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Apparently a lot of British ladies do! A survey (conducted, it must be said, by the possibly biased lingerie buyers at the department store Sainsbury's) found that 43% of single women "carry an extra pair of sexy underwear in their handbags, in case a date is successful." This seems really high to us — couldn't you just wear sexy underwear on the date, and thus eliminate the risk of whipping it out onto the table along with your wallet? More »
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Margaret Thatcher's black Asprey handbag is not fancy. It is, in fact, quite plain. Simple. Minimalist. Rigidly structured. Square. Devoid of decoration. But, as the Daily Mail reports, Margaret Thatcher's handbag holds an important place in political history. Thatcher used the handbag to carry important documents and state papers, and the paper notes: More »
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Ginger Littleton has put the purse she used while trying to disarm Clay Duke, who opened fire at a Florida school board meeting before killing himself, on eBay. The current bid is $10,200, and proceeds will go to charity. More »
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Marie Conde, the "bad-ass mama" who chased off three muggers in a subway station on Sunday, has inspired another female bad-ass, Kelly Cutrone — the People's Revolution publicist and faux boss of Lauren Conrad. Using her PR skills, Cutrone quickly gathered up a package of gifts for Conde to reward her bravery, including two Longchamp bags (including one designed by Jeremy Scott), jewelry, a posh spa gift certificate and dinner for two at the Soho Grand Hotel. See, it's always a good thing when bitches work together! [NY Post] More »
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A tough 26-year-old named Marie Conde scared off three muggers in New York on Sunday morning after they punched her and ran off with her purse. Marie chased the teenagers onto a station platform and grabbed one of them... leading the other muggers to plead with her to let him go. In the end, two of the kids were arrested and the woman got her purse back, which had her green card and other important papers. The NYPD doesn't condone fighting assailants, but they do admit that Marie is "one bad-ass mama." [NY Post] More »
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