Comments on: 1950s Purses & Handbags: Styles, Trends & Pictures

By: Missy

Missy — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:09:17 +0000

I say over and over again. Most of this stuff has made a come back for as long as I can remember. I got 3 bags now I would love to know what year they were made. Or if they are recent customized. I don’t recognize the name on the tags or you can’t see the print. Like I said cardigans sets came back at old navy when? I remember my grandma dying and I liked a sweater set she had in the late to early 90s. Pencil skirts I was to Ted with set. Geek I guess. Nobody ever said either way if it looked okay or not. Love the scarves over the hair and sunglasses I always have. I thought it spelled success. ” movie star” or classy lady.

By: JenC

JenC — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:14:14 +0000

Patricia Ryan:

I remember that Macy’s in Jamaica! And Gertz. I also remember picking berries while wearing my little net covered Easter pillbox style hat and getting in trouble when I got home. White gloves were ruined. Stockings and garter belts before there were panty hose. I remember especially wearing the white gloves to church on Sunday, with my Sunday hat. Hats were required for church back then, and declined in popularity once the church changed the rules. A pity.

By: Patricia Ryan

Patricia Ryan — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:32:40 +0000

I used to have “handbags” while going to school in the 50s. I remember one was a heavy quality saddle brown leather, that was based on a ….horses feed bag….that shape with drawstring top, with long narrow leather strips (as would be put over the horse’ s head) with his head head in the bag (it was that tall, more than 12″, maybe 18″.
The other earlier style, earlier I think, was based on what soldier kept rifle shells in. About 7″ – 8″ wide and about 4″ wide, with a flap top, that was kept closed with a small strap that was slipped through a metal piece of the front of the bag, with a very narrow strip of leather that went over the shoulder. This was also brown and was made again of very heavy leather. They both had to be relatively inexpensive as we didn’t really have money. I had started working at Macy’s, Jamaica, NY , in the Sweater Department when I was 16. It was great as I received a good discount for anything I could were to work.