Judith Leiber, the lady who makes all those fanciful, bejeweled evening bags that look like eggs and animals and bunches of grapes, has now created a special bag in honor of Chicago. ”I`ve done New York and Paris, London and Rome and so I said to myself, `I really should do Chicago because I love Chicago so much. It`s such a strong city and so beautiful. And the (Lyric)
Opera is a dream.”`
The beaded ”postcard” Chicago bag is a rectangular minaudiere (meaning it`s big enough for a lipstick, compact, some change and a very pretty lace hanky) that shows the Old Water Tower against a skyline studded with stars-which are, of course, Austrian crystals made by Swarovski. ”They make the best faceted rhinestones in the world,” says Leiber. Which is one of the reasons the little bag has a big price tag. It`s $2,760 and it`s at the Marshall Field & Co. Water Tower Place store. Right now.