You’d think it was a movie premiere, with the buzz converging outside the Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown Manhattan. But inside, despite the celebrity presence, the star is actually a handbag.
Not just any handbag, but the “Baguette” – the popular Fendi bag created 25 years ago and named for the French long loaf and the way it is also carried under the arm. buy stylish. Fendi show on Friday night was a big birthday party for the bag and confirmed its longstanding reputation in popular culture.
But why New York, when Fendi often performs in Italy? The bag was an early hit and hit New York pop culture, best remembered for being immortalized in the 2000 episode “Sex and the City,” when an alcoholic had enough wisdom to try. trying to get one from Carrie Bradshaw he doesn’t seem to know. what is it called.
“Give me the bag,” demanded the thug in the alley. “It’s a bread!” Carrie reminded him when he started with her shiny purple version.
It’s safe to say everyone knows their bags from their sandwiches on Friday night, when around 600 people gather in the ballroom – some on the main floor and others in balcony seating. tall – to celebrate the bag and its many iterations over the years.
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The evening marked the tripartite cooperation. Fendi female designer Kim Jones has invited her friend and one-time boss, Marc Jacobs – New York’s quintessential designer – to inspire his special romantic streetwear for a series of 10 suits starring, of course, baguette. (“I’m never one to shy away from an iconic bag,” Jacobs said during a theater show.) And jeweler Tiffany & Co. presented their own baguettes with their signature egg blue color.
Sitting in the front row Kim Kardashian, with yellow buckles and a sheer dress that was tight and beaded, but it was the baguettes that were the focal point on the runway. There are large baguettes, small baguettes, nano baguettes. Shiny baguettes, fluffy baguettes, sparkling and fluffy baguettes.
There are fanny-pack style baguettes, and sometimes double baguettes – two sizes stacked. The bag is re-imagined as a baguette. There are small satin baguettes that attach to tube socks – a perfect place to put small items – or if you want them closer to your head, attach a satin baseball cap. The vibe is a mix of fancy and casual, of sequins and sweatshirts.
As the performance began, a giant curtain on the wall fell to the ground to reveal a giant mirror, suddenly allowing the entire room, balcony and all to see itself. The models were photographed along the floor, but when they were finished, the mirror suddenly disappeared and the models were standing in a giant display case, as if in a store.
Linda Evangelista, in a giant Tiffany blue gown and gown, reaches out to the designers for one final bow. They applauded her, in a very public moment for the ’90s supermodel, now 57, following her recent ordeal with what she described as a catastrophic body sculpting procedure that left she is deformed.
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