In 1982 I received a parcel in the post from Texas. Inside was this handbag sent to me by my sister’s mother-in-law, Caroline. Several years earlier we had spent many a balmy evening tearing around San Antonio in a 1964 Cadillac convertible, so she knew I was just the person for her exotic cast-off.

Caroline was a rich divorcee who always spent her alimony in $100 bills. During the 70’s she had travelled the world, including a trip to Australia where she met my mother. Between the two of them they had orchestrated a match making job that has connected our families over the last 25 years.

Caroline had bought the bag in Nairobi from Zimmerman the Taxidermist and it arrived at precisely the right moment in my life. St Kilda and Elwood were awash with cocktail parties.
Julie — St Kilda