Fine diners will recognise the purse stool as a familiar sight in high-end restaurants, buts its use is proliferating across more casual dining spots too
In the opening episode of Season 2 of And Just Like That..., there’s a scene stealer, and it’s not a dress or a celebrity: it’s a purse stool. “Oh, thank you, my bag was exhausted,” says Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie, setting her Chanel purse down on the little white stool that’s pulled up to the fancy restaurant table.
Luxury purses, new and vintage, are in high demand. Sales of fashion and leather goods at luxury group LVMH – home of Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior – rose 18 per cent in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022; the personal global luxury goods market grew by 22 per cent in 2022 from 2021, to €353 billion, according to Bain & Co.
Among the dining spots you might not always have expected to find purse furniture is Rare Steakhouse at the Encore Boston Harbor resort in the Massachusetts capital. The menu is stocked with prime beef plus comfort food staples such as fully loaded baked potatoes, mac and cheese, and Bailey’s cheesecake for dessert. The restaurant also provides little white upholstered chairs, which match the decor.
But coordinated purse stools are modest compared to the ones offered at some notable dining spots, where they can cost more than the bags that rest on top. Restaurant Le Dalí in Le Meurice in Paris stocks foldable perches made by Hermès. The caramel-colored Pippa stools retail for almost £9,700 .
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