I went to the Concord Museum this morning with three friends to see the exhibit "The Purse & the Person: A Century of Women's Purses" (http://concordmuseum.org)
The purses in this exhibition are far more than containers for life’s necessities; they are private repositories of life stories – our grandmothers’, our mothers’, our daughters’ and our own. Bejeweled, embroidered, crocheted, or made of gold mesh or the most sumptuous leather, these handbags and their contents—from gloves and sunglasses to compacts and chewing gum—were brought together by a collector who has a passion for purses. The exquisite designs of Whiting & Davis, Judith Leiber, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, and Kate Spade are side by side with the timeless day and evening styles carried by generations of women.
It was really fun to see a century's worth of stuff women put in their purses! It was a cool exhibit. I bought a nifty little accessory bag in the gift shop. You can never have too many purses!
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