BELLE DE JOUR

Name: BELLE DE JOUR - French Vanilla - Benedetta Bruzziches
Brand: Bags
SKU: Belle de jour- french vanilla

FRENCH VANILLA

Belle de Jour is the Italian leather clutch enclosing a soft suede soul. Named after Luis Buñuel’s 1967 film: one woman, two lives, her grace the thread that binds them. In its silhouette, you recognise Ariel. Entirely handcrafted in Italy.

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FRENCH VANILLA

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Belle de Jour is the Italian leather clutch enclosing a soft suede soul. Named after Luis Buñuel's 1967 film: one woman, two lives, her grace the thread that binds them. In its silhouette, you recognise Ariel. Entirely handcrafted in Italy.

Exterior: Smooth calfskin
Interior lining: Calfskin suede
Hardware: Zamak

Width: 27 cm
Height: 17 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Strap drop: 31 cm
Weight: 350 g

Exterior: Yellow
Hardware: Gold

Smooth calfskin: Clean with a soft, slightly damp cloth. Nourish periodically with a specific cream for smooth leather. Avoid prolonged contact with water and direct heat sources. Store in the dust bag provided.
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.

Luis Buñuel knew that bourgeois women live at least two lives: the one they show and the one they keep to themselves, the afternoon hours that need not be explained to anyone. "I designed Belle de Jour thinking of Séverine," says Benedetta Bruzziches, "of how certain women don't choose between their versions of themselves. They carry them all, on the same day, with the same grace." Belle de Jour is a 1967 film in which Catherine Deneuve plays Séverine, the archetypal bourgeois wife: straight hair, carefully chosen clothes, a gaze that tells, not everything. Every afternoon, Séverine leaves her husband's house and goes to work in a brothel. Not for money. Out of necessity. For that part of herself that in an ordered life has no space and no name. Buñuel does not judge her. He films her with the same neutrality with which he films the furniture, the streets, the clothes. Séverine is interesting in exactly the way a house with two doors is.

Daytime and evening bag to wear by hand, on the shoulder or crossbody. You put it on the morning of one of those days that are just waiting to be discovered; no fixed plans, you follow the wonder of possibility. It is compact and discreet, you carry only what you need, because what you truly need doesn't fit inside a bag. The strap keeps your hands free, movement comes first. In the evening, add a blazer to your jeans: remove the strap, it becomes a clutch, the gesture changes. Belle de Jour lasts an entire day. Do you have any idea how many lives fit inside twenty-five centimetres of Italian leather?

TO DO

Go to the cinema alone on a weekday afternoon. Choose a film you know nothing about. Sit in the middle of the row. Notice what changes when no one is watching you watch.

TO READ

Joseph Kessel, "Belle de jour", 1928. The novel that inspired the film. Forty years earlier, same vertigo. Read it in one sitting, preferably in the afternoon.

TO WATCH

Luis Buñuel, "Belle de Jour", 1967. Catherine Deneuve plays a woman who leads a double life. Buñuel never tells you which is the real one. After the film, you won't be sure either.

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Italy Free shipping 1-2 working days Shipped by GLS
Europe €15 1-2 working days Shipped by DHL
Rest of the world €35 2-3 working days Shipped by DHL

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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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