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. The ‘50s is regarded as the high point of compact production in both Europe and America. Innovative, glamorous and made to be seen, compacts inspired by the most expensive examples from top European and American jewellers flooded the market. If you fancy releasing your inner Dita Von Teese, you can use your vintage compact.

Source: Irish Examiner July 16, 2019 17:03 UTC