![]() The artistic director waxes lyrical about its shapeshifting transcendence on a press statement: “ I consider this icon of the house’s recent history the perfect accessory to deal with this battle that is daily life. Chiuri, possibly sensing the change of tides, decided this season is primed for an official return of the aughts symbol. ![]() Vintage Saddle bags have been spotted on the likes of today’s girl-about-towns Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Elsa Hosk. The past few seasons have revelled in fanny packs, cargo pants and it’s-so-bad-it’s-good kitsch. The Saddle, updated in multihued fringes for Fall 2018. And by now, designers have mined almost everything that could be extracted from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s - leading nowhere else but to the inevitable unearthing of the ’00s, the open minefield of questionable taste. Fashion’s well of inspiration is subculture nostalgia. The noughties, as we know it, is undergoing something of a renaissance. ![]() Vintage resellers sold them like hotcakes. Still, it wasn’t till early 2016 that Vogue pinpointed a piqued mass interest in the bag, all in due thanks to K-pop inamorata CL who swung out a ’gram-worthy limited edition piece printed with the portmanteau “Adiorable”.Īfter almost a decade of absence, the Saddle’s sabbatical granted it a vintage gem status. In 2014, Beyoncé was among the first to dig out her pony hair version. Lauren Bush had an ultra-mini one, slinging it on for a Dior fete in 2003. Paris Hilton practically had her white leather iteration glued to her shoulder, towing it to all her papped parties. The fictional fashion figure’s seal of approval further propelled the cult-like mania for the jaunty-chic purse. Carrie Bradshaw went on her second date with Aidan clasping a chain-printed Saddle bag under her arm. In late 2000, Sex and the City’s Season 3 Episode 5 aired on television. Carrie Bradshaw and her Dior Saddle purse. Most crucially though, it was a total encapsulation of Galliano’s feted kitsch - a definitive authority to the period’s more-is-more aesthetic. Conspicuous gilded logo charm, right there swinging in sync with your stride. It ticked every implicit requisite required of an It-handbag at the turn of the century. Dangling from the crook of many noughties icon’s arms - Carrie Bradshaw to Paris Hilton - this equestrian-inspired crescent was then-creative director John Galliano’s offspring which first debuted in his Spring 2000 collection for the French house. The Dior Saddle was the emblematic accessory of the ’00s. You begin to ponder whether this avant-garde of a bag even belongs to this decade we’re in. Its off-kilter silhouette, unsurprisingly, is the first thing that catches your attention. The zany-shaped Dior Saddle bag stole the limelight at Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Fall 2018 show earlier this year. ![]()
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