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If space-age fashionista Jane Jetson ever needed a new handbag, she’d time-travel straight back to the middle of the 20th century
Why? To shop fashion-forward Lucite purses. More than any other accessory of that well-accessorized era, these dazzling geometric gems epitomize the futuristic optimism and thoroughly modern mindset of the postwar boom years. A VINTAGE PINK LUCITE PURSE HANDBAG WITH CLEAR ETCHED LID displays the whimsical touches that made Lucite pocketbooks so popular after the deprivations of World War II: an angular Art Deco body featuring shiny strands of gold and silver lame embedded between laminated layers of pink Lucite, lollipop handle, and transparent carved lid through which the bag’s hot pink lining is visible. It sold on eBay for $355...