1950s Leather Fashions - Colourful Purses, Handbags and Luggage

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Uploaded by on Oct 21, 2011

Colourful Leather Fashions (1950s) - Purses, Handbags and Luggage, taken from the 1955 British Pathe newsreel "Leather Fair".

The display includes a purse made out of an elephant's ear! The 1950s models demonstrate and inspect the various goods, a bit of a precursor to today's shopping channels.

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  • "...And a boon for the weaker sex, although they'll probably add something else to make up the weight."

    Oh, I wept. :p

  • Did anyone else see the flash of a hippo at 0:12 seconds?

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  • @AudibleGasp hahaha so did I! 

  • 0:12 What was that all about?

  • why can't they make these bags anymore ToT

  • i wish someone would try to pass that "traveler's library set" through TSA...should be worth a few laughs

  • ......how is that a hat by any stretch of the imagination?

  • Loving the Stratford handbag.

  • I want this book-purse!

  • The voice on the narration sounds kind of like Cary Grant.

  • I love the items but the narration is so sexist

  • oo I love the book purse!

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