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How The Snakeskin Purse Gets Made
By Agoes Rudianto, Roads and Kingdoms
The snakeskin purse is a classic fashion item, a common sight in luxury stores and on catwalks in the world’s fashion capitals. The demand for bags, boots, belts, and jackets made from the ornate snakeskin patterns remains strong.
San Diego purse exhibit has women’s history in the bag
By Karla Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune
Hey ladies, raise your hand if you have a love-hate relationship with your purse. Unless your arm is too sore from carrying your purse. In which case, wave your foot.
American Collectors: Melissa Overdorf
Melissa Overdorf, founder of the Antique Purse Collector’s Society, shares her enthusiasm for collecting purses as one of the featured collectors in the movie “American Collectors.”
Are You A Clutch Person?
Fashion website Racked debates the merits of clutch purses. Are you a fan of the clutch or do you think it’s a waste of a perfectly good purse.
Ivory Crushed in New York
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New York State has crushed antique as well as new ivory again. On August 3, they crushed almost two tons of jewelry, statues, trinkets, and other ivory pieces.
A Woman Seen Through The Eye of Her Needle
A woman seen through the eye of her needle: A reflection on the importance of workbags in the past centuries Author: Barbara Catanese Rome, 18th May 2017 “A workbag seems to be such a common name for a lovely creation” and indeed the seventeenth and even more the...
At 96, Judith Leiber Is Still The Queen Of All Handbags
By Simi Horwitz, Forward.com
Fashionable evening bags are one thing. But Judith Leiber’s handbags marry exquisitely detailed craftsmanship with a joyously bold, at moments, anarchistic, vision. Close to 100 bejeweled silver and gold-plated high-end “after five” handbags
The Original “Pink Ladies” Car, complete with Lipstick Holder and Pink Umbrella
Between 1955 and 1956, Dodge produced the first car specifically marketed to women, which came in pink exterior and a pink handbag.
Highlights from the Fielding Collection of Early American Art: 1776 Pocketbook
Check out this amazing flame stitch pocketbook from the Fielding Collection of Early American Art.
Antiques Roadshow appraises $5,000 purse
Antiques Roadshow recently featured a Walton & Company beaded purse appraised at $4,000 – $5,000. It has jade plaques and is 18K gold. This isn’t the first time the Roadshow has featured a purse. Catch up Antiques Roadshow’s purse appraisals