Classic Designer Wallets and Purses

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In the beginning the first purse was made for the purpose of carrying coins and there were no classic designer wallets and purses, but currently there are so many, if you need a new one you do not know where to start. It doesn’t matter if you purchase one every few months or you have saved up for your first designer purse, it is exciting and at the same time a bit overwhelming, because you want the perfect handbag and not be sorry about your purchase after a while.


Not every woman is a fashion fanatic but if you are one you will know what a crucial accessory a handbag is, as it can modify a simple outfit into an elegant and style full picture. On average a thirty year old women will buy a new handbag every three months, this may sound extreme, although sometimes you may need the trimming to be apt for a special occasion or match your outfit. The handbag market has no shortcomings in designers and companies such as Zac Posen, Burberry, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Mary Frances, Fendi offer fine designs and quality.

When selecting handbags you need to consider what you will be using them for. Women with children will evidently need some additional space, whereas the women who want to attend a party or special function will look for something which matches their outfit and isn’t too big. Different types of handbags include; clutch, tote, satchels, shoulder bags etc and with different designs the choice is considerable. The design is very vital and will evidently fit the individuals fashion sense, but the material the bag is made of will also play a role. Leather is pricey but will last you longer and will prove to be a incredible investment if you take good care of it.

It is accurate what Yves Saint Laurent said, “Fashions fade, style is eternal”. Choose something that fits your style and if it’s not trendy at the moment you will be admired for your bold individual taste, remember even with trends, history repeats itself. Classic designer wallets and purses are never boring and enjoy them wherever you go.

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Making a statement's in the bag

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By SARAH HOWDEN

OPEN any glossy magazine and its pages will be peppered with the latest looks, hot off the catwalk. Look a bit closer, however, and you'll discover that it's not just the clothes that are taking centre stage any more. Today's savvy shoppers are more likely to mix cleverly chosen high street buys with key pieces – bags in particular. But this season's designs haven't been created merely with functionality in mind, they are style statements in their own right. Bags have become lifestyle necessities and fashion accessories, and it seems having only one – or even two, three or four – just won't do.

More than £350 million is spent on handbags in the UK every year, according to a Mintel report, and apparently the average 30-year-old today owns a staggering 21 handbags and buys a new one every three months. With many designer bags now coming with a three, four or even five-figure price tag – like this season's "must-have" Burberry Warrior which is a whopping £13,000 – just what is the attraction? "They appeal to everyone, irrespective of size, age or shape," explains Mulberry's creative director, Stuart Vevers. "It's something every woman needs to carry as well, so people don't mind spending a bit more money on things they use every day – especially if they think it will last more than one season."

Sam Withal of the Sam Thomas Accessories boutique in William Street agrees. "Accessories have changed. The bag is now as important as the coat or the shoes." Three bag-lovers reveal their precious collection and explain just what the attraction is.

LISA ROWAN
High-street, designer or knock-offs, so long as they make her look and feel great, Lisa Rowan doesn't mind. So it's no surprise that the 32-year-old events manager for The Caves has more than 40 bags worth in excess of £5000. "The first bag I ever bought was a merlot-coloured velvet DKNY bag that I love and still use loads today. I just love how a great bag can make you feel . Even if you're having a fat day a bag will always fit you. "It's not always about the label – it just has to have that special something that makes you immediately fall in love with it. A bag keeps you up to date and makes a style statement. "

Lisa's favourites are her understated Mulberry and Miu Miu bags, but she's already got her eye on Prada's multi-coloured shoulder bag. "I don't have lists for the season – I just see something that catches my eye, something makes me feel six foot tall with 36 inch legs . . . a girl can dream."

AIMI HAUTAU
With designer bags from labels such as Paul Smith, Chanel, Mulberry, Tanner Krolle and Stuart Gladstone, Aimi Hautau has more than 30 handbags in her current collection. "I've always loved handbags" laughs the 32-year-old stylist for Jenners. "In all my childhood photos they mostly seem to be me with either a bag or my mum's high heels on. "I now have well over 30 – some of them have even still got the stuffing inside them because I've never used them. From time to time I like to get them out and look at them. I get a bit worried about using them though as I don't want to damage them. It's completely insane and irrational, I know, but that a woman's relationship with her bags."

