My Mark Cross Book Bag is all leather in and out. Mark Cross is no longer in business. Alas.
It won't surprise those of you who know me well, to learn I have a somewhat large collection of designer handbags, which I started when I was a young reporter working in San Francisco--then, the real Paris of the West.
Here's a tale related to to one of my favorite vintage bags--and how a modern invention helped me to save it.
