20th Century Fashion Purses Handbags 500 ea / Book

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Nearly 500 color photographs with identifying captions highlight this rare out-of-print book which features antique fashion purses and handbags of the twentieth century.

A CENTURY OF HANDBAGS – ICONS OF STYLE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, by Claire Wilcox, Chartwell Books, Inc., NJ, 1997.

This fascinating pictorial guide covers by chapter: 1900-1920 (New Attitudes for a New Era – The New Silhouette Etc.); 1920-1930 (Picking Up the Pieces in the Jazz Age Pattern – Coin Purse and Wallet , Whiting & Davis, Etc.); 1930-1940 (Mature Sophistication Takes Over – Evening Bag Fantasies, Schiaparelli, Etc.); 1940-1950 (Fashion Feels the Pinch in the Forties – Shoulder Bag Practicalities, Chanel, Etc.); 1950-1960 (Riding the Waves of Affluence – Clutch Bags, S. Launer & Company, Lulu Guinness, Etc.); 1960-1970 (The Swinging Sixties – Teenage Rebels, Materials Changes, The Kelly Bag, The House of Hermes, Etc.); 1970-1980 (Following the Sixties Radicals – Fashion Nostalgia, The Global Economy, Sports Bags, The Biba Phenomenon, Mulberry, Etc.); 1980-1990 (Keeping Pace with the Rising Tide of Consumerism – Designers Dollars, Travel Bags, Bill Amberg, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Etc.); 1990-2000 (The Accessorized Millennium – A Mixed Modern bag, Nostalgia vs. Modernity, Backpacks, Judith Leiber, Prada, Kate Spade, Etc.). Nike, Adidas, and many other makers a re pictured and described in this comprehensive pictorial guide. From mesh and beaded bags to brocade fabrics and leathers, from plastic to fashionable metals, from simple to exotic, this rare book will appeal to the collector dealer, or historian of antique fashion purses and handbags of all types.

Oversize 9.8” x 11.8” hardback book with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good+ condition. 160 pages.

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