The Lady Dior needs no introduction. A bag that feels as timeless as the fashion house itself, even though it was created a mere 25 years ago.

First dreamt up in 1994, with the explicit purpose of becoming a 'classic', its certainly achieved its primary goal and has, for the last couple of decades found its home firmly on the arm of fashion's most pre-eminent 'it' girls, from Princess Diana through to Natalia Dyer.

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Stranger Things actress Natalia Dyer carrying a Lady Dior

In fact, the late Princess inspired the bag's name. Originally dubbed the 'chouchou,' after Lady Diana Spencer bestowed it the pleasure of her favour, the bag was given a new moniker.

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And now, for 2019, the Lady Dior proves to be just as popular as it ever was, with friends of the house - including model Ruth Bell, Lineisy Montero, singer Kat Graham and actress Anne Nakamura - proving that it's just as capable of pairing with jeans and a blazer as it is with a full-on gown and as much at home on the arm of a quiet bookworm as it is in a party with a 3am finish.

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