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TelaganaToday.com: Ilene Wood’s handbag collection set to woo fashion connoisseurs

October 21st, 2019 |

Ilene Hochberg Wood from Pennsylvania owns a collection of 3,000 handbags, each of which can be a cause of envy for the ardent connoisseurs of fashion. Wood, 64, in her Lehigh Valley estate, has a collection of everything including crossbodies and clutches, wristlets and duffels, hobos and backpacks, The Inquirer reported.

She also owns handbags in different shapes such as Converse sneaker, shoulder bag and other pieces drip with kitschy nostalgia like a pocketbook stamped with the Hess Brothers department-store logo.

However, the real heart-stoppers are Wood’s designer babies. Fashion’s marquee names are all represented Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Moschino. She also has Judith Leiber minaudieres, Edie Parker clutches, and…

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