Archive — December 2, 2007
Originally published on The Luxe Mix, March 2007. Recovered from the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine).
The first time I heard about these they seemed kind of gimmicky but so incredibly useful. How many times have you sat at a restaurant clutching your bag in your lap or had it hanging precariously off the back of a chair and have some clumsy waiter knock it off — 3 times. Well I have. Handbag holders are meant to hang off a table and provide a hook for you to hang your bag on so it doesn’t have to be demoted to laying on the nasty ground. Eww. There are icky germs on your Gucci. Don’t restaurants realize most women have a handbag or purse they came in with that will need to be stowed somewhere? I’ve considered buying a handbag hook/holder for some time now but held off since most of them were not very portable. I swore I would resist and wait until restaurants had the courtesy to provide these for the ladies. But then… the other day I came upon the “Luxe Link Purse Holder”. “Instead of a cumbersome traditional purse hook, the Luxe Link has a stylish chain that wraps around a swanky circular top, and the shiny metal surface works as a mirror so you can always look Reese Witherspoon ready.” First off it’s gotta rock because it’s called the “Luxe Link” Purse Holder 🙂 Then when I saw the picture of it I realized they had finally come up with a version that was portable that could easily and discreetly remain tucked away somewhere in the dark folds of your Jimmy Choo until needed. At $40 It’s also cheaper than the rest on the market. The rest of the time it serves as a mirror so it’s doubly useful and space saving. Ingenious. Here’s what the original styles look like. Like something you could jab someone’s eye out with. If you prefer this ornate design and perhaps run out of mace, you can get hooked up with one of these bad boys at Purse-Pal for $59.99.