Lady Gaga Rare 1970s Telephone BagI have added the pictures of Lady Gaga wearing the exact copy of this bag while out and about in October of 2011. Two icons meet! Yes this is a real and I assume will work, portable telephone handbag. This is indeed a fully functional phone that you plug into a wall jack and then dial away. The receiver is handily integrated into the bag's handle you just undo the Velcro and voila chat away! You dial using those front buttons and the cord to plug it