{"product_id":"lorettas-last-purses","title":"Loretta's Last Purses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Vollkorn:wght@500;600;700\u0026family=Source+Sans+3:wght@400;600\u0026family=Caveat:wght@500;600\u0026display=swap');\n\/* ============================================================\n   LORETTA\u0026#8217;S LAST PURSES \u0026#8212; Produktseite\n   Ruhig, gro\u0026#223;e Schrift, wenig K\u0026#228;sten. Auf Lesbarkeit gebaut:\n   Zielgruppe ist 50\u0026#8211;70, liest oft auf dem Handy.\n   - 19px Basis, Zeilenh\u0026#246;he 1.8, Textbreite max. 64 Zeichen\n   - EINE Akzentfarbe (Altrosa). Salbei nur als Haarlinie.\n   - Keine gedrehten Elemente, keine Schlagschatten, keine Verl\u0026#228;ufe\n   - Handschrift nur an einer Stelle: der Musterliste\n   Klassen lh-, alles !important (Shopify-sicher).\n   ============================================================ *\/\n.lh {\n    --ink: #23201C;\n    --muted: #6B6154;\n    --rose: #9B4A55;\n    --rose-l: #F7EDEA;\n    --line: #E7DFD3;\n    --paper: #FDFAF5;\n    --card: #FFFFFF;\n    max-width: 760px !important;\n    margin: 0 auto !important;\n    padding: 0 24px 64px 24px !important;\n    font-family: 'Source Sans 3', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 19px !important;\n    line-height: 1.8 !important;\n    color: #23201C !important;\n    background: #FDFAF5 !important;\n    box-sizing: border-box !important;\n    text-align: left !important;\n    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;\n}\n\n.lh *, .lh *::before, .lh *::after {\n    box-sizing: border-box !important;\n}\n\n.lh h2, .lh h3, .lh p, .lh ul, .lh li, .lh span, .lh div {\n    margin: 0 !important;\n    padding: 0 !important;\n}\n\n.lh p {\n    max-width: 64ch !important;\n}\n\n\/* \u0026#9472; 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Daughter · Berea, Kentucky\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDrawn at a Bench on Dogwood Ridge Road\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoretta “Retta” Halcomb is sixty-eight. Her father, Otis, opened Halcomb Leather Goods on Chestnut Street in 1949, and she started at the end of his bench at fourteen. Fifty-four years later his name is still on that window, and she still opens the shop on Saturdays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor eleven of those years she stitched this purse herself, one at a time, about fourteen hours apiece, for women in the county who asked her for one. The waiting list got to fourteen months. Then her thumbs gave out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve hundred were made in one run, paid for out of her own savings. There is no second one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-facts\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-fact\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1,200\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn the only run\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-fact\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e54\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eYears with leather\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-fact\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eMonths getting it right\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-fact\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e19\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eShe pulled back out\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"lh-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I bought a purse at a department store — third one that year — and the strap frayed at the ring inside of five weeks. I set it on the bench next to a wallet I stitched in 1979 that a woman at my church is still carrying, and I thought: nobody makes anything with any love in it anymore. So I made myself one.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eLoretta Halcomb, Berea, Kentucky\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\u003c!-- WAS ENTHALTEN IST --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eEverything That Ships With Your Purse\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe purse\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003e7.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 inches. Clear touch window on the back panel, six card slots, a bill slot, a zip coin pocket, and two zipped compartments alongside the phone slot.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA strap that comes all the way off\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eDetachable at both ends and adjustable to 52 inches, so it sits at the hip rather than under your arm. Unclip it and the purse drops into a larger bag without a strap tangling everything else in there.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhatever colour is still on the shelf\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEight colours went into the run. What you can pick from is simply what has not gone yet. When one runs out that is the end of it — there is no reorder and no second run.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNinety days to send it back\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCarry it for ninety days. If it isn’t right, whatever the reason, send it back for a full refund. One email is enough.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- MUSTERLISTE --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eSeven samples, six sent back\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eShe Kept the List\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lh-lede\"\u003eFourteen months went by before one of the samples was right. She wrote what was wrong with each on the back of a feed store calendar page, and she has not thrown it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-list\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lh-list-t\"\u003eSamples — what’s wrong with them\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"off\"\u003eStrap too short — hits under the arm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"off\"\u003eCard slots won’t take a license\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"off\"\u003eFlap needs two hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"off\"\u003eZip pull too small to grab in January\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"off\"\u003eWon’t close over a phone with a case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"off\"\u003eWindow wrinkles when you press it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-list-keep\"\u003eNo. 7 — this one’ll do\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- FEATURES --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eWhy this one\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eSix Things a Nine-Dollar Phone Pouch Cannot Do\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lh-lede\"\u003eMost small purses with a clear window are drawn backwards from a landed cost. This one was drawn by a woman who spent fifty-four years repairing the exact places where other people’s bags come apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-f-no\"\u003e01 — Material\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIt is not real leather, and she says so first\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I have worked real leather my whole life, so let me be straight with you: this is a man-made leather, and I picked it on purpose.” Real leather in this size, done properly, would have to sell around $240 and weigh half again as much. It wants a year of carrying before it softens, it marks in the wet, and it does not forgive a July afternoon in a parked car. This wipes clean, stays light, and does not crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-f-no\"\u003e02 — The test\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePull on the ring where the strap attaches\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the four-second check, and almost nobody has been shown it. Take up the slack on the strap ring and watch the panel behind it. On a purse built down to a price, that panel puckers — the ring is set