Sunday. March 29, 1998 — North Shore News ~ 19

north shore news

:# PASHION

@ Push-up bag sorts
contents in a snap

Jolanda Waskito
Contributing Writer

ARE the deep. dark recesses
of your purse akin to a
Black Hole. swallowing
keys. checkbooks, lipsticks
and cell phones whole?

Or have vou ever been caught
fishing out a condom instead of a
credit card?

Found — melted
instead of gum?

San Francisco-based designer
Suzan Briganti. tired of losing
stuff in the bottem of her hand-
bag. created the Push-up Bag
especiaily fora woman's needs.

“Tt actually lifts and separates
vour stuff” Briganti said. “ft feels
like our handbags are a metaphor
for who we are — OK on the out-
side but a mess on the inside. The
Push-up Bag changes all of that.”

The Push-Up Bag. with its
cool and contemporary design.

Chapstick

has a removable snap-in liner that
organizes the contents of u purse.
and leaves room in the middle for
a davtimer or Walkman.

The liner’s snap-in design also
nnikes if easy to change from one
Suzan Briganti purse to another.
No fuss. no muss.

The hardest task will be
choosing from the wide range of
designs, colors and sizes offered
in the Push-up Bag collection.

avalible exclusively in Canada at
Eaton's.

One of Baganu’s most well:
known styles as the “ghun” bag,
which looks Dke a detergent box
and is guaranteed to “lighten and
brighten sour day.”

Brigant’s bags have been pop-
ular wath celebrittes. including
Sharon Stone. Naomi Campbell
and Tert Hatcher.

ee 6

A stylish cut fora great cause.

North Shore locals were gen-
crows in turning ut lo support the
Cut-a-thon benefiting the
YouthCo AIDS Society.

The four-hour event held at
Park Royal mall on Sunday.
March 22 raised S176 for the
son-profit, organization run by
south to support: fellow veuth
infected or affected bx HY and
AIDS.

Stylists from Elizabeth Arden
Salon donated their ime io cut.
clip and snip 17 heads.

NEWS photos Cindy Goodman

ELIZABETH Arden stylist Jenny Clarke (left) trims Jennifer Anderson's tresses during last
weekend's fundraiser for YouthCO AIDS Society, an organization that assists

youths infected or affected by HIV and AIDS. Cosmetics consultant

Michelle Richardson (right) touches up Sandy Singers’ makeup during

the same event, which took place at the entrance to Eaton's in Park

Royal's south mall.

Avdove photo &
handbags photo

SUZAN Briganti (above) has created a line of
handbags that combine practicality with glam-
or, and serious functionality with wit and
charm. The San Francisco-based designer was
at Park Royal fast week to promote her Push-Up
Bag, which is available in Canada exclusively at
Eaton's.

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