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Back in Time: Would Our Neoprene Totes Have Been Fashionable in 1923?
Fashions change, that’s for sure. And there's plenty of odd fashion history to keep us fashion and/or history buffs engaged for a long time! (Well, we might find it odd today, but what will people 100 years from now think of our sense of style? Only time will tell!)...
5 Questions to Ask to Make Sure You Choose a Bag You’ll Love
We’ve all been there. “Ooh! What a beautiful bag!” you think. And it probably is. But then you get it home, and start transferring the stuff from your old bag to the new one (something that I find to be a particularly festive activity). But then, reality sets in. The...
How Much Do I Love Switching My Bag? Let Me Count the Ways
I have a confession to make. Actually, the confession is in the headline, kind of (and it's not just about our Neoprene tote). First of all, the world has a LOT of handbags. And I’ve been finding – and loving! – them everywhere for decades. From thrift shops to haute...
Six Fascinating Facts About the History of Handbags
Handbags in one form or another go very, very far back in history. According to Insider, “handbag images date back at least 11,000 years, which means they’re older than Stonehenge. Imagine that! Did you know? According to the Women’s Museum of California, before...
Why Did it Take Three Long Years to Make our Watercolors Resort Totes?
OK, so it didn’t actually take three years to make our Watercolors resort totes. We did, however, spend three years researching, testing, working with vendors, finding new vendors, exploring materials, evaluating what feels like a million different handbags…that last...
How Resort Totes by Spectacular Bags are Made: From Artwork to Zippers
Our Spectacular Bags resort totes, the first bag in our Watercolors line, are made in South Florida of Neoprene and CORDURA®. All of our materials come from U.S. – based firms. Once we select the materials, we have a local handbag maker in Miami create a prototype for...
How an Artist and a Math Teacher Fell in Love with Handbags
(Full disclosure: We did not fall in love with handbags in 1994. Dawne was already in love with handbags, which at the time may not even have been on John's radar. Also, Dawne's pretty sure John didn't fall in love with her on that day. But she fell in love with him,...
