Expandable and collapsible handbag

A handbag, comprising:

• a box clutch, the box clutch comprising
• a cover assembly including first section providing a first side of the clutch and a second section providing an opposite second side of the clutch, wherein each of the first section and second section are shaped as substantially rectangular parallelepiped that is open on an interior side, the substantially rectangular parallelepiped including an outer face and four side walls extending inwardly from the outer face with inner edges of the side walls defining the open interior side, the first section hingedly connected to the second section at least along a bottom of the clutch that such that the clutch is openable at an opposite top side of the clutch and such that in a closed configuration the side walls of the first section and the second section contact at the edges,
• wherein each of the first section and second section have a length measured in a length direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the hinge, a width measured in a width direction perpendicular to the length and parallel to a side wall to which the hinge is attached, and a height measured in a height direction perpendicular to the length and width and parallel to the outer face along an axis parallel,
• wherein the first section includes a first proximal portion and a first distal portion slidably attached to the first proximal portion and positioned farther from the bottom of the clutch than the first proximal portion, the first distal portion slidably attached by a first bearing to the first proximal portion such that the first section is expandable away from and collapsible toward the bottom of the clutch,
• wherein the first proximal portion includes a first proximal inner wall and a first proximal outer wall that have a substantially same width, the first proximal inner wall and the first proximal outer wall providing a first rail, the first distal portion includes a first distal inner wall and a first distal outer wall, the first distal inner wall and the first distal outer wall providing a second rail, and the first bearing is configured such that one of the first and second rails fits and slides between another of the first and second rails, and
• wherein the second section includes a second proximal portion and a second distal portion slidably attached to the second proximal portion and positioned farther from the bottom of the clutch than the second proximal portion, the second distal portion slidably attached by a second bearing to the second proximal portion such that the second section is expandable away from and collapsible toward the bottom of the clutch,
• wherein the first bearing and second bearing are configured to provide parallel linear motion between the proximal portions and distal portions along the height direction.