their robes. They would also have opera glasses and folding fans which were often affixed to the dorothy bags. Some women also had muffs and leather bags.
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The main thing that developed in this time though was the 'pochette' which is something that was never around up until this point. It is what me and you know today as the clutch. It would often be decorated to represent the sense of freedom and youth.