While searching for interesting facts about handbags I found this article published in Time magazine on January 31, 1945. It was titled: “The Contents of a Handbag – Revealed”. It basically states that a woman’s handbag is her “treasure chest”. A movable object that holds all the essentials a woman may need at a split moment in any situation. The handbag in 1945 held a mysterious aura that no man would dare to tread upon. That is still holds true today 64 years later.
Men may wonder why handbag design have so many styles – 27 different styles in the site I found, with sizes ranging from extra small, to extra large or even bigger. Never mind materials range from animal skins, plastics, vinyl, polyurethane (imitating leather/suede) to the gamut of fabrics in as many colours that would put Crayola Crayons to shame. I tell you, give a man a red toolbox, black tackle box, blue bowling bag, black duffle bag and green golf bag and he is a happy camper. However, we won’t bring up the subject of the Tool Contest, you know that contest where the man who dies with the most tools wins!
But wait, don’t ask a man to get something from your purse. My daughter & I have on occasion asked her husband to get something from our handbag. He quietly goes to the purse, brings it directly to us, carefully carrying the strap on one finger with his arm out stretched as far as it can be. He then reverently hands the bag to us saying “I really don’t want to go into your purse. You get it”. I am not sure if he is afraid he will find something he doesn’t want to see, or he won’t be able to find it in the same amount of time we could.
Now, I am not afraid in the least bit to tell you what is in my purse. At this very moment my purse holds car keys, house keys, wallet, cell phone, errand list, eye glasses (to be repaired), pen with no cap, eye glass cleaning cloth, website business cards, digital photo album, a leash ornament from the Farley Foundation (from the vet for giving a donation), cough drop wrappers and finally as always, the usual bits of minute pieces of paper.
Ladies, I challenge you to tell us all – What is in your purse!!!!!!!
For read the article in full click here - “The Contents of a Handbag – Revealed”
Have a great day – Handbag Gems!