Blog — sixties

Find of The Week – Leather Trim Cane Basket Bag

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I remember when I was a little girl growing up in the 90s, my Mom gave me a special bag from her youth. It was a compact box-like bag with a woven cane structure and sweet pink lining. My grandmother had bought it for her back when the stories on the radio were the primary […]

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Summer Fashion Guide from the 60s

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I discovered this Summer Fashion Guide, supplement to Femina & Woman’s Life Magazine August 1964, while scratching around through drawers of junk at my dad’s house (I get my hoarding talent from him). The pictures in it are beautiful and when reading the descriptions and original prices in it I feel like I am transported […]

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