According to Aimi, a woman's love affair with handbags is down to the style – and lifestyle – statement they make. "It's a bit like looking at a man's shoes or tie to judge his taste," she adds. Aimi's collection reads like the Harvey Nichols accessory department, with a Mulberry Piccadilly (£795) and a Paul Smith shoulder bag (£495) among her collection totalling more than £6000. This season alone Aimi hopes to snap up the Marc Jacobs Deep Shopper (£690) and a Stuart Gladstone OZ in shocking pink (£75).

"I always look for size as they need to be a reasonable size so I can fit my life in them," she explains. "It also needs to be something that will look good with at least four or five of my outfits . . . although I have been known to plan the outfits around the bag. And what does her husband think? "He just prays we never have a daughter otherwise he'll have to work nights as well. "Honestly, men just don't understand."

HANNAH TULLOCH
Like Aimi, 29-year-old Hannah Tulloch's love of bags started early. "I used to watch mum pack her handbag in the morning, and there was something mysterious about what she put in them," recalls the assistant buyer at Hamilton and Inches. "She had and still has an enviable collection of bags."

The self-confessed "handbag whore" now boasts a designer collection of around 25 bags, including two Mulberrys, one YSL and a Gucci. "I'd rather not eat for a month if it meant I could afford the bag of my dreams – there's just something about them, from the way they're made to how they make you feel," she laughs. "I think you can also tell a lot about a woman and her bag. She can be dressed in jeans and a T-shirt but if she's clutching a bag that costs £400 upwards, you know she means business. It's all about the statement they make."

With Mulberry's patent Roxanne tote and Alexander McQueen's Elvie bag on her wish list, doesn't the value of her bags – which surely must be around £10,000 – shock her? "I could have probably paid off my student loan by now if I didn't buy bags, but it's worth it. I think women only buy bags to impress other women with anyway!"

WHAT YOURS SAYS ABOUT YOU...
"HANDBAGS and their contents say much more about our personality than we might think," says Kathy Eisman, author of How to Tell a Woman by Her Handbag. "While you can't judge a book by its cover, they can help you unlock and understand the secrets of their personality." Stephanie Pedersen of What Every Woman Should Know says: "Women who prefer shoulder bags refuse to be a fashion victim."

She also says the Tote Bag girl is fun-loving, generous and sociable, with a youthful outlook, while the Clutch Bagger is confident and doesn't need her whole life in a bag. A small handbag tucked under the shoulder implies sophistication and class, and though It Bag lovers may look on-trend, they're also high-maintenance – it's a reflection of expensive tastes. Women who go for an oversized bag are practical people – and they're seriously hip for spring/summer 2008.

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The Classic Chanel Quilted Handbag

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The Classic Chanel Quilted Handbag

by Christabelb

Ooh la la… The Chanel classic quilted handbag is true Parisian chic, it just oozes class and sophistication and no matter what the current trends are, has a classic timeless design that has lived through many a fashion era. There's something about that soft stitched leather and gold metal chain that has created a signature style icon for women all over the world.

So let's go back in time to when it first began…

In 1955, Chanel introduced the Classic Quilted bag with the shoulder strap, THE bag that shook the fashion world. It became so popular the first year she had to decline numerous requests due to the lack of time to painstakingly manufacture each one by her skilled artisans. The bag is known in industry shorthand as the 2.55, after the month and year it was introduced.

Chanel's signature quilted fabric has a "secret" quilting pattern sewn at the back to keep the material strong. This material is used for clothing and accessories alike. Throughout the key fashion decades, the Chanel 2.55 handbag miraculously hasn't changed much. Unlike other fashion design houses who have altered their bag styles to appeal to the temporary whimsical demands of fashion trends, the Classic Chanel 2.55 has stood it's ground. In fact, in 2005, the fashion house celebrated by re-releasing the classic just as it was. The classic Chanel bag will never die. The latest versions out this year of this classic bag are awe striking in lambskin and ostrich leather. Can you believe that this bag is over 50 years old?


