Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function

Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function

Gallery FIT March 6 – 31, 2018 Did you miss Pockets to Purses at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City? Check out the exhibition website for a recap. Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function Pockets and purses are often presented as...
PURSEonally Speaking: Fall 2017

PURSEonally Speaking: Fall 2017

Dear APCS Members: Please take a few moments to read the latest edition of our newsletter “PURSEonally Speaking.” This month features purses from Brimfield, election information and more. Elaine Osowiecky, our newsletter editor, has once again done an outstanding job...
UK could completely ban ivory trade by 2018

UK could completely ban ivory trade by 2018

By Gabriella Angeleti The Art Newspaper Oct. 6, 2017 The UK government has announced a 12-week consultation to ban the sale and export of ivory objects entirely by 2018 with the aim of curbing the illicit trade and protecting African elephants from extinction. The...
Purse Collector: Melissa Overdorf

Purse Collector: Melissa Overdorf

By June D. Bell CostCo Connection October, 2017 MELISSA OVERDORF’S purse obsession began innocently enough, with a 1940s petit point Asprey of London handbag she inherited from her grandmother in 1999. Before long, the smitten Seattle resident was hunting down vintage...