Handbags: The Making of a Museum

by Claire Wilcox, Caroline Evans, Amy de la Haye, et al.

An exploration of the role of the handbag in the history of culture, fashion, and material production

The history of the handbag--its design, how it has been made, used, and worn--reveals something essential about women's lives over the past 500 years. Perhaps the most universal item of fashionable adornment, it can also be elusive, an object of desire, secrecy, and even fear. Handbags explores these rich histories and multiple...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300186185
• ISBN13: 9780300186185
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.1"