Very trendy, supple, solid, genuine vegetable leather, cork fabric, vegan leather is mainly used  for accessories such as
bags and pouches LIEGEGO

This initially utilitarian accessory has become a real fashion item and would represent                       alone nearly a third of global luxury sales.

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The handbag takes up more and more space. "Half a century ago, it was only worn at Mass on Sundays. At best, it only contained a bottle of eau de Cologne, a missal and a handkerchief", explains Jean-Claude Kaufmann , sociologist and researcher at the CNRS, author of Le Sac: un petit monde d'amour (Editions JC Lattès). Then, the more women became emancipated, the heavier their bags became. "The handbag has always been linked to women's privacy, through its content, but also because, for a long time, the containers were hidden pockets under the skirts, close to the body", recalls Marie-Laure Gutton, of the Galliera Fashion Museum. And if the interior is intimate, the exterior is displayed. It serves both as a social indicator and as a shield. As for Grace Kelly, who, pregnant and harassed by the paparazzi, hid her rounded belly behind her Hermès.

Antiquity : the utility bag

From ancient Rome to the era of the Christian Crusades, the drawstring purse, worn at the waist, was used by both men and women. It has a purely utilitarian vocation: to contain money.

Middle Ages : the era of chaplains

At this time when the poorest ask for alms in the streets, the rich sometimes plunge their hand not into their pocket – their clothes do not have any – but into their small purse, to draw a coin. In these religious times, pious mottoes are often sewn on these purses where one also arranges handkerchief, rosary, knife and other small objects. We also begin to decorate them, the wealthiest embroidering their purses with gold thread.