Handbag An Illustrated History

Name: Handbag An Illustrated History
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ISBN: 9780061227387

ISBN-10: 0061227382

ISBN-13: 9780061227387

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Authors: Caroline Cox

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The handbag has never been more important in fashion than it is today. Whether Prada, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, or Chanel, the It bag of the season is a much-coveted designer item that indicates supreme style cachet-and for which the fashion-minded do not hesitate to spend. In this lush volume, filled with a range of rich historical and contemporary images, fashion authority Caroline Cox explores the history of this must-have accessory, beginning with its development in the nineteenth century with the reticule-essentially a pocket with a handle-to the slouchy, greatly oversized bags popular today. In six chapters, each devoted to a decade, Cox not only highlights the most noteworthy bags in…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 9.63" wide x 12.13" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 2.530

Caroline Cox is associate professor of history at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.