through a single layer and it will let go inside a year. Hers is anchored through a reinforced panel and the material does not move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-f-no\"\u003e03 — The strap\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFifty-two inches, because forty-two is useless\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSample one came back with a strap that hit her under the arm. “A crossbody that rides under your arm is just a purse you cannot get into.” This strap adjusts to 52 inches and detaches at both ends. It reaches the hip on a tall woman, shortens properly on a small one, and comes off entirely when you want the purse inside a bigger bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-f-no\"\u003e04 — The fit\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIt closes over a big phone with the case on\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the complaint that ends most purses of this kind, and it is the sample she sent back twice. The phone compartment takes a large modern smartphone with a protective case still on it, and it shuts. If your phone is unusually thick, measure before you order — and if it does not fit, that is what the ninety days are for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-f-no\"\u003e05 — The window\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the window does, and what it does not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead a text, answer a call, skip a song, punch in a code, all with the phone still in the purse. The window is stitched in rather than glued, because glue lets go in a hot car. What it will not do is read your fingerprint or your face. No purse of this kind will, hers included. “Mine never did either. I punch my code in and get on with my day.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-f\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-f-no\"\u003e06 — The layout\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCards, change and phone do not share a pocket\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo zipped compartments plus the phone slot, six card slots sized for a US driver’s licence, a bill slot and a zip coin pocket. “Loose change in with your cards is how you end up digging anyway. If you have to dig, I have not solved anything.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-note\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-note-t\"\u003eFrom the shoebox under her bench\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Dear Retta — I have carried the little purse you made me every day for six years. Somebody asks me where I got it about once a week. I tell them a woman in Berea made it and they never believe me.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- WAS SIE ZUERST PR\u0026#220;FT\n           ============================================================\n           Fr\u0026#252;her: fremde Reparatur-Fachperson mit Platzhaltername.\n           Ersetzt durch Loretta selbst \u0026#8212; sie hat 54 Jahre lang genau\n           diese Sch\u0026#228;den repariert. Kein Platzhalter mehr offen.\n           ============================================================ --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eBefore it goes in the box\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eWhat She Looks At First\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lh-lede\"\u003eFifty-four years of mending other people’s bags taught her where they die. She checked every one of the twelve hundred herself and pulled nineteen back out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-exp\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-exp-t\"\u003eHer own bench note\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cq\u003e“Small bags came into Daddy’s shop for two reasons and it was almost never the material. It was the strap anchor, where a ring had been set through one layer and had slowly chewed its way out under load. And it was the corner of a card pocket, where the stitch stopped instead of turning. Both are decisions somebody made to save four minutes on the bench. So that is what I check: I pull the strap ring and watch the panel, and I run a thumbnail along every cut edge to see if it is sealed or fuzzy. Nineteen of them did not pass. Those are in a box in the wash house and they are not going anywhere.”\u003c\/q\u003e \u003ccite\u003e \u003cb\u003eLoretta Halcomb\u003c\/b\u003e — Dogwood Ridge Road, Berea, Kentucky \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- FARBEN --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eThe run\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eEight Colours Went Into It\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lh-lede\"\u003eShe named them after what she can see out of the wash house window, and after her father’s shop. What you can choose from is whatever has not gone yet — nothing here gets restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-cols\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #EFC9CB !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eLight Pink\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #AF4179 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eDark Pink\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #7E8D6B !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eSoft Green\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #6E4A2E !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrown\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #A9A69C !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eGrey\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #4C6683 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlue\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #8F3026 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eRed\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sw\"\u003e\n\u003cu style=\"background: #26221F !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlack\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- VERSPRECHEN --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eWhat comes with it\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eFive Things You Get With Every One\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eShe will not let anybody call it handmade\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThis one is not stitched by her hands and this page will never say it is. Her thumbs gave out two years ago after fifty-four years of saddle stitch. A hand-stitched one takes her fourteen hours and would have to be around $240, and she could manage perhaps thirty a year.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA sealed edge, not a fuzzy one\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eRun a thumbnail along any cut edge. It should feel slick and closed, not soft and fibrous. An unfinished edge drinks water and frays outward from the corner. “Daddy would have sent the whole batch back over an edge like that.”\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA window stitched in, not glued\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLook at the seam around the clear panel from the inside. Stitched through, all the way around. Glued windows are cheaper and they lift at the corner the first hot summer the purse spends in a car.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChecked by her, one at a time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEvery purse in the run went across her bench before it went into a box. Nineteen did not pass and are still sitting in the wash house. She is the last word on all of it — she drew it, she picked the material, she sent six samples back, and she is the one who says whether a finished one ships.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-p\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e1,200 in the run, and no second one\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThis is not a closing-down sale. The shop on Chestnut Street is still open — Saturdays, and the first Thursday of the month — and her father’s name is still on the window, which is the reason she will not let it go. But the run is one run, paid for once out of her own savings. When these are gone she is not ordering more.