Famous Bags Inspired by Famous Women

Alexandra Owens, Allure magazine

Since Hermès renamed its Kelly bag after Princess Grace in 1956, only a handful of other women have bagged one of fashion's highest honors: immortality in leather. (Or crocodile.)

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The Kelly by Hermès

Inspired by: Grace Kelly

Price: $8,300 and up

The Bag Story: Like a true Hitchcock heroine, Kelly, then pregnant with her first child, Princess Caroline, turned an accessory into a decoy when she blocked her baby bump from the paparazzi with her Hermès sac à dépêches in 1956. After one of the photos landed on the cover of Life magazine, Hermès rechristened the bag-and the Princess of Monaco gave... more
Photo by: Condé Nast Archive
The Kelly by Hermès

Inspired by: Grace Kelly

Price: $8,300 and up

The Bag Story: Like a true Hitchcock heroine, Kelly, then pregnant with her first child, Princess Caroline, turned an accessory into a decoy when she blocked her baby bump from the paparazzi with her Hermès sac à dépêches in 1956. After one of the photos landed on the cover of Life magazine, Hermès rechristened the bag-and the Princess of Monaco gave birth to a pair of beauties.

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