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A stranger stopped me dead in my tracks on the train last week.
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The Cs, mind you, are comically large.
Theyre so garish and conspicuous, they make Juicy tracksuits look subtle.
The Cambon tote was one of the It bags of the decadent and label-obsessed 2000s.
Lauren Conrad and her Chanel Cambon bag in 2007
More, more, more was the motto, and it helped Chanel Cambon totes flourish.
This was the era of bottle service and Britney, ofThe Devil Wears Pradaand Von Dutch.
Then it would just be a merry Christmas.
Rashida Jones and Nicole Richie
Not bigger, apparently, than having a Chanel Cambon tote to call her own.
The party girls of the 2000s werent carryingjustthis bag, obviously.
Theyre all massive, sometimes to an outlandish degree.
Mary Kate Olsen and her Fendi Spy bag.
Some might sayludicrously capacious.
So big, photos of Nicole Richie and Mischa Barton carrying their Balenciaga bags look like optical illusions.
Are these pursessupposedto be as large as the humans carrying them?
Lindsay Lohan with her Balenciaga tote at a 2006 Los Angeles store opening.
Because Richie and Barton andLindsay Lohanhad places to go, yall.
The Ivy for lunch.
The Chateau Marmont for drinks.
Cameron Diaz and her Balenciaga in New York in 2006
Les Deuxmay she rest!for sitting stone-faced in a corner booth, texting on a T-Mobile Sidekick.
Our girls simply didnt have time to go home, which meant they needed all their essentials on hand.
Sweaty after a night at Bungalow 8?
Model Chanel Iman in 2009
No Big Bratty Bag moment was more profound than Mary-Kate Olsen carrying Balenciaga, circa 2005.
My theory as to why?
Its durable, its reliable, its ready for whatever the LA party sceneor Perez Hiltonhurls her way.
Burberry Fall 2024
Big handbags offered more than just utility for the girls back then.
They were armor, a means to block out the haters before that cringe term was even coined.
Model Chanel Iman in 2009
And now,theyre back.
Fendi Spring 2025
Absurdly big handbags started emerging as a trend in 2023, and this years runway shows fully embraced them.
Since the records release in June, it feels like the culture hasnt stopped raging.
I want it to look filthy and expensive.
An oversized—and overflowing—bag seen on the Miu Miu Spring 2024 runway.
A vintage Louis Vuitton bag with charms spotted in Berlin in 2024
An oversized Bottega Veneta bag spotted in Milan in 2024.
