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title: "Céline Mint Green Micro Belt Bag (Fall 2017)"
date: 2021-09-14T13:05:03-04:00
categories: [bags, celine]
tags: [belt bag, mint green]
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![Céline Micro Belt Bag (Fall 2017) [Mint Green]](/images/celinemicrobeltbagstock.jpg)

The Belt Bag debuted in 2015, as a more minimal followup to the Luggage Tote 
and the Trapeze Bag. Season after season, it was reissued in new colourways, 
and even sizes. In her final year at Céline, Pheobe Philo's Céline released 
some of their largest collections before her departure, including this 
specific colourway. I bought this when I learned Hedi Slimane, Celine's new 
creative director, made the decision to remove the acute accent from the 'e' 
in the creative house's branding (which Philo added), despite continuing to 
sell Philo's original designs. This bag is a symbol of style that was made by 
an icon who was being erased by her successor; I had to have one with "her" 
name still on it. In my mind, she's like the British Woman counterpart to the 
American Man that is Rick Owens; her designs were focused on what she believed 
women truly wanted to wear, a similar philosophy to how Owens is inspired to 
design by things he'd want to wear in his everyday life.

This bag is made of an artifically grained calfskin, similar to Hermès' 
"Epsom" leathers, meaning that before construction, the hides were processed 
with heat and pressure to create a perfectly consistent grain that masks 
small imperfections in the material, and makes it more resistant to scratches 
and water.
