Behold Bag Lovers - Stats & Facts on Your Favourite Arm Candy - The Handbag

BEHOLD BAG LOVERS STATS & FACTS ON OUR FAVOURITE ARM CANDY THE HANDBAG NUMBER OF HANDBAGS THE AVERAGE WOMAN OWNS 6 00000O WEIGHT OF THE AVERAGE WOMAN'S HANDBAG. 3.m LBS MAN PURSE THE NAME MIGHT HAVE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS NOW, BUT BACK IN THE 1800's, PURSES WERE SMALL BAGS USED TO HOLD COINS.ONLY MEN CARRIED THEM. $4 IT'S LONG BEEN RUMOURED THAT LOUIS VUITTON BURNS ALL ITS UNSOLD HANDBAGS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, TO AVOID SLASHING PRICES IN SALES THAT WOULD AFFECT THE EXCLUSIVITY OF THE BRAND. THE MOST EXPENSIVE BAG TO BE ENTERED INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS IS HOUSE OE MOUAWAD'S '1001 NIGHTS DIAMOND PURSE', PRICED AT $34.5 MILLION. TRADITIONALLY, BAGS WERE ENTIRELY A 'MAN THING'.ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS DEPICT MALES CARRYING PURSE SHAPED POUCHES AROUND THEIR WAIST, WHILE ANCIENT AFRICAN PRIESTS WERE THOUGHT TO CARRY BEADED BAGS. THE WORD "HANDBAGS" WAS FIRST USED IN THE EARLY 1900'S TO DESCRIBE MEN'S BRIEFCASES. BASED ON A SURVEY IN 2007, MEN ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO CHOOSE A HANDBAG BASED ON ITS BRAND THAN WOMEN ARE. Brand 22% OF WOMEN SAID IF THEY COULD ONLY SPLURGE ON ONE DESIGNED ITEM, IT WOULD BE A HANDBAG. ONLY 9% SAID THEY WOULD CHOOSE SHOES. 22% LYDC LONDON www.lydc.co.uk %24