Showing posts with label evening bags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evening bags. Show all posts

Monday, 10 October 2016

Arm Candy Alert!!!

Image by Helmut Newton, 1959

It really doesn't matter what we're doing, or where we're going, the one thing we always seem to need is a handbag! My day to day one is always huge! 
Big enough to hold work notes, LOTS of make-up, various Lego pieces and accouterments for my two boys, wallet, phone and maybe even a spare pair of shoes and/or a book! I'm often told that it's heavier than a bag of bricks!
But, for a special event I like to scale it waaaay back to just some eye-liner, concealer, bank card and of course that extra appendage we'd all be lost without...my phone! That's when I can really get away with a dainty evening bag.
I find that vintage bags often come in the perfect size, not too petite, not too bulky. Those refined 1950's ladies knew how to carry all their important items around with style and panache!
Below are is just a few of the vintage bags from the 1930's to 1960's that are currently in stock in Dirty Fabulous. 
The prices of our bags range from about €60 to €180

Pale and Interesting:


 Golden Tones:





Timeless Classic:


 Bold and Beautiful:





Thursday, 7 May 2015

Every Girl Needs The Perfect Handbag!

There's no doubt about it, whatever the occasion, we just can't leave the house without a handbag. There are times when we just need a work horse of a bag that we can dump all our necessities in without streamlining them. There are other times when all you need is for your bag to look good and practicality goes flying out the window.
Well before you ditch everything but a mobile phone and credit card consider the wonder that is a vintage handbag. 
Retro ladies were the queens of necessity and heaven forbid they left the house without their compacts to powder their noses, hankies and purses...The result: cute, usable, day and evening bags!!! 

Colour Popping:


1960's red beaded bag €130


1960's sherbet orange patent box bag €140

1960's pink evening bag with rhinestone opening €130

1960's orange beaded bag €70

1950's turquoise box bag €90

Elegant Neutrals:


 


1940's fudge fabric clutch with lucite clasp


1950's taupe chevron bag €90


1950's patent coffee box bag €110


1940's olive and gold snakeskin bag €160

Ivory Evenings:


1960's cream and ivory beaded evening bag €70

1950's 'mint condition' designer, Nieman Marcus beaded evening bag €140


1940's french, designer bag by Josef's
white beaded evening bag with gold and rhinestone filigree opening €140

1960's oval ivory beaded evening bag €110

1950's scalloped beaded ivory evening bag €110 

1950's white lizard box bag with gilt, beaded opening €160



1960's scallop shape, ivory beaded evening bag €95

1960's white cabochon beaded bag €80

1960's diamond pattern, ivory beaded evening bag €110

1960's designer beaded evening bag by Bonwit Teller €130


1960's white satchel style bag €140

1960's white raffia bag with lucite handle €100