
What’s living at the bottom of YOUR handbag?
Today’s LA Times reports that a Georgia woman recently decided to clean out her purse and discovered an old lottery ticket worth $189,302 hiding out down there!
And while I can’t promise that cleaning out your own handbag would be as exciting as this, I can promise that taking five minutes today to remove all the old receipts, gum wrappers,…
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Did you notice at the Fall 2011 Louis Vuitton fashion show that some models paraded down the runway in handcuffs while holding on for dear life to their structured handbags?
In an article at Vogue.com, the body language expert Lillian Glass, Ph.D. explains that this showed self-confidence, self-assurance and made a statement that they had nothing to hide.
She also explains the meaning behind the way the Celine…
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Not every gal — or every outfit! — cries out for an oversize handbag. Sometimes a more demure, more ladylike choice is just what the fashion doctor ordered.
So take a look at today’s prescriptions in another HI/LO feature.
Today’s VPOD features both a lizard and a crocodile handbag.
One of these beauties is the genuine thing with a somewhat higher price tag but the other is an…
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Written on
November 10, 2010 by
Mary Kincaid in
1940s,
Accessories,
Crocodile,
Handbags,
Hi/Lo,
Purses,
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vintage,
vintage clothes,
vintage clothing

Today I will achieve the impossible.
I leave for a 10-day trip to visit my family in Pennsylvania and I’ll pack only a carry-on suitcase that fits in the overhead compartment and a tote bag.
I know, I know — it’s gonna be a challenge. But since I’m visiting family I can skimp on my toiletries and I have no red-carpet events on the calendar, just casual…
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Judith Leiber was the first woman to win a Coty Award and the first person ever to receive the award for a handbag.
Her handbags have been carried by many first ladies including Pat Nixon, Hilary Clinton, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush.
And while many women collect her gorgeous handbags, perhaps one of the most prolific collectors is Judith Leiber herself. To date, she’s collected about 900…
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