1920s Gold Mesh Compact Flapper Bag designer-halston 5" from shoulder to waist

5" from shoulder to waist

Skirt: 45" from front center waist seam to hem

It closes with a top gold toned zipper and there are slip pockets on each side of that as well

It slips over the head with elastic at the waist for fit

Item# DD1121

1920s Gold Mesh Compact Flapper Bag designer-halston 5" from shoulder to waistThere are no markings that I can find on this bag but it very well may be a very early Whiting and Davis piece. The mesh that tops the front and the back looks to have been done by hand and they were making bags as early as 1907. The photos do not convey the fluidity of the mesh holding this bag is an experience in itself the metal almost feels alive under the hand. Inside is everything a flapper would have needed a tiny tube of lipstick sits in its