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There are more varieties of handbags on the market than ever before. There is everything from the quiet minimalistic sophistication of Mansur Gavriel to the wild and wacky cartoonish creations of Moschino. However, as it so often happens when we are surrounded by choice, some of the best options often slip pass us, lost in a sea of possibilities. One...

Summer has finally arrived, and if you're like me, with the warmer temperatures, comes a desire to lighten-up your sartorial game. One great way to incorporate a sense of lightness into your look is with pastels. Lucky for us, this season boasts quite a few pastel handbag offerings. We've taken a look at some of summer's new bags and picked...

The Hermes Birkin has long been the hallmark of the most expensive handbags in the biz, whether they're bespoke versions of the classic handbag or straight off the rack. Just under a year ago, we reported on am auction that took place at Christies in Hong Kong that was the first of its kind; the secondhand handbag auction featured many...

For the past several seasons now, Fendi has really proven again and again that they know a thing or two about making bags that women want to carry. So much so, that it seems impossible that they can keep up the momentum — yet that is exactly what they appear to be doing. Following the success of their more recent...

Celebrities are used to being in the limelight. The constant media scrutiny of everything they do, eat, or whom they associate with is an endless source of fodder for the pages of gossip rags everywhere. Naturally, it follows that their fashion choices are going to be a pretty hot point of interest; hence the entourage of stylists, personal shoppers, and...

For an era that has declared itself free from the shackles of the “it bag” craze, we seem to be amassing more and more handbags on our must-have lists, as dictated by street style stars, fashion editors, and all other manner of fashion and accessories cognoscenti. However, unlike the “it bag” era of the late 90s through the late 2000s...

At the very peak of the “it” bag era, a very strange thing happened. Well yes, the market crashed pretty much killing consumer confidence, but there was something else; unexpectedly, the prices of designer handbags not only continued to peak, but actually suddenly took off, achieving new stratospheric heights. A recent article in the UK publication, The Telegraph, documented this...

While we all know that carrying too much weight inside your handbag can be detrimental to your posture and overall back health, it seems that for a long time now, the trends have simply not been favorable to those who suffer from back pain. In particular, the oversized handbags of the 1990s and 2000s seemed almost an invitation to muscle...

One of the trends that surfaced during the Fall/Winter 2015-2016 shows was an increase in the use of exotic animal skins in many prominent designer handbag lines. While exotic leathers like alligator, crocodile, and python have always been present in the upper echelons of handbag collections, this season, it seems that we simply cannot get enough exotic skin. There is...

While it would seem like a foregone conclusion for a major luxury brand to have an e-commerce site, there are a surprising number of high-end luxury design houses that believe it or not, still prefer to do business the old-fashioned way; face to face. This summer however, you can count one less major luxury brand among them. Italian luxury design...