Can’t afford the diamonds? Cartier and Bulgari have handbags now
Two of the world’s best-known jewellers are targeting a share of the lucrative handbag market partly to lure in young Gen Z customers and keep loyal ones spending.
Can’t afford the diamonds? Cartier and Bulgari have handbags now
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Strange article since both have been making bags for a long while now... Especially Cartier...Can’t afford the diamonds? Cartier and Bulgari have handbags now
Two of the world’s best-known jewellers are targeting a share of the lucrative handbag market partly to lure in young Gen Z customers and keep loyal ones spending.www.voguebusiness.com
The timing of this article makes no sense to me; both brands have been offering bags for years. 
Oh cool. But why haven't they reached the Chanel/Hermes bags status? Will they?The timing of this article makes no sense to me; both brands have been offering bags for years.
Bags aren’t all about status… They make nice bags infused with their jewelry making skills which appeal to their existing clientele.
The bags are similar prices to Hermes but it doesn't have the prestige/status. Is jewellery brands' bags niche?
I really want this Cartier panther hobo. I also like the red box handbag for a fun, quirky evening bag.
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After the games some luxury brands are playing lately, I very much love the idea of looking at less common, but still very luxe, brands.
Um… you do know that Cartier was the OG status bag?
Hermes has only reached Cartier’s level in the last 30 years, and Chanel within the last 5?
In the 70s and 80s, they did make a diffusion line which overall cheapened the brand.
But Cartier bags from 1910 to 1940 still routinely sell for between 10k to 50k… A Belle Epoche matron or flapper would never have dreamed of being caught without her Cartier bag, especially for evening.
Hermes was only for luggage and equestrian pursuits, Chanel was hats.
Jeanne Toussaint, the Cartier artistic director who developed the Panthere line, was originally the head of the handbag department
That's interesting I did not know that. But it seems Hermes has surpassed Cartier as now their bags have a long waiting list just like a Rolex.
Since when does the length of the waiting list for a product correlate to the quality of the product?
Prestige/status is in the eye of the beholder IMO, influenced by their geographical marketplace, and their level of consumer sophistication.
I guess "FOR HER" means for women? Which women? Different markets for different luxury goods. Influencers and Kardashians aren't Christine LaGarde etc...
There is no "should."