What Purses Women Wore In The 1950s

Jasmine Chiswell's YouTube videos are so well put together and she has such accurate information on 1950's things and mannerism's.

This film starts off with her talking about her dogs which are so cute and adorable. Then she goes on to talk about how she is doing a, "1950s vintage handbag haul."

Jasmine has her makeup nicely done as women did theirs back in the 50's as well as her hair.

What was so interesting to know was how she lives in Marylin Monroe's house, which she does not talk about in the video but thought I'd mention it because it is cool to hear about.

She shows us her vintage bag and it looks so unique. It looks like a bag that would not be in the 1950's era but more futuristic like today's handbags.

The bag is so shiny, cute, and small. Although you would not fit a whole book in there it is enough to put money and some bank cards in there.

Chiswell's purse has a little clasp and not a zipper that most bags have now. It looks somewhat like a picnic basket.

Once she opens it up it has a red cotton fabric and has a wide pocket on the top half. The bottom part looks like a nail polish container.

This is not very spacious but I think it looks so nice and beautiful. I can see many women wearing this purse on their wrists/arms.

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