Oddity of the Week: Future retro handbags

4.25.2006 @ 1:00 am UTC by lilah wild

The Padded Cell future retro handbag

At first, the Handbags page at The Padded Cell shows tidied-up versions of classic box purses – metal handle, metal clasp, little metal feet. Then you scroll down, and the glamorous little trapezoid that has graced many a restaurant-date table has suddenly taken a turn for the strange with stainless steel, bright primary colors, and teapotty triangulations, looking downright spouty in places. Even better, the insides are as opposite as you can get – pintucked cotton.