The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
What's in Fashion?
New Shapes for Handbags
Directed By AMOS PARRISH

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.--Youre
L ' not going to see as many
shapeless looking handbags this
fall--bags that bulge with queer
Jumps till the, We lost all semb-
lance Of their original lines.
That's because more bags have
frames this fall. And the frames
help keep the material in place
and preserve the clear cut outlines
of the shape.
You won't always see this frame
though sometimes you will. 1t
can be completely hidden, as it
is in the grip handle bag illus
trated. It can be completely ex-
posed as in one Of the bags
sketcIed.
Or It can be half hidden and
half exposed like the bag in the
first illustration where the frame
is covered with leather and only
its outline shows.
The use of these frames makes
it possible to have much more
interesting shapes than can be
had in bags without frames.
Framed bags have some body
to them they're not as easy
to crush into shapeless mass.
Still Thin and Flat
Even when the shapes are new,
fashionable bags are thin and fat
looking. Lots of room in them,
too, for feminine necessities.
One of the newer envelope
shapes is shown in another sketch.
It's neither the square nor the
rectangle you're used to seeing in
envelopes, but is more rhomboid
shape Off you remember your
geometry
Another very new, smart un-
usual shape is the long, shallow
envelope, also shown in a sketch.
Long shallow pouches are new
and fashionable, too, and one of
these is sketched at the bottom
of the column.
Ten to Twelve Inches Long
These longer, shallower hand
bags range from ten to twelve
inches the long way and from five
to six inches the narrow way.
You'll find many bags with in
teresting outlines of the cure-at-
the-top type. In some the frames.
are much more decorative-wide
bands of metal or composition
material
Different kinds of feathers give
these new handbags still more of
a new look. Calf and suede-the
smooth surfaced leathers-have
been the two most fashionable
feathers for a long time.
New Rough feathers
But this fall there are more
rough surfaced feathers, just as
there are rough surfaced woolens
in coats and rough surfaced silks
and woolens in dresses.
Morocco is one of the most in
fashion. This has a decidedly
crepey effect to it-looks some
thing like wool crepe, if leather
and a wool can look alike.
Pinseal, a little finer than mo-
rocco, is important, too. Alligator
is back again-not as important
as morocco but more fashionable
than it was last year.
All Three Are Used
All three of these feathers are
also being used as shoe trim
mings. And it's a smart idea
to have bag of one of them if
your shoes happen to be trimmed
that way.
Pelican is a newcomer in the
handbag feathers. It's a finer
marking than alligator, but not
as fine as pinSeal or morocco. And
pigskin is one of the much in
fashion feathers for informal and
sports handbags.
In the illustration, the COW
cred frame bag is of pelican; the
flat envelope of pinseal; the shall
low envelope of suede; the grip
handle bag of alligator and the
long shallow pouch of suede.
Copyright 1881, by Amos Parrishl
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