June 1949 Location:

Plastic Fashions, Inc.
347 Fifth Ave
New York City
MU 3-7973

Plastic Fashions produced a line of telephone cord bags called Revere-Flex Creations. Their half page ad "Handbag Buyer" June 1949, page 35, shows a nifty box style 8127 and a swagger handle bag with top zipper, style 8124. The $7.95 retail price translates to $38 in 2006 inflation adjusted dollars. The full list of color offerings is most enlightening.

Petit Perl was the name for the 1951 version of the telephone cord bag, shown for Spring 1952 in the December 1951 issue of Luggage & Leather Goods, page 56.

"PETIT PURL by Plastic Fashions is dainty new spiraled plastic in wide style assortment for resort. In solids, two color or multi combinations."

Plastic Fashions telephone cord bags were still called Revere-Flex Creations for Spring 1955. They retailed for $3-$10.95 (inflation adjusted by 614%, that about $18-$67 in today's dollars.)

January 1955 Handbags & Accessories, page 39

An example of Plastic Fashions Telephone Cord bags was included in the Plastics article of in the March 1955 issue of Handbags & Accessories. 1955Plastics

Page 27 of the same issue carries this half page ad for telephone cord bags by Plastic Fashions, Inc.

Half page ad Handbags & Accessories December 1955, page 43

"Plastic Coil Handbags are designed with your customer's satisfaction in mind —not only in thrilling new colors, but in lightness, wash-ability, and up-to-the-minute styling. They add up to: more turnover, more volume, more profits —for you!"---- Categories: Makers