American actress and Princess of Monaco who used her Hermès bag to shield her pregnancy from photographers in a 1956 Life Magazine photo — accidentally giving the bag permanent celebrity association and prompting Hermès to rename it the 'Kelly bag.'
Provided the Kelly bag with its name and permanent celebrity association through a single photograph — demonstrating how celebrity context can permanently elevate a product into cultural icon status without any marketing spend.
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