RACHELE LA GRANDE

Name: RACHELE LA GRANDE - The Great Gatsby - Benedetta Bruzziches
Brand: Bags
SKU: rachele la grande the great gatsby

THE GREAT GATSBY

Rachele is the handheld mini bag in brass mesh with inlaid crystals, a structured softness whose shape changes with the force of gravity. Organic silk satin interior lining, a silent weave of resilience and delicacy. Rachele is the movement that dances between crystal and brass. In the biblical story of Jacob, she is the energy that takes form, the beauty…

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THE GREAT GATSBY

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Exterior: Brass crystal mesh
Interior lining: Organic silk satin
Hardware: Brass

Width: 20 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Handle drop: 14 cm
Weight: 585 g

Exterior: Silver
Interior lining: Beige
Hardware: Gold

Brass crystal mesh: Clean gently with a soft, dry cloth. Do not use chemicals or abrasive products. Avoid impacts that may damage the crystals. Store in the dust bag provided.
Organic silk satin: Clean only with a soft, dry cloth. Very delicate fabric: avoid contact with liquids, perfumes and cosmetics. Do not wash.
Brass: Clean with a soft, dry cloth. Natural oxidation is part of the life of the material. To restore its shine, use a specific brass product. Store in a dry place.

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

"O loves, true or false, be loves, move happily in the void I offer you." Patrizia Cavalli. Benedetta Bruzziches dreams of the “Sempre Aperto Teatro” author’s series as a curtain that never closes. A theatre always open, in which we move with our masks, playing roles that sometimes resemble us and sometimes deceive us. It is there, in this space suspended between truth and fiction, that the stories of Lia and Rachele come to life. Their story is ancient and beautiful, moving in its wisdom. Jacob, in love with Rachel, works seven years to marry her. But on the wedding night he is given Leah, the older sister, less loved, less luminous. Every man, perhaps, believes he is marrying Rachel, the desired beauty, the promise of happiness, but after marriage he discovers Leah: the harder part, less striking, the one who arrives with the weight of fatigue, silence, waiting. And yet it is Leah who gives Jacob more children, she who proves more fertile. In that fertility there is a secret truth: often it is what does not shine immediately that truly nourishes life, roots it, gives it continuity. It is the grace that is not seen, the light that does not dazzle but remains. Rachel is the movement that dances between crystal and brass. She is the energy that becomes form, the beauty that captures the gaze, the passion that carries you away. She is the image that offers itself to desire, the promise of grace that moves sinuously, always faithful to its essence. Together, Lia and Rachele tell the eternal tension between what appears and what remains, between desire and substance, between love as dreamed and love as lived. A dialectic that runs through all of us, men and women alike, reminding us that true beauty, the kind that is fertile, is not always the most dazzling. Both are mirrors of this scene: fragments of poetry in the form of crystal, ethereal and solid at the same time.

Evening bag to carry by hand. You wear it on the nights when you want someone to notice you before you’ve said a single word. The dinner party where you arrive last, on purpose. The cocktail gathering where the lights are low and the crystals provide all the light you need. Inside, just your lipstick; in the Grande version, you can also fit your keys, for when it’s time to go home. What more do you need?

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Queue for something worth the wait. Seven years, fourteen, the measure doesn’t matter. What matters is the certainty.

TO READ

Song of Solomon, c. 10th century BC. “I am beautiful as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.” The oldest love poem in the Biblical tradition. Rachel could have been her.

TO WATCH

Federico Fellini, "8½", 1963. A director oscillates between his wife and his muse, between what is real and what he desires. Between Leah and Rachel, in the end. Claudia Cardinale appears in his dreams as a promise of light.

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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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