--- title: Hillary Clinton's Purse Got More Attention Than Her Grandson description: Chelsea Clinton gave birth to her second child, but some are focusing on Hillary Clinton's designer tote bag canonical: https://time.com/4376385/hillary-clinton-designer-bag/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-21T15:47:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:46.388Z og:title: Chelsea Clinton Had a Baby. Who Cares About Hillary's Purse? og:description: Not us. og:url: https://time.com/4376385/hillary-clinton-designer-bag/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0a0158c1e707ed/698898c33c1639e76045dba2/chelsea-hillary-bill-clinton-baby-designer-bag.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - June 20, 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chelsea Clinton Had a Baby. Who Cares About Hillary's Purse? twitter:description: Not us. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0a0158c1e707ed/698898c33c1639e76045dba2/chelsea-hillary-bill-clinton-baby-designer-bag.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chelsea Clinton Had a Baby And All Anyone Can Talk About is Hillary's $3,500 Purse by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 21, 2016 3:47 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 20: Former President Bill Clinton, Marc Margolies-Mezvinsky, Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton depart Lenox Hill Hospital on June 20, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/GC Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 20: Former President Bill Clinton, Marc Margolies-Mezvinsky, Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton depart Lenox Hill Hospital on June 20, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/GC Images)Taylor Hill—GC Images/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 21, 2016 3:47 PM UTC Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky welcomed their second child—a son, Aidan—on Saturday, June 18. Former president Bill Clinton and [presumptive Democratic nominee](http://motto.time.com/4361194/hillary-clinton-democratic-nominee-woman/) Hillary Clinton arrived at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City to celebrate the birth of their second grandchild. In articles[ on the Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3649275/Hillary-returns-Chelsea-s-1-700-night-hospital-visit-grandson-Aidan-aide-carry-bulging-designer-bags.html) and in other publications, what raised the most alarm, however, was the cost of Chelsea Clinton’s hospital stay as well as Hillary Clinton’s numerous designer bags. According to the article, one night’s stay in the Upper East Side hospital—where Beyoncé delivered Blue Ivy—costs approximately $1,700\. But Hillary Clinton’s Ralph Lauren calfskin handbag warranted mentions, too. [_Follow Motto on Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/)_._ This isn’t the first time critics dug at Hillary Clinton’s clothing options. When she gave her victory speech after the New York primary, the main focus became her [$12,000 Armani jacket](http://motto.time.com/4361509/the-hidden-sexism-in-calling-out-hillary-clintons-12000-armani-jacket/). [Name It. Change It.](http://www.nameitchangeit.org/blog/entry/Name-It-Change-Its-New-Research-Explained-By-Stick-Figures) claims that criticism of female politicians’ clothing choices is sexist, and that it affects them at the polls, whether that criticism is positive or negative in nature. As [Manrepeller](http://www.manrepeller.com/) wrote for TIME --- > “” --- As [Molly Ball pointed out for The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/how-the-system-of-beauty-hurts-female-politicians/274754/), the Name It. Change It. study was flawed. But when the news is about a brand new little baby, maybe we can forget the price points altogether. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4376385/hillary-clinton-designer-bag/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4376385/hillary-clinton-designer-bag/"},"headline":"Chelsea Clinton Had a Baby And All Anyone Can Talk About is Hillary's $3,500 Purse","datePublished":"2016-06-21T15:47:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:46.388Z","description":"What would Name It. 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