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Location July 1947: Cooper Handbag Co. Display ad page 52 Handbags Illustrated July 1942. ![]() "Beauty on a Budget" in the same issue included this tufted faille Cooper bag on page 54. Style 802 retailed for $5.00 and came in black and brown. ![]() "In bag fabrics the swing is tufted faille, a new stitched faille' in raised design. Here it is seen in a larger curved pouch with triangular gold zipper pull, and butterfly-bow-tied faille handle. Cooper Bag Co." Display ad "Handbag Buyer" June 1949, page 53 ![]() The 1950's Faille bags were trendy for Spring 1950, as evidenced by a full page feature in the same February 1950 issue of "Handbags and Fashion Accessories," page 47, including this example from Cooper. Faille Bags for the New Femininity ![]() "SHIRRING Is CENTERED front and back to give dressiness to a large handsome vanity with tapered off corners. Nice interior, too. Created by Cooper to retail at budget level." Categories: Makers |