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Handbag Designer Judith Leiber Reveals Which of Her Own Designs She Buys Back on eBay

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Judith Leiber, vintage Leiber bags on display at the LACMA

 Mention the name Judith Leiber amongst a group of women, no matter their age, and watch for stars to form in everyone’s eyes. The Judith Leiber name is synonymous with opulent glamour, evoking visions of whimsical crystallized minaudieres, the elegant ladies-who-lunch who carry them and their eager daughters who have learned to  covet the Judith Leiber handbags from a young age and will someday grow to inherit their mothers’ vintage handbag collections.

While the iconic handbag designer, now 90, doesn’t make many public appearances, we had the chance to hear her inspiring entrepreneurial tale and even ask her a few questions as she spoke to the Costume Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) last week. There, Cameron Silver, proprietor of renowned vintage fashion boutique Decades, moderated a panel discussion with handbag designer Judith Leiber and Mary Gleason, Brand President, and guests were invited to browse an on-site retrospective of vintage handbags from Judith Leiber's personal and museum collections.

Judith Leiber Fall 2011

  • Romanov Silver

  • Studded Patent Leather

  • Mink and Crocodile

  • Genie Lamp Gold

  • Ombre Orange

  • Sasha

For those who have yet to learn the history of this designer handbag luminary, Judith Leiber was born in Hungary and grew up watching her father, a traveling salesman, bring gifts of handbags to his wife from his trips to Paris, Vienna and Spain. While Leiber had originally intended to study chemistry in London, the outbreak of war in 1939 forced her to derail her education and instead take up a trade. She began learning to make handbags and attributes much of her success to the fact that she learned the trade from the bottom up—starting first with pattern-making and learning how to work the leather to form simple leather bags. 

After meeting her husband, Gus, Leiber moved to the United States, where with Gus’ encouragement, she launched her eponymous designer handbag line in 1963. Judith Leiber's designer handbags quickly became known for their crystal-drenched clutches in intricate patterns and imaginative shapes that range from fanciful animals (the pug was her first) to fruits and flowers to abstract shapes.

Judith Leiber Vintage Bags on Display at LACMA

With the Judith Leiber brand having reached the status of a truly iconic American luxury house, it is new President Mary Gleason who is helping to usher in a fresh era. While innovations such as the introduction of a Judith Leiber contemporary handbag line, Overture, and a collaboration with Lauren Bush’s FEED Projects on a $495 clutch whose proceeds help provide meals for underprivileged children are maintaining the brand’s modern relevance, it is the deep-rooted history and beauty of the bags that has secured Judith Leiber’s status as a wildly popular brand on eBay. In fact, there are currently over 800 listings for "Judith Leiber" on eBay, where the number of bids for her handbags can reach up to 2,000 per month.

Judith Leiber, whose personal favorite of her bags is the snap-closure Chatelaine purse, admits to turning to eBay to buy back some of her archival pieces: "Once in a while, we find one (a bag) that is important," she says. "The metal bags are very expensive at this point, so it is kind of hard to get them." For others heading to eBay to shop Judith Leiber, the handbag designer suggests, "Try to find a bag that you think is still in good shape.  Not to get something that is all worn out. Sometimes you can’t tell. So you should always have them (the seller) show you both sides of the bag before you get it."

A few Judith Leiber classics we wouldn't mind tucking under our arm.

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Judith Leiber Vintage Chatelaine
(buy it now price, $955)
Judith Leiber Python Clutch
(buy it now price, $450)
Judith Leiber Rose Bag
(starting bid, $1,799)
Judith Leiber Maltese Minaudiere
(buy it now price, $3,696)
Judith Leiber Crystal Harp
(buy it now price, $4,890)
Judith Leiber Orange Slice
(buy it now price, $2,295)
Judith Leiber Butterfly Minaudiere
(buy it now price, $1,574.99)
Judith Leiber Disco Ball Crystal Handbag
(buy it now price, $1,690)
Judith Leiber Metal Sleeping Cat Minaudiere
(buy it now price, $1,099)
Judith Leiber Vintage Chevron Clutch
(buy it now price, $425)
Handbag Designer Judith Leiber Reveals Which of Her Own Designs She Buys Back on eBay

(images courtesy of Judith Leiber)

 

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