VINTAGE HANDBAGS

Vintage Handbags

Vintage handbags : Radley handbag.

Vintage Handbags

(handbag) bag: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"

A handbag or purse in American English, is a medium to large bag, that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, and used to hold personal items such as wallet/coins, keys, gloves, cosmetics, a hairbrush, cellular device or personal digital assistant, feminine hygiene products, etc.

A woman's purse

Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it

Vintage, in wine-making, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product. A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year.

Denoting something of high quality, esp. something from the past or characteristic of the best period of a person's work

a season's yield of wine from a vineyard

the oldness of wines

Of, relating to, or denoting wine of high quality

vintage handbags – Vintage Handbags

Vintage Handbags

Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated “Vintage Handbags” recounts over 100 years of shoe history, from Elsa Schiaparelli’s mesh bags for Whiting & Davis in the 1920s through the Hermes Kelly bag in the 1950s to the Fendi Baguette of the 1990s. Accompanied by archive images, fashion photography and specially commissioned photographs of period pieces, the most collectible and beautiful handbags are showcased. An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped handbag design, revealing exquisite and groundbreaking work from such luminaries as Salvatore Ferragamo, Coco Chanel, Hermes, Fendi, Bonnie Cashin and Judith Leiber.

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Vintage handbag by Worthington – black faux crocodile with tweed

This is a great vintage handbag by Worthington! It’s a combination of faux crocodile (or alligator – I don’t know my reptiles THAT well! it’s a heavy vinyl)and a black and white tweed fabric. The clasps are a heavy, shiny silver metal. It has two large pockets (6"x6") on the outside, perfect for keys or phone, etc. The inside sports three small pockets (lipstick and mirror?) as well as a zippered pouch on the side (pictured)and a snapped loop (again – maybe for the keys?). The bag measures 9 1/2" wide at the top, 13" wide at the bottom, 4" wide on bottom where it sits, 7" hig, and the handle is 9".

It’s in great condition!

Fab vintage handbag

This too was at Forrestwood Antique Mall. It was in a case for around $600 and the tag said it was vintage, by some French designer (forgot the name). I love the detail on the handle.

vintage handbags

High Fashion Handbags: Classic Vintage Designs (Schiffer Book)

An essential part of the well dressed woman is her handbag. Here over 300 exquisite color photographs of handbags from the world’s top fashion designers are brought together to vie for the attention of collectors, designers, and fashion gurus. See details of construction, designer logos, impeccable stitching, luxurious leathers and fabricated materials as components of high quality and high value luxury handbags in today’s marketplace. Louis Vuitton, Judith Lieber, Fendi, Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, Roberta Di Camerino, Farragamo, Celine, Bottega Veneta, and more are all represented by many examples. Many designs are classics today, having survived competitive runway battles for a generation. Other designs are original, fresh, and challenging the classics for shelf space in boutiques and closets around the world. Read about some of the designers and savor the special handbags they carefully created. The designs are fun, elegant, and inspiring.

VINTAGE HANDBAGS