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Dachshund Purses: THE Fashion Trend for 2008

But, dachshunds are so much more than just a fashion accessory! Welcome the latest entry in the wonderful world of dachshund shaped purses and handbags by Dutch designers Caroline Borger & Klaartje de Hartog. They're handmade from real leather, and available in brown, black, or red. (What, no piebald? Can I get a dapple? How about an English Cream?) Available at Dutch by Design. Thanks to Marene H. for the tip!

Dutch by Design dachshund bag in black
Let's not forget the dachshund purses from Fuzzy Nation.

And who can forget Moschino's dachshund purses we featured last September: Dachshunds in Fashion.

Dachshunds in Pop Culture: Dita Von Teese

Woof! Modern Dachshund Glamour at its finest. Dita Von Teese is a popular American burlesque artist, model and actress. Her lucky pretty dachshunds are Greta and Eva. Greta is the black and tan smooth, and Eva is the red long-hair. Find out more about Dita on her official website, or check out wikipedia.

Dita cuddles a wire-haired dachshund puppy at the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007. We're betting she was missing Greta and Eva.

Dachshunds in Fashion

Houndstooth skirts, dachshund handbags. From the runway and backstage at Moschino's Cheap and Chic Fall 2007 show. Did someone say Woof!? Click any photo to enlarge. See more runway pics at nymag.

Dachshunds in Pop Culture: Fritz and the "Jane" Cartoon Series

Meet 'Fritz' the dachshund and 'Jane!' 'Jane' was a wildly popular racy cartoon series in wartime Britain which Churchill dubbed 'Britain's Secret Weapon,' as Fritz and mostly Jane kept up the troops morale with their daily misadventures.

Excerpt from The Independent: Of all the Second World War forces' sweethearts, few were less likely than the risquee cartoon pin-up Jane, who had a knack for losing some of her clothes wherever she went. "Jane's Journal - or The Diary of a Bright Young Thing" opened modestly enough on 5 December 1932 in the Daily Mirror. It was the creation of Norman Pett, a freelance cartoonist for the likes of Punch and assorted children's comics, and was inspired by a telegram received by his wife, Mary - "EXPECT COUNT FRITZ VON PUMPERNICKEL JUST OVER FROM GERMANY CANNOT SPEAK WORD OF ENGLISH YOU'LL LOVE HIM." Fritz was a dachshund, who became Mary's - and Jane's - bosom companion. Pett drew from life and initially his wife posed for him. However, as Jane began to reveal ever-increasing amounts of flesh, the artist began to look for a new model. He found her at a Birmingham art college, posing for a life class: Christabel Drewry, a blonde former beauty queen and artist's model who became the very public personification of the character.

Read more about the Jane cartoon series.

 
Related:  Vintage Dachshund Fun (Nude Jane?)

(the real life comic stripper Christabel Leighton-Porter and dachshund)

Watch Out for Those Cold Dachshund Noses!

As usual, doxies minding everyone's business but their own.