Vintage View: The glamorous history of the vintage compact

Kya deLongchamps examines the beautiful history contained in a vintage compact.

Tue, 16 Jul, 2019 - 19:00

Kya deLongchamps

Kya deLongchamps examines the beautiful history contained in a vintage compact.

When a girl reached 16 in the 1950s, a pretty powder compact with a spring-loaded powder-plate and inset mirror was regarded not as a merely pretty gift, but an initiation into womanhood.

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