Handbags A Collectors Guide

Tracy Tolkien

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Editora: Mitchell Beazley
Data: 2001
Língua Original: Inglês (EUA)

Handbags are popular and affordable, both as collectors items and as the latest in chic fashion accessories. Starting in c. 1880 this guide looks at the changing face of the handbag over the years - how different styles, shapes, fabrics and decoration have developed in the face of new advances in technology and manufacturing, from Art Nouveau-style beaded evening bags to the perspex geometry of the Art Deco and Cubist designs of the mid-1930s. The 1940s and 1950s saw the rise of Hermès and the ubiquitous "Kelly" bag. The hard plastic "lucite" handbag was a by-product of World War II plastics technology, summing up the whimsical spirit of 1950s America - the "golden age" of handbag design. Paco Rabannes 1960s aluminium and chain-linked bags are highly sought-after, together with familiar names such as Pucci and Louis Vuitton. A look at more recent designers such as Nathalie Hambro and Lulu Guinness ensures that collectors are brought right up to date.

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