STYLE Edit: Celine’s Triomphe Minaudiere and Teckel bags bring fashionable functionality to autumn/winter 2021 – channel the spirit of 1920s flapper girls or 90s fashionistas
- The new Triomphe canvas comes from a 1972 design based on the chains around the Arc de Triomphe – which creative director Hedi Slimane rediscovered in 2019
- Celine’s AW21 show was presented in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte near Paris, and also showcased the brand’s Plage swimwear capsule collection
A minaudière, or box-clutch, is traditionally handleless, but the leather strap on the new Triomphe offers a touch of modern-day functionality fit for an era when your hands will surely be clutching a smartphone (don’t expect to get more than a few credit cards in this bag). Its size makes the Minaudiere an adorably precious accent on an evening out.
The bag debuted with the Triomphe canvas itself that is based on a design from Celine’s archives from 1972, which creative director Hedi Slimane rediscovered in 2019. That design drew its inspiration from the links of the chains surrounding the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and Slimane reimagined it for the vintage-effect canvas that appears today on numerous bags, as well as for the metallic hardware used in the Triomphe collection.
Although itty-bitty, the Triomphe Minaudiere would be hard to miss. The bag features a lambskin lining and one main compartment, with a metallic frame that amplifies its square shape.
The silhouette and metallic twinkle leans to a classic interpretation of the small purse, popularised during the 1920s by the famous flapper girls, but with a history that goes as far back as the 1800s.
For Celine’s autumn/winter 2021 show, filmed near Paris at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte’s Jardins d’André Le Nôtre, Slimane styled a lizard skin Triomphe Minaudiere with a delicate, strapless black dress, complete with a light neck scarf in the same material that billowed in the wind. The monochromatic look is punctuated by gold jewellery and white socks peeping out from above the Margaret Chelsea boots in calfskin, exemplifying Slimane’s modern take on the formal fête – or Parade – as he dubbed his show.