fashion?

OK, I don't usually read about fashion, but accidentally clicked on the wrong link and my eye alit on this:

["A woman doesn't have just one handbag anymore, she has a wardrobe of handbags according to her various needs," said Ken Downing, senior vice president and fashion director at Neiman Marcus.]

Now wait. Haven't women always - at least in my lifetime - had different handbags for different needs and clothing and so on? I only have a few, but they are different colors and sizes. I tend to carry one for months and then switch to another, but I am so fashion-backwards as to belong to the stone age.

What an odd thing to say.