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Sat 04 Apr 2007Clotheslinesbags of styleIf you thought that Wilbur and Gussie sound like names you'd give a cat or dog, you'd be right, writes Deirdre McQuillanIt's also a range of classy bags created by two friends, Brett Tyne and Lucy Lyons, who decided to call them after their much-loved pets - Wilbur, Lucy's cat and Gussie, Brett's terrier. The bags are given much the same careful proprietorial attention and come in three shapes, an envelope-style clutch, a rounded shape to fit under the arm and a larger rectangular clutch with a deep gusset.