Judith Leiber, who is now 90-years-young, is perhaps most well-known for her jeweled minaudieres. But no matter how famous you may be in some circles, you can be just as unknown in others.

For instance, a man once wrote to me for some advice because he had inherited his mother’s Judith Leiber handbag collection and didn’t know what to do with it. A local dealer he had contacted told him that no one was interested in those old things anymore and made him a lowball offer. But something told him to hold off and get a second opinion (and this is never a bad idea, ladies, when you’re selling a collection!)

So he soon discovered that, indeed, women around the world are still clamoring for this design goddess’s pieces which are in permanent collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in NYC and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Now, considering that Judith Leiber recently admitted to buying back her own vintage handbags on eBay for The Leiber Museum in the Hamptons, you may want to sit out of the frenzied bidding wars for her vintage handbags and grab yourself one of her gorgeous belts instead.

Today’s VPOD is a real beauty done up in black leather with an art deco inspired buckle.

It’s an extraordinary accessory for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Skin + Wood.

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