britain from the humblest pouch to birkin bags to louis vuitton luggage a new exhibition in london will explore the function design and craftsmanship of the accessory that carries our stuff but can mean so much morebags inside out at the victoria albert museum in london features 300 bags including former british prime minister winston churchills despatch box and the fendi baguette carried by actress sarah jessica parker in sex and the citya dispatch box owned by former british prime minister winston churchill is seen on display at the bags inside out exhibition at the victoria and albert museum in london reuters delayed eight months by the coronavirus pandemic the show will now open on saturday with all the original exhibits in placea handbag owned by former british prime minister margaret thatcher is seen on display at the bags inside out exhibition at the victoria and albert museum in london reuters the whole world has been affected by this pandemic and the lenders have been really amazing about giving us permission to continue displaying their objects said exhibition curator dr lucia savithe exhibition will show the function symbolic meaning design and manufacture of bags through the centuries savi saiditems were donated by some of the worlds biggest designers and fashion houses including fendi prada and karl lagerfeld iconic items such as the first ever hermes birkin bag and mulberry handbags from the private collections of models alexa chung and kate moss are on displayone quirky bag designed by artist damien hirst for prada employs real insectssavi said she hoped the exhibition would show visitors how bags have become a symbolic expansion of ourselves and something that people have used throughout history and across the world reporting by reuters television editing by richard chang and rosalba obrien