The initial known instance of a designer handbag seems to be from the fourteenth century when it all started as a tiny pouch that was created out of leather and whose key aim was to enable the wearer to carry his or her coins conveniently in addition as safely. This early purse was straightforward in its construction and required only cutting a round cloth piece which was then sown along with a thin strap that was also made from leather and which wrapped around the purse.