Fanny packs are perhaps the world’s most polarizing trend (and the oldest, as you’re about to learn), with a history as up-and-down as a celebrity marriage. How did this staple of horrible tourist style land on the runways of Chanel and the hottest guys at Paris Fashion Week? Come along with us, from the 4th millennium to the fourth dimension (well, maybe not that far—but I have an intriguing time travel theory towards the end!).
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The Iceman’s Belt: 3400-3100 BCE
The Fanny Pack: The 1980s
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The Chanel Fanny Pack: 1994
The Ironic Fanny Pack: The Late 1990s-2014
The Skater Bag: Mid-90s-present day
The Cross-Body Bag and the “Waist Bag”: 2015-2017
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