What is a Sugar Skull Purse?
Sugar skulls are a transition found in the celebration of the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. These candy skulls are given as gifts to honor ancestors each year as a sign of appreciation of life to loved ones that are still living.
These skulls are highly stylized with the aspects of their design being symbolic. Eye shapes and colors each hold their own meaning. The traditional marigolds that adorn them, for example, represent the fragility of life.
Recently, people have taken to designing sugar skulls in makeup for Halloween along with Dia de los Muertos. They are also becoming a favored motif in clothing. With this trend, skull purses are increasing in popularity.
A sugar skull purse has the artwork of a sugar skull as its primary decorative feature of the purse. They also can carry deep meaning like the traditional skull. Not only are these purses fashionable, but their artwork also holds great meaning. If you know what to look for, you can say much with the design you choose.
Unique Features
Due to their symbolic nature, sugar skulls can be designed in a myriad of ways, really allowing personality to shine through the selection of rich colors and ornamentation.
Ornamentation
Crystals for eyes? Jewels for accents? Silver or stainless steer for shimmer? There isn’t just one way to decorate a sugar skull.
Colors
Colors used for sugar skulls carry, but each of them hold a very special meaning.
- Red: blood
- Orange: sunshine
- Yellow: death
- Purple: pain
- Pink and white: hope, purity, and celebration
- Black: Land of the Dead
Where to Find Your Purse
Searching for purse can be difficult. There are a variety of styles and designs to choose from….it can be overwhelming!
Check out the selection of sugar skull purses and find the one that matches your style or unique event.