The 2nd Annual Hamptons Handbag Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at the American Legion Hall (15 Montauk Highway, Amagansett/East Hampton). Admission is free from 10 am until 5pm. Early bird shipping at 9:30 am at $10.
15 handbag vendors will be offering their designer, luxury, vintage and one-of-a-kind handbags. All price points and time periods will be represented.
At 11:00, Ilene Hochberg Wood will speak on “Arm Candy: A Passion for Fashion.” Ilene owns the world’s largest handbag collection, numbering over 9000. The collection forms the basis of a series of traveling museum exhibitions, PURSEonality, which is also the title of her just-released book.
At 1:00 pm, Ann Fristoe Stewart, director and curator of the Leiber Collection, will give a special presentation, “A Life in Art and Handbags: The World of Judith and Gerson Leiber.”
For additional information, call 917 747 3606 or [email protected]. www.hamptonshandbagfestival.com
