LAUREN

Name: LAUREN - Umber - Benedetta Bruzziches
Brand: Bags
SKU: lauren bacall-umber

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Lauren is the Italian leather shoulder bag with internal snap closure that defines its architecture. The name is Lauren Bacall’s: husky voice, knowing gaze, the only woman Humphrey Bogart could never stop looking at. Two external pockets, adjustable strap, organic silk satin lining. Entirely handcrafted in Italy.

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Lauren is the Italian leather shoulder bag with internal snap closure that defines its architecture. The name is Lauren Bacall's: husky voice, knowing gaze, the only woman Humphrey Bogart could never stop looking at. Two external pockets, adjustable strap, organic silk satin lining. Entirely handcrafted in Italy.

Exterior: Calfskin suede
Interior lining: Organic silk satin, Calfskin suede
Hardware: Zamak

Width: 33.5 cm
Height: 14 cm
Depth: 12 cm
Strap drop: 32 cm
Weight: 615 g

Exterior: Beige
Hardware: White

Organic silk satin: Clean only with a soft, dry cloth. Very delicate fabric: avoid contact with liquids, perfumes and cosmetics. Do not wash.
Calfskin suede: Brush gently with a soft-bristled brush. Avoid contact with water and liquids. In case of stains, use a specific suede eraser. Store in the dust bag provided.
Zamak: Clean with a soft, dry cloth. Do not use chemicals or abrasive products on the galvanic finish. Avoid prolonged contact with water and humidity.

The bag will be carefully prepared for shipping inside the Benedetta Bruzziches box, protected by the microfiber pouch with logo.

"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that." Lauren Bacall was nineteen when the wife of director Howard Hawks saw her on the cover of Harper's Bazaar and brought her to Hollywood. She hadn't studied acting. She had studied how to be in a room. In her first film, To Have and Have Not, her hands were shaking with nerves. To keep them still she lowered her chin to her chest and looked up at Bogart. That gesture, born from fear, not from a desire to seduce, became one of the most iconic in cinema history. They called it "The Look". Bacall was never just a face. She was intelligence in the form of presence. She didn't conform to a standard: she rewrote it. She married Bogart, loved him, lost him. Started again. She took the Broadway stage, won two Tonys, turned down roles that didn't reflect her, didn't respect her. At eighty she wrote: "I am not a has-been. I am a will be.”

Daytime bag to wear on the shoulder or crossbody. The nine o'clock meeting, lunch with the friend you haven't seen in months, one hour isn't enough, you make plans for the next day. The afternoon trip to the bookshop, you were looking for one book, you find three more. Every pocket holds a part of you, every gesture already knows where to go. Lauren is the bag for those who don't stop to reorganize the day. She cross it.

TO DO

The next time you walk into a room where you don't know anyone, don't look down. Hold your gaze straight, steady, like Lauren in her first film: she was nineteen, her hands were shaking, she tilted her chin down and looked up to hide the trembling. From that gesture, "The Look" was born.

TO READ

Lauren Bacall, "By Myself", 1978. The autobiography of a woman who never stopped starting over. She writes the way she speaks: without apology, without ornament, with the same directness she had at nineteen.

TO WATCH

Howard Hawks, "To Have and Have Not", 1944. Lauren Bacall in her first film. She is nineteen and her hands are shaking. She holds a cigarette to steady them. From that gesture, a legend is born. Watch how she looks at Bogart: she doesn't seek his gaze. She waits for it.

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Italy Free shipping 1-2 working days Shipped by GLS
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At Benedetta Bruzziches we design bags made to accompany you through life. We believe in the strength of things that last: repairing your bag instead of replacing it is a small but meaningful way to be kinder to our planet.

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