Pretty 1950's purses

I thought I'd post these pics of gorgeous vintage purses. The first pic is from a 1952 magazine and the other two are from 1956. I think I love them all! Click on the photos for a larger view.

Vintage Cash and Carry

Lately I've been wondering about how women used to carry their cash. This came to my attention since I never seem to come across any vintage wallets. I do come across a lot of little change purses, and I have a few 1950's purses that come with attached coin purses. But wallets did exist, I guess women just held onto them until they wore out, so they're not as common to find now. I posted a 1950's advertisement for some cute his and hers wallets. I suppose without tons of credit cards and plastic, wallets weren't as much of a necessity and change purses did just fine!