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It's in the Bag by Winifred Gallagher (2006, Hardcover) 
It's in the Bag by Winifred Gallagher (2006, Hardcover)

 
It's in the Bag by Winifred Gallagher (2006, Hardcover)

Publisher: Harpercollins
Publication Date: 2006-11-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0061137480
ISBN-13: 9780061137488
Product ID: EPID52633292
Description: Purse mania has edged out shoes, jeans, and jewelry as the must-have possession. The bag craze reflects a strong luxury goods market, to be sure, but also conveys a contemporary woman's thoughts, feelings, and dreams. Cultural critic Gal...
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Synopsis
Purse mania has edged out shoes, jeans, and jewelry as the must-have possession. The bag craze reflects a strong luxury goods market, to be sure, but also conveys a contemporary woman's thoughts, feelings, and dreams. Cultural critic Gallagher says it isn't just something a woman has, but an extension of who she is. This is a short, lively look at handbags--their history, their lure, and their emotional meaning. Gallagher invites us to explore one seemingly simple object's complex significance to the people who design, produce, market, assess, and use it. We meet high-profile designers who strive to combine talent, perfect timing, recognizable trademarks, personal charisma, and celebrity endorsements; fashion editors, the powerful tastemakers who shape our sensibility; psychologists who probe the purse's symbolism; and women who express a range of attitudes about handbags, from an army major's antipathy to a collector's obsession.--From publisher description.

Details
Publication Date:2006-11-01

Size
Length:104 pages
Height:7.5 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:8.8 oz

Publisher's Note
"Explaining how handbags have supplanted all other accessories as a consumer symbol of wealth and fashion, a historical and cultural survey draws on psychological, sociological, and economic sources to evaluate how purses reflect their owner's belief systems and emotions. 40,000 first printing."

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