About The Author: Get bags from Chanel, Fendi, Gucci, Chloe & Prada etc. Christabel is in her 20s & lives in London. She has a great passion for handbags, loves to express her idiosyncrasies about them & hopes other women share her views. She likes to indulge in designer bags like Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Fendi, Chloe and other designers. She is annoyed with the vast cost of a these bags so she has decided to do something about it.

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Murval Patent Handbag Collection

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Patent is the hottest handbag trend going, so of course our friends at Murval Paris have done a fantastic job of designing lots of great bags! We have a huge selection of patent styles that will keep you organzied and looking oh so fashionable.

Our absolute favorite: the Oversized Pearlized Patent Tote. With just enough white trim to say spring, this versatile bag will update all of your spring outfits. This bag is really OVERSIZED at 23”tall and 17” wide, for a powerful fashion statement. Double handles act as drawstrings at the top.

Quilted Patent Large Tote with camellia brooch 18” tall, 15” wide

Quilted Patent Handbag with camellia brooch in 15” wide, 8 ½” tall with double handles.

Quilted Patent Clutch with camellia brooch 12” wide, 6” tall

Quilted Patent Insulated Lunch Bag 11” tall, 8” wide, 6” deep

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Murval Diaper Bags

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Diaper Bags can be fashionable, too! Moms have been using Murval totes as diaper bags from the very start. We’re pleased to offer two terrific diaper bag styles that come with a detachable bottle holder, plus a changing pad and have lots of pockets to keep Moms organized as well as stylish.

Quilted Patent Diaper Bag in black 14 ½” wide, 12” tall

Shiny Stripe Vinyl Diaper Bag 14 ½” wide, 12” tall

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Handbags, Purses, It Bags - History

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We just can't get enough information about handbags these days. The handbag has become the main essential ingredient to any outfit. Whether we are getting dressed to go shopping or to a dance, we need a finishing touch.....a handbag, purse, the "it" bag we love. Here's what we found about handbags. We thought you'd like to read about it, too.

History of handbags

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Purses, handbags, and pouches have taken on many looks over the years. The first appearance of them is on Egyptian hieroglyphics showing pouches worn around the waist. The next appearance is in 14th century Europe. In Europe they often showed social status based on the embroidery and quality of the bag. At this time the purses were for women mainly and were therefore attached to their girdle.

In the 15th century, both men and women wore purses. They were often finely embroidered or ornamented with gold. It was also customary for men to give their new brides purses embroidered with an illustration of a love story. Later in the century, women, now wearing finer dresses, preferred to wear their pouches under their skirts.

In the 16th century, handbags were made out of common materials. They were leather and fastened with drawstring on top. Large cloth bags were introduced and and worn by travelers diagonally across the body.

In the 17th century, bags became more complex and elaborate. Girls were taught skills such as embroidery, that would make them marriageable. These skills gave rise to stitched artwork on purses. Also at this time in 1670, men's breeches were made with built-in pockets which caused them to stop carrying purses. They did however carry little netted purses in their pocket to carry money.

In the 18th century, as neo-classical clothing came into fashion, women started carrying their handbags as not to ruin their outfits. They named these bags reticules. Women also had more of them and certain ones for each occasion. Contents of these bags might include rouge, face powder, a fan, a scent bottle, visiting cards, a card case, and smelling salts.

In the early 1900s people began calling their bags, handbags. This term referred to luggage that men carried. They then inspired women, who began carrying bags with complicated fasteners, internal compartments, and locks. In the 1920s, it became popular that bags no longer had to match your outfit. In the 1940s, with WWII, women's purses were made out of wood or plastic since metal was being saved for supplies. In the 1950s, popular handbag designers included Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Hermes.

