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Fashion newsflash it's all in the wrist; How "disco chicken in midnight" became this year's must-have evening bag.(Brief Article)

Vogue

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They look like the handiwork of Scheherazade: vintage plumes, tiny rows of wooden balls, turquoise drops dripping and swaying from gem-dusted bracelets. These are the spectacularly imaginative beaded bags by new designer Beatrice Valdes. "I have 22 beaders in my workshop," says the Manila-born 31-year-old, whose family has been in the fine-jewelry trade for three generations. Valdes christens her fantastical bags with equally fantastic names, such as "disco chicken in midnight," a crescent-shaped purse covered in feathers, or "zou zou carousel," a mint-green pouch swirling ...

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