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The Hourglass Bag Learns to Soften

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Pierpaolo Piccioli has given the Balenciaga Hourglass a gentler build. The reworked style, called the Hourglass Avenue, trades the bag's original structure for a more fluid shape, and hides a second handle inside for good measure. It is the kind of decision that changes how a bag sits on the arm as much as how it looks.

With reporting from WWD.

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