April Purse Fool

A Fool And Her Purse Are Soon Parted 

Okay Katherine, here's my April Fools' day meditation - 
There is nothing more precious than self-trust. 

The lady raccoon pictured looks like she could have been 
punk'd back in 1582 in France when the April 1st taunting day
started. France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian
that starts the year on January 1st. People who kept celebrating 
new year's April 1st became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.

Those April Fools were taunted with paper fish stuck on their backs
and were called poisson d’avril (April fish) meaning they were 
too gullible, like an easily hooked fish.

This picture caught a raccoon d'avril

 

MJ, here's my Spring/1st of April handbag. Isn't it gorgeous and shiny? The metallic glitter artwork is butterflies! What better way to celebrate the season. Many designers have glitter purses in their collections, including Kate Spade, Coach, Neiman Marcus, and others. Perhaps that's an idea for my Katherine Watson line. And look at the handy kiss clasp opening on the metallic hardware strip along the top. It keeps everything secure inside. Not a shoulder bag, obviously it's designed to be carried in your hand.

Cool Katherine. Not everyone celebrates April Fools Day and spring has sprung.

April Fools! You're a poisson d'avril MJ. This is a mini bag.Now you can see it's real size.

You got me! I'll just laugh, breath deep, and go back to my meditation on the joy of self-trust as I guard against any other deceptions by you. The micro and mini bags date from long before today. From the early to mid 1900's, women carried around small purses called ‘reticules’. They were carried by the wealthy as a status symbol because they were small, elegant and held very little.

As far as the contemporary mini/micro bags, it was at Fendi’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection that Karl Lagerfeld first introduced the phenomenon. His take was structured and embellished, accompanied by fluffy oversized key chains. Chanel played with size in their Resort 2020 show, where tiny bags were hanging from gold-chained belts on the waists of top models. Not anything I've seen in downtown Bayside, at least not yet.

Here's some other mini bags. The one in the back left corner is handmade in Hawaii. The other two in the back are fun creations from Lori Greiner. Inside each they even have a secure zip pocket.

What was that black, furry creature I saw hanging in the corner of that other picture? Was that your cute cat Purrada?

Not hardly. That's a Diane K creation.

This is a cousin of the contemporary mini/micro bag. It's a wristlet. You can see from the ring at the top, this is meant to be worn like a bracelet.It's a sateen inside, contrasting from the fluffy outside.

Seems like wristlets are much harder to steal. And with the length you can carry more than just a mint, which is all I can imagine fits in some mini bags. 

The beaded, pretty clasp at the top closes with a snap. It's looped around the bottom of the bracelet ring and sewn on tight so you can open the clasp and reach inside.

 I can see now that's a purse and not Purrada, she never wears beaded jewelry. You fooled me again Katherine. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice . . . .

Happy April Fools, Everyone! We really mean that! Stay safe, and one last picture for you to meditate on,

Raccoons d'Avril