{"product_id":"balenciaga-the-giant-city-bag","title":"Balenciaga ‘The Giant’ City in Orange","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicolas Ghesèquière\u003c\/strong\u003e first introduced the City bag (internally referred to as the ‘Motorcycle’) for Balenciaga’s Spring\/Summer 2001 collection. What the Balenciaga boardroom initially dismissed, the fashion world claimed immediately. Photographed and worn religiously by Kate Moss, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Sienna Miller within its first seasons, the City transcended its tentative origins and landed squarely in the canon of great designer It-bags — a position it has never relinquished\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrafted from distressed lambskin in a spectrum of season-defining colours, it became instantly recognisable through its slouched silhouette, braided handles, signature buckle straps and minimal branding. For Spring\/Summer 2007, Ghesèquière introduced the \u003cstrong\u003e‘Giant’\u003c\/strong\u003e hardware variant, replacing the original silver-tone studs with oversized, cross-hatched aged brass hardware; a material shift that transformed the City’s downtown-cool aesthetic into something markedly more maximalist and rock-inflected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balenciaga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54091515003207,"sku":null,"price":1368.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/4450\/2599\/files\/Photoroom_20260603_171127.jpg?v=1780758551","url":"https:\/\/ebvlondon.com\/products\/balenciaga-the-giant-city-bag","provider":"ebvlondon","version":"1.0","type":"link"}