The popularity of the V&A’s new exhibition and the resilience of bag sales, proves our love of It bags is here to stay
Predictions that the pandemic would kill off the handbag have proved to be exaggerated. Bags: Inside Out, which opens its doors at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on Saturday after being twice delayed by lockdown has sold out of advance tickets until early 2021, a level of interest which suggests our fascination with “It bags” has not gone away.
Lucia Savi, the exhibition’s curator, believes the show demonstrates the handbag’s strong track record of adapting to survive during challenging periods in history.
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