The Bolide, the Birkin, buckets and baguettes. Moschino's smiley-face bag and Judith Leiber's whimsical minaudieres. Venetian vs. Bohemian beads. The history of the handbag and the history of style. With over 900 full-color photographs, Handbags is an extravagance of desire, secrecy, humor, fashion, craftsmanship, art, and exuberance.