The Stanislaus County Insider
Vintage handbags are all the rage!
In 2007, Home and Garden magazine named Enid Collins original handbags as one of their top ten collectibles, as did several other magazines. Since the articles there appears to be no slowing it down.
You can find several fabulous examples of an Enid Collins original listed on Ebay, but be prepared to wage a bidding war. If you simply place a bid and wait till the end, you can forget about owning one of these fabulous handbags, and If you are lucky enough to find one of her bags in good condition, my advice would be to hold on to it for awhile, the prices just keep going up.
Enid Collins in her design studio.
Enid Collins was born Enid Roessler and grew up in Texas. She attended a women’s University where she majored in fashion design. She met and married Frederic Collins. She opened her first studio in 1959 using mostly Texas related themes such as horses, but soon branched out to include other Americana themes including the “Cable Car”, “Night Owls”, and many, many more.
The 60’s were not only a time of civil unrest, the Vietnam War and psychedelic over-indulgence it was also a time of meticulous artistic expression and freedom. Handmade handbags were the new couture, and several designers stood out among the rest.
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