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- EINSATZ --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eWhere it ends up\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eBuilt for the Days You Have to Get Through\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-uses\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eThe checkout line\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eErrands and the school run\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eWalking the dog\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eChurch on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eAirports and cruise ports\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eTheme parks\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eFarmers markets\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eConcerts and county fairs\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"lh-use\"\u003eInside a bigger bag\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- GARANTIE + BENCH NOTE --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec lh-bench\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eIf it isn’t right\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eNinety Days, No Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-gar\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCarry it for ninety days. Send it back for any reason.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour errands, your walks, an airport if you have one coming. If it isn’t right — whatever the reason — send it back for a full refund. No forms, no questions. One email is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I only want these with people who are actually going to use them. If it sits in a drawer I would rather have it back and give somebody else the chance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall differences between purses are normal: a stitch line that wanders by a hair, a slot corner that sits a fraction off, a shade that came off a slightly different roll. People occasionally write in to apologise for pointing it out, which she finds funny. It is not a fault. What would be a fault is a strap ring that pulls the panel out of shape, and that is the one thing she had the workshop change three times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you call and nobody picks up, that is because her daughter Renae does the phone in the evenings after her shift at the hospital in Lexington, and Loretta does not answer it at all. There are two of them. They will get to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- SPECS --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"lh-sec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lh-kick\"\u003eThe details\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"lh-h2\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003e7.5″ H × 4.5″ W × 2.5″ D (19 × 11.5 × 6.5 cm)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eSoft pebbled man-made leather. Not genuine leather. Wipe-clean, does not crack in heat, holds its shape.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eTouch window\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eClear panel on the back, stitched in rather than glued. Read texts, answer calls and enter a passcode with the phone still inside. Does not support Face ID or fingerprint unlock.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003ePhone fit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eTakes a large modern smartphone with a protective case on. Measure first if your phone is unusually thick.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eInside\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eSix card slots sized for a US driver’s licence, one bill slot, one zip coin pocket, two zipped compartments plus the phone slot.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eStrap\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eDetachable at both ends, adjustable to 52 inches. Crossbody, over one shoulder, or removed entirely.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eHardware\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eBrushed gold-tone zippers and lobster clasps. Zip pulls sized to grab with dry hands.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eColours\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eDogwood, Redbud, Sage Hollow, Harness, Creek Stone, Chicory, Barn Red, Sunday Black. Sold-out colours are not restocked.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eCare\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eWipe with a damp cloth and mild soap, air dry. No machine wash, no tumble dryer, keep away from direct heat.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eVariation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eMinor differences in stitch line and shade between purses are normal and are not a defect.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eDesigned by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eLoretta Halcomb — the wash house on Dogwood Ridge Road, Berea, Kentucky. At the bench since she was fourteen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eMade by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eA small workshop to her specification. Not hand-stitched by her, and not described as such anywhere on this page.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eChecked by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eLoretta, one at a time, before boxing. Nineteen of the twelve hundred were pulled back out and are not for sale.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eMade to date\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eEleven years of purses stitched entirely by her own hand, about fourteen hours each, sold or given to people in her own county. None of those are for sale.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eThe run\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003e1,200 purses, paid for once out of her own savings. No reorders.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eThe shop\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eHalcomb Leather Goods, Chestnut Street, Berea — opened by Otis Halcomb in 1949, still open Saturdays 9–3 and the first Thursday of the month.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eSold by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eHalcomb \u0026amp; Daughter — the only place these are sold.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003eShips within 2–4 business days. Free returns for ninety days.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-srow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sk\"\u003eGuarantee\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sv\"\u003e90-day full refund, no questions asked.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lh-sign\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRetta Halcomb\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBerea, Kentucky\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marlow Market","offers":[{"title":"Light Pink","offer_id":54855283278167,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Pink","offer_id":54855283310935,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mint","offer_id":54864860676439,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Brown","offer_id":54864860709207,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grey","offer_id":54864860741975,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue","offer_id":54864860774743,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red","offer_id":54864860807511,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black","offer_id":54864860840279,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/hf_20260902_073322_55d067b4-f24c-4d05-82dd-da2b976b3b77.png?v=1788337973","url":"https:\/\/www.marlowmarketco.com\/products\/lorettas-last-purses","provider":"Marlow Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}