"a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living" - Helen Keller

As a city dweller...and someone who's more than a little paranoid about purse snatchers, muggers, and other assorted nasties who go bump in the night...Rachel Comey's muff clutch is something that makes gasp as its wondrousness (and ponder what kind of bemused folks are going to be routed here courtesy of Google).

Handbag...handwarmer (thanks to a faux rabbit fur lining on the muff portion)...and offering about as much bag security as you can get without actually shackling the bag to your person...this even solves the cocktail party conundrum of how to juggle a bag, glass, and assorted munchies whilst only having one pair of hands.