Article: Posh purses: handbag designer has a handle on style and function.(IN FASHION)(Angela Theodora Anderson)

It was frustrating at first because I was used to drawing teeth, not handbags," says orthodontist Angela Theodora Anderson.

Three years ago, while working in New York at different dental practices, including her own, Anderson saw a woman on the crosstown bus struggling with a hand bag, a tote bag, and a paper bag. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, she could just probably put everything in one nice fashionable bag and call it a day.' The light bulb came on."

That one moment inspired Anderson to take a leap from teeth to chic by becoming a high-end handbag designer. In 2002, she launched angela Theodora, a handbag company that specializes in classic, polished ...

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