How the great brand handbag that changed the world TWA AIRLINE BAG

How the great brand handbag that changed the world

TWA AIRLINE BAG

“When I read the history of the travel bag, I was shocked by the

Stories about TWA AIRLINE BAG” Alex said, Director of Design

Team of COMELY HANDBAG. The decade of the 1950s was the golden age of air travel.

 More and more people were taking to the skies, but not so many that it had lost its aura of glamour and sophistication.

 By 1955 more American citizens were travelling by plane than by train, and by the end of the decade the transatlantic flight had largely replaced the ocean-liner crossing. 

This was the age of impeccably groomed stewardesses those starlets of the sky and passengers dressed up for the occasion, too.

What more appropriate way to complete an ensemble than to carry an airline bag on board? Mass produced though they might be these simple, practical bags instantly conveyed cool cosmopolitanism. 

They usually came in a standard from and size (rectangular body, adjustable strap and zipped size pocket) what differed was the company livery, turning them into mobile advertisements. 

Many a Hollywood actress was photographed at an airport arrivals lounge clutching a PanAm or TWA Airline bag with the company logo prominently on display.

Air travel has long since lost its novelty, and onboard bags are now just another thing to worry about in the fraught business of flying. Back on the ground, however, adding a vintage 1950s airline bag to Back on the ground, however, adding a vintage 1950s airline bag to Back on the ground, however, adding a vintage 1950s airline bag to a contemporary outfit can lend a witty note of kitsch retro glamour.