Some of the world's most iconic handbags are on show in a new exhibition 

Check out Sarah Jessica Parker's Fendi from Sex and the City at the V&A's Bags: Inside Out 

A model with Chanel Lait de Coco evening bag, Karl Lagerfeld, 2014. Picture: Jason Lloyd Evans

A new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum explores the historical and cultural significance of bags.

“Designers are not confined by physiology when they work on bags because you don’t really ‘wear’ it like a shoe, you carry it with you,” says Lucia Savi, curator of Bags: Inside Out. The new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will provide a little escapism for visitors as artistry, functional needs and total disregard for orthopaedic health (arm pain reportedly keeps Jane Birkin from wearing her namesake Hermès) have produced some pretty amazing accessories over the years.