40's Plastic Wire Purse Clutch with Lock Dining Betsy & Adam black &

Betsy & Adam black & silver dress in rayon

Yellow Cotton

Vintage multicolored Christmas cardigan sweater featuring embroidered patches with reindeer

collarless coveralls

this has fabulous 1930s retro slinky silhouette

40's Plastic Wire Purse Clutch with Lock Dining Betsy & Adam black &Today it might seem like a mere novelty, but back in the 1940s when these purses were first created there was a very good reason for these bags. During World War II the shortage of certain goods extended to the handbag industry when many of the normal materials for handbags were unavailable. Here is a true example of the 1940s craze for woven purses that swept the nation in the 1940s. The bags were made from plastic that was woven to look like