By Kathy A. Megyeri
“More than any other accessory or item of clothing, the handbag reveals the secret story of its owner and her life.” Meredith Etherington-Smith, author, The Secret History of the Handbag
Last year, Taylor Swift was gifted a Judith...
By Kathy Megyeri
Do you ever remember your mother not carrying a handbag?
The purse is one of the oldest accessories in history – there’s evidence that a “backpack” was used by our nomadic, hunter-gatherer forebears who needed to have their...
By Kathy A. Megyeri
In 2011, the Design Museum in London published a delightful compendium of “Fifty Hats That Changed the World” that imparts a history and pictorial collection of the top hats and headwear that have made a substantial...
Book Review by Kathy A. Megyeri
Since 2007, Karin J. Bohleke, Ph.D. has served as the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum of Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA. An avid seamstress, embroiderer and lace maker since childhood, she’s studied...
