If the public had to associate one fashionable item with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it would likely be her jabot—the neckpiece (most often made of lace) that became an almighty accessory of hers, akin to Poseidon and his trident. But what about her bags? thought director Jennifer Callahan, whose short film Making the Case debuted last week at the DOC NYC film festival.
In a 2009 interview with the Washington Post, RBG uncovered the origin story of the jabot. To put it simply, the swath of fabric created sartorial equity between her and her fellow male justices. The other sex, she explains, had the advantage of scooping their tie out from underneath their judge’s gown, “So Sandra Day O’Connor and I,” said Justice Ginsburg, “thought it would be appropriate if we included as part of our robe something typical of a woman. So I have many, many collars.” Is there an intentionality and a deeper meaning behind all of the late, great justice’s accessories? That’s what Making the Case tries to find out in its brief 10 minutes.
Callahan’s preoccupation with purses came after a week of receiving unsolicited comments about her handbags from friends and strangers. “I started thinking about the role of bags in my life and in the lives of other women. In talking about bags with friends and family, so many stories emerged—eloquent and riveting stories,” she says. “Looking around further, in observing women with power, it looked like, in the United States at least, most women in powerful positions, when seen in public, do not carry a bag.” Justice Ginsburg, however, consistently did. So, because the two had once met through a mutual acquaintance, Callahan asked RBG to participate in a short film all about her bags.
“I told her I thought bags were meaningful in the lives of women…and that it looked like they were meaningful in her life too,” she says. “When RBG agreed to sit down for [the film], I felt she was acknowledging the fact that even the most distinguished of women need a bag to organize a day.”
The film opens on RBG, her tiny but mighty frame bundled up against the bitter New York winter. She’s ascending the steps of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse downtown. She’s wearing shades that, together, would blend into a periwinkle. Her signature mesh gloves are mauve and the pashmina swagged around her shoulders is a powder blue. Hanging from the inside of her elbow is a satchel the color of putty. There’s an attendant by her side who is carrying a tote bag. As viewers later find out, it’s filled with more bags, which RBG has neatly wrapped one by one in protective plastic sheaths.
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