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With the arrival of Fall, the trends we saw all over the runways months ago are just beginning to become available in the ready to wear retail environment. Among these Fall trends was a surge in the amount of fur being used in handbag designs; designers like Diane Von Furstenburg, Jason Wu, and even mass market retailer J. Crew are...

For the most part, trends in handbag design are pretty accessible; it doesn’t matter what dress size, height, or age you are, a handbag is one of the most forgiving fashion items out there. But that is not to say that there have not been handbag trends over the years that have been, shall we say…favoring the difficult side of...

There are always many notable handbag trends with every fashion cycle, and the Fall 2014 shows were certainly no exception. Although a clean, minimalistic design aesthetic is certainly not a new trend (remember the Céline era ushered-in by Phoebe Philo in 2008), the clean, modern aesthetic has once again reared its head on the Fall 2014 runways. Here are a...

Louis Vuitton has long been a brand that is associated with luxury. Nowhere is this more evident than in its handbag collection; Louis Vuitton logo handbags that are as much as ten and twenty years old and in good condition are being sold for up to 75% of their retail value, and are still thought of as one of the...

Coach is an American brand that was founded in 1941 in Manhattan. Coach originally created handbags using a new type of leather called glove leather; a material which was produced and tanned in the same way as a traditional baseball glove. In creating this leather, Coach not only created one of the most durable leather handbags on the market, it...

You wouldn't think that a handbag that is as sleekly and elegantly understated as the Coppola bag would have a need for such a thing as styling tips, and as a general rule, I suppose it doesn't. Yet like any other accessory, the plain reality is that there are some situations where a bag is simply going to look better...

If someone were to ask you to name some of the most prestigious handbag brands in the world, most people would likely fire-off a few of the big brands like Louis Vuitton, Hermes, or Prada. Although these brands have certainly earned their place among the frontrunners in the industry, there are several lesser-known luxury brands that have been quietly cranking...

The era of the “it bag” may be on its way out, but that is certainly not to say that every season, there are not a few handbag specimens that pique the interest of even the most stalwartly pragmatic fashionista. This season in particular there were two specific new designs that really helped to define what’s new in top designer...

Within this season’s new crop of designer handbags, there are a few standout designs that are currently making waves in the pages of magazines and on the arms of style-makers everywhere. Listed below are our top three. Fringe Fringed handbags are having a bit of a moment. While fringed handbags once were the sole domain of bohemian types, this new...

Chanel has been coming out with some unique and interesting designs for handbags but I think this one may have topped them all. This Chinese Take Away handbag is an addition to their Chanel Shanghai accessories collection. Not sure how I feel about this bag but I definitely cannot imagine anyone walking around with this on their shoulder. Perhaps Chanel...