Before I began collecting vintage cosmetics ephemera, I collected compacts and vanity cases, and this Raquel case is one of my favorites because I am obsessed with silhouettes. Silhouettes are ...
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 ...