"Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband." - Al Capp

I'm going to venture into complete impracticality here...because, for someone who always manages to lug round twenty or thirty utterly unnecessary items in her handbag on a daily basis, a hard-sided envelope bag is about as impractical as you can get...but when the bag in question is made from shiny red lipstick-hued leather and suede...and comes with its own mirror and wallet nestled inside...and conjures up images of elegant femme fatales of days gone by...a girl can dream.