LONGCHAMP BAGS

Longchamp is a French luxury leather goods company, founded in Paris in 1948 by Jean Cassegrain.

Jean Cassegrain noticed that women had become interested in handbags and Longchamp launched its first women’s handbag in 1971 by reworking a toiletry case and adding a shoulder strap and two flaps and became one of France’s leading leather goods makers.

1993 was a turning point in Longchamp’s history when, Philippe Cassegrain, Longchamp’s CEO, personally designed what would become the company’s most famous handbag, Le Pliage, which means ‘folding’ in French.