A baguette bag is a small, elongated handbag on a short strap, carried under the arm, pressed to the side — just as a Frenchman carries a baguette loaf under the arm (hence the name). It is an accent rather than a roomy accessory: only the essentials fit into it. The baguette was made famous by the house of Fendi in the late 1990s, and the series 'Sex and the City' turned it into a cult object of desire and a symbol of the status 'it-bag'. The compact, elegant shape makes it ideal for going out. Today the baguette has undergone a powerful fashion revival. A baguette bag is a small elongated handbag carried under the arm, in which a compact, elegant shape combines with the cult status of the late-1990s 'it-bag' that made it a symbol of refined, slightly nostalgic chic.
