Article: A trendy party is in the bag; Purses now beat plastic as fun way to meet, eat and sell at home.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)

Byline: Kristina Henderson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

All-female parties in living rooms across the country are going back to the 1950s - with purses rather than Tupperware. The practical plastic containers have been replaced by the glamorous accessory no true lady of fashion can be seen without: fancy bags, either created by up-and-coming design companies like Posh Purses and A Sow's Ear, or illegal knockoffs of classic designs made by runway bigwigs like Prada, Gucci and purse maven Kate Spade.

"The concept is catching like wildfire," says young California-based designer Stephanie Sherwood, 35, of A Sow's Ear. "Purse parties are an opportunity for all ...

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