The word purse is derived from the Latin bursa, from the Greek βυρσα, meaning oxhide.[1]

Purses are usually carried by women, though men sometimes carry one as a smaller alternative to a backpack; such a purse is sometimes termed a murse or manbag (portmanteaus "man" with "purse" and "handbag" respectively). It can also be called a man-purse. Such bags are often similar or identical to messenger bags. Smaller children also use purses, but usually just for show.

Coin purses are small purses, just large enough to hold paper money, cards and coins. A medium-to-small-sized purse with a short handle, designed to be carried (clutched) in one's hand is often called a clutch. A larger purse with two handles is often called a tote. A pocketbook is similar to a purse (in the British English sense), but allows the carrying of sheets of paper as well. A security bag protects the carrier from travel theft. The purse includes an invisible stainless steel strap sewn into the fabric and a protectant on the main zipper.

Clutch: Small,yet long (rectangular), evening bag without a handle.
Satchel: large bag with small handle that is carried on the arm rather than on the shoulder.
Duffle: A large bag usually used for travel or sports.
Tote: A medium to large bag with two straps.
Messenger bag : A bag with a long strap to be worn across the body.
Sling bag : A bag with a long strap (similar to a messenger bag), yet smaller.

It Bag is a fashion handbag.

The term was coined in the 1990s with the explosive growth of the handbag market in fashion. Designers vied to produce one bag that would sell hundreds of thousands of units by becoming the bag "of the moment" -- a single handbag style that would spread like wildfire in popularity through the intertwined worlds of fashion and celebrity, aided by clever or just plain lucky marketing. Another way to define them is to say what other bags are not: "They are most definitely not it bags in the sense that they become isn't bags the next season." (Poppy Harlow)

As consumers have become more demanding, and in the face of structural changes in the handbag market, the It Bag is declining in popularity[1]. More and more fashion companies are diversifying their offers, and no longer does one style blaze through a season.

In American English, a purse is a small bag, also called a handbag or a pocketbook. In British English, a purse is a small money container similar to a wallet, but typically used by women and including a compartment for coins, with a handbag being considerably larger. A purse or handbag is often fashionably designed, and is used to hold a number of items such as a wallet, keys, tissues, makeup, a hairbrush, cellular device or personal digital assistant, feminine products, or other items.

The Quilted Handbag- Your Choice to Make a Distinct Fashion Statement

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By Scott Nichols

Quilted handbags allow their owners to make their own unique fashion statements. So disposed are these accessories to personal remakes that variations in style may number as many as there are individual quilted handbags! Certainly, no other kind of handbags can compare to quilted handbags in terms of variety and style available.

Retro Quilted Handbags
Retro quilted bags are popular nowadays. Styles of quilted handbags that hark back to the 1960s and 1970s are pieced together using denim, tie die T-shirt material, patches, miniature flags and the once ubiquitous peace symbol. Carrying a quilted handbag that echoes the eras of flower power and disco fever is fashionable, even if its bearer wasn’t born during those times.

Ethnic Feel to Go With Your Quilted Handbag
Ethnic touches can also easily be added to quilted handbags. Attaching beads, turquoise or sequins bestow quilted handbags a southwestern or possibly Native American look. A Union Jack patch can give a quilted handbag a British look or identify. Distinctly regional traits, such as southern state or New England idiosyncrasies, can be made to reflect in a quilted bag. Regardless of your preference or ethnicity, you can certainly customize a quilted handbag so that it reflects your style and personality.

Handcrafted Quilted Handbags
You can even make your own quilted handbags. Aside from making a rewarding hobby, quilted handbag crafting provides you with room for expression of individuality like no other style of bag can. Like quilt blankets, quilted handbags are created by piecing together quilted pieces. If you are a woman of creative inclinations, why not make a quilted handbag yourself -- one that shows your style, uniqueness and personality? By creating your own quilted handbag, you will be rewarded twice: You get to enjoy the act of creation and expression, and you get yourself a nice little quilted handbag to use and show off when you are out and about!