hand bag

Did you know that handbags started as a man’s accessory? Yup, it’s true. From Ancient Egypt hieroglyphics depicting men carrying pouches around their waists to the late 17th century, men were the ones who carried bags. Even the term ‘handbag’ itself, which was first popularised in 1900, was a term for a man’s hand luggage. For thousands of years, bags were merely practical objects. Our earliest ancestors used bags made from animal skins and plant fibres to carry hunting and gathering tools.