The Harp Lounge » handbag http://www.harplounge.com Vintage all the way to retro Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:25:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Recent op shop finds http://www.harplounge.com/2010/01/recent-op-shop-finds/ http://www.harplounge.com/2010/01/recent-op-shop-finds/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:44:04 +0000 Harpy http://www.harplounge.com/?p=15 Salvos Fyshwick had all handbags for $2, and what did I spy amongst the 90s vinyl? This! A vintage brown lizardskin handbag. Est. 1950s. The lining is leather with two elasticated pockets. After I get some reptile leather conditioner and tidy it up, the only flaw is a little crack in the underside of the handle. Bargain!

Brown lizardskin vintage handbagSalvos in Tuggeranong had a bunch of pretty glassware and ceramics. I got this oval pink ceramic plate, it looks 1950s but could be newer. There’s no “Dishwasher and Microwave safe” label on the underside, in fact there are no markings at all. Mystery!

Oval pink plateI also got these very cute space-age themed drinking glasses.

Atomic rocket themed drinking glasses - 1960sAnd these 1970s blue glass bits. They’re not really wide enough to be parfait or dessert dishes, so they’re probably brandy or liqueur glasses. They came in a shiny black PVC box with a YSL Parfum label inside (obviously a gift pack of some kind).

Blue 1970s glasses

I also bought some very deco-looking EPNS bits, but I’ll post photos of those after I remember to buy some Silvo.

]]> http://www.harplounge.com/2010/01/recent-op-shop-finds/feed/ 2 Favourite handbag http://www.harplounge.com/2010/01/favourite-handbag/ http://www.harplounge.com/2010/01/favourite-handbag/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:37:45 +0000 Harpy http://www.harplounge.com/?p=3 The cover of the Australian Home Journal for 2 January 1956. A woman wearing a yellow 1950s day dress, and another woman wearing a green with white floral pattern dress, carrying a large black and white handbag.A red and black faux-lizard bag, 1960sMy current favourite handbag. It’s probably early mid1950s – early 1960s, and made of vinyl with lizard embossing, and brass fittings. Maker is Stylecraft Miami. It holds a lot more than most vintage bags and one of the inner pockets is just the right size for an iPhone. The bag is all black on the other side, so you can sort of have two looks depending on which way you hold it. Found on eBay Australia. I grabbed it because the two-tone bags are a little unusual; one of the only ones I’ve seen in a fashion plate is this black and white one from The Australian Home Journal (2 January, 1956). The black and white bag also seems unusually large for the era!

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