Compacts and Smoking Accessories

Cosmetics and tobacco are two of the 20th century's most fascinating fashion influences, for they inspired new accessories for the well—dressed woman. This book highlights the evolution of popular vanity cases by investigating materials from compact, cigarette case and lighter manufacturers. The book begins with a history of cosmetics, and their impact on society, and goes on to show how compacts evolved to hold cosmetics and who fashioned them. The tobacco—related containers are also trace...