I'm Not the Only One . . .

I just picked up the new Judith Miller book (no, not the NYTimes Judith Miller, the collectibles expert Judith Miller). It's called Handbags, surprisingly enough, and what's on the front cover? A red Lucite handbag. Featuring red handbags on the cover of books seems to be quite the thing. Anna Johnson's Handbags: The Power of the Purse has a red Sonia Rykiel on its cover. Claire Wilcox's A Century of Bags sports a red vintage bag on the cover. And even the Lucky Shopping Manual lets you pick your cover from different color handbags, one of which, of course, is red. So it seems I'm not the only one with a thang about red bags. If you are seriously looking for reference materials on vintage bags and not just adoring the covers, in addition to the three books mentioned above, I like Handbags (4th edition) by Roseann Ettinger. Ettinger's, Miller's and Wilcox's books each have an index, which I find helpful when doing research. I love Johnson's little book, but the lack of an index makes it a nightmare to find anything. For a list of other books on vintage bags, Li Xiuqi has a list on Amazon's Listmania. Check my Links for quick access.