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Handbags : what every woman should know / Stephanie Pedersen.

By: Pedersen, Stephanie.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 2006Description: 128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 18 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0715324950; 9780715324950.Subject(s): Handbags -- HistoryDDC classification: 391.44
Contents:
Handbags of yore -- La belle époque -- The jazz years -- The Hollywood years -- The pop years -- The designer years -- The shape of things to come.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Do you fantasize about Fendi, drool over Dior, and lust after Luella? This season's must-have is not the latest 'it' bag, but this beautifully illustrated history of handbags - guaranteed to satisfy the cravings of even the highest maintenance bag addicts. This book features the hottest designer handbag labels including Bottega, Chanel, Chloe, Dior, Fendi, Ferragamo, Gucci, Lulu Guinness, Hermes, Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, Luella, Prada, Mary Quant, Paco Rabanne, Louis Vuitton and more. It covers the development of every woman's favourite accessory, from the earliest animal skin pouches to modern day masterpieces, illustrated with fascinating archive photographs, vintage advertisements and bags to die for!

Includes index.

Handbags of yore -- La belle époque -- The jazz years -- The Hollywood years -- The pop years -- The designer years -- The shape of things to come.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Elegance and Intrigue (p. 6)
  • Handbags: a brief history (p. 8)
  • What your bag says about you (p. 10)
  • 1 Handbag of Yore (p. 14)
  • Pouches, purses and hamondeys (p. 16)
  • Function and frivolity (p. 18)
  • Bags underneath clothes (p. 20)
  • Neo-classical elegance (p. 22)
  • The nineteenth century (p. 24)
  • 2 La Belle Epoque (p. 26)
  • 1901: Full steam ahead (p. 28)
  • 1908: Make mine mesh (p. 30)
  • 1910: Handbags and hobble skirts (p. 32)
  • 1918: Fur frenzy (p. 34)
  • 3 The Jazz Years (p. 36)
  • 1923: Night and day (p. 38)
  • 1924: Tango purses (p. 40)
  • 1925: Getting into gear (p. 44)
  • 1927: Art Deco (p. 46)
  • 1933: Happy days are here again (p. 48)
  • 1934: Pharaoh fashions (p. 50)
  • 1935: Surreal fashions (p. 52)
  • 4 The Hollywood Years (p. 54)
  • 1943: Make do and mend (p. 56)
  • 1945: Rational and beautiful (p. 58)
  • 1947: New hope, new look (p. 60)
  • 1951: Another fine mesh (p. 62)
  • 1953: Lovely Lucite (p. 64)
  • 1954: Beach babes (p. 66)
  • 1955: Coco Chanel (p. 68)
  • 1956: The Kelly bag (p. 70)
  • 1958: The bigger the better (p. 72)
  • 5 The Pop Years (p. 74)
  • 1963: Love Leiber (p. 76)
  • 1967: A passion for purses (p. 78)
  • 1968: Gucci gold (p. 80)
  • 1969: Enid Collins (p. 82)
  • 1970: Hippy days (p. 84)
  • 1976: Lost in music (p. 88)
  • 6 The Designer Years (p. 90)
  • 1981: Money, money, money (p. 92)
  • 1984: Birth of a legend (p. 94)
  • 1985: By royal command (p. 96)
  • 1988: Designer backpacks (p. 98)
  • 1993: Kate Spade (p. 100)
  • 1996: Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (p. 102)
  • 1999: Loopy about Lulu (p. 104)
  • 7 The Shape of Things to Come (p. 108)
  • 2001: Paul Smith (p. 110)
  • 2002: Glitz and glamour (p. 112)
  • 2003: Animal magic (p. 114)
  • 2004: Anything goes (p. 116)
  • 2005: Handbag wars (p. 120)
  • 2006: White, the new black (p. 124)
  • Index (p. 126)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 127)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Stephanie Pedersen is an author and journalist who specializes in fashion, beauty and health. Her articles have appeared in Glamour and Cosmopolitan . She is the author of nearly 20 books, including Bra (D&C, 2004) and Shoes (D&C, 2005), and teaches creative writing.

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