Oddity of the Week: Art Nouveau box purses

2.13.2006 @ 1:00 am UTC by lilah wild

Art of Adornment art nouveau box purse

Purses have become quite key in mainstream fashion, a signature accessory which announces one’s allegiance to their favored couture house (or, for many, their favorite knockoff dealer). It is a finishing touch that can add instant sophistication to one’s outfit, and if the wearer is sporting cobwebs, here’s a delectable nugget of goth chic: a vintage-styled box purse from Art of Adornment, who frame the Greek muse of erotic poetry within stamped filigrees, finished off with little silver feet and a mirror inside.