Q 01/05

Which Hermès bag was renamed after a film star turned royal used one to shield her pregnancy from photographers?

A) Constance

B) Bolide

C) Kelly

D) Evelyne

Answer · why

C) Kelly

Kelly became the bag's name after Grace Kelly, newly married into Monaco's ruling family, was pictured in Life magazine hiding her bump behind it. Her...

Q 02/05

Which English actress spilled her straw basket beside the head of Hermès on a flight, inspiring a famous bag?

A) Jane Birkin

B) Julie Christie

C) Charlotte Rampling

D) Jacqueline Bisset

Answer · why

A) Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin told Jean-Louis Dumas she could not find a roomy weekend bag she liked, so he made one and named it after her. Her original sold in Paris ...

Q 03/05

Which royal did Dior honour by renaming a handbag Lady Dior after France's first lady gave her one in Paris?

A) Princess Alexandra

B) Princess Anne

C) Princess Caroline

D) Princess Diana

Answer · why

D) Princess Diana

Princess Diana was given the black bag at a Cézanne exhibition and was soon photographed carrying it from Birmingham to Argentina. Relaunched under it...

Q 04/05

Which Fendi bag, often cited as the first It bag, became a star on Carrie Bradshaw's arm in Sex and the City?

A) Peekaboo

B) Baguette

C) Sunshine

D) By The Way

Answer · why

B) Baguette

Baguette bags tuck under the arm like the French loaf they are named after. Fendi lent them to the show as props, and the craze helped persuade LVMH t...

Q 05/05

In Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, the baby Jack Worthing was left in a handbag at which London station?

A) Victoria

B) Paddington

C) Waterloo

D) King's Cross

Answer · why

A) Victoria

Victoria Station's cloakroom is where the governess Miss Prism left the bag, having absent-mindedly put her novel manuscript in the pram and the baby ...