Bring along a favorite handbag for LaRee Johnson’s seminar on vintage handbags at 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Covington House, 4201 Main St., Vancouver.
Johnson wrote “Ladies’ Vintage Accessories” (Collector Books, 2000), and is a whiz at dating objects. She owns a huge collection of purses, as well as shoes, parasols, aprons and hats. For this event, she’ll discuss the care, cleaning and dating of vintage purses from the 1800s to the present.
Cost is $20 per person, and pre-registration is required. To register, or for more information, contact Rebecca Morrison-Peck, 360-686-3482 or e-mail at peck@pacifier.com.
Morrison-Peck owns Lacings in Yacolt, a business specializing in creating historical-clothing reproductions. Lacings, which is sponsoring Johnson’s visit, offers year-round classes in a wide variety of historical costuming techniques and textile-related subjects.
We recently received an e-mail plea from a New Line staffer begging us to solicit support for beloved local Robertson Blvd. food cart vendor “Antonio the hot dog guy,” whom the owner of a newly opened accessories store called Surly Girl is attempting to displace. Knowing every story has two sides, and being fans in equal measure of both fiery sausage and Swarovski-crystal-encrusted calculators alike (see their online catalog: “Very, very trendy and cool purses!” says Ryan Seacrest–we shit you not), we stayed safely out of the matter. Today, Page Six stokes the flames:
[Surly Girl owner Alison] Muh retorts, “I am a small, new business trying to pay my astronomical rent. I cannot afford to lose a sale. Antonio was parked in front of my store and took up two parking spots all day … He was paying off parking enforcement with free food, which is why they let him park in a two-hour metered zone for over six hours a day. On one day alone, I counted more than 20 shoppers who could not walk through [Antonio’s] unruly line to get to my store. I begged my landlord to help me find a good solution for everyone. We finally approached Antonio directly and he yelled at us.”
Sony Pictures staffer Leigha Lindsay sent Surly Girl staff an e-mail with a subtle threat: “Have you had a turkey dog? A burrito? A tuna sandwich? I ask that you take this into strong consideration as bad press is not beneficial to your store.”
We must commend Muh, who could have easily replied to the angry industry luncher with a counter e-mail along the lines of, “Well, have you ever tried a Large Hamptons Hobo? A flower bangle? A Laguna Tote?!” Here’s hoping the two businesses find a workable solution, and that life on the bustling boulevard gets back to normal soon. After all, there’s really no reason why you shouldn’t be able to pick up a couple kosher dogs with everything for you and your latest purchase, who probably hasn’t been fed in days.
They are flashy, hot and very in for the season. Metallic, sequence and don’t forget the faux fur handbags. Just take a look at a crowd and you will see quite a collection of each of these three. They are not hard to spot and definitely make heads turn. Which head turning style do you like to carry this season?
Let’s start with the flashiest of them all, sequence. They are everywhere and everyone is carrying them. They do seem to be a bigger hit with the younger scene. They come in an array of colors as well as sequence styles. Carry them with any outfit and they’ll dress it up no matter what the look. Do be careful, the looks you get may only be on your handbag and not on you. If you want your great outfit to stand out, I don’t recommend carrying one of these handbags.
Metallic is all the rage also. Just wait for the holiday parties and you will see an explosion of these. They come in many different colors but bronze definitely tops the list. There will be the gold rush in December for all those fancy outfits. Gold is being paired with black and also brown. That black little dress is going to look fabulous with the metallic evening bag and the big beaded necklaces.
Now don’t forget the faux fur bags. Some stand out very much but not as much as the sequence and metallics. There are plenty of faux fur trimmed jackets, tops and boots out there. The faux fur handbag will set off the ensemble. Some are a bit on the wild side and others are just really neat looking. As long as they don’t make a roar, these are the tamest out there of all three.
Sequence, metallic and faux fur, get them while they are hot!
