Designer Handbag Trends

No, we're not kidding. It seems that on the streets of major cities like New York and LA, big-name influencers like the Kardashians and model sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid are all trying to breathe some new life into that oft-maligned staple of days gone by. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the fanny pack (affectionately known in the UK as the...

The fashion and accessories industries have always been obsessed with “newness”. Each season, it seems that the collections are getting rolled out earlier and earlier, shoving us towards our springtime wardrobe planning long before the subarctic temperatures of the cold season have begun to let up. To that end, designers are always keen to be the purveyors of The Next...

Gucci has been bringing us their bamboo top handle bags for multiple seasons now. While you would expect that something that might be considered a specialty bag with a warm weather appeal would have a finite life span, the bamboo top handle bags that Gucci are putting-out have exceeded everyone's expectations and are still going strong. While this might seem...

Each and every season, you certainly could not complain of a shortage of trends in the handbag world. However, this spring the fashion world appears to be ushering-in one of the most practical handbag trends we've seen in a long time; the vanity case bag. While soft-box type bags are certainly nothing new to the handbag scene (as any collector...

While any handbag fan can rattle-off his or her favorite luxury handbag brands such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, or Dior, those of us who love handbags are no less enthusiastic about a lesser-known brand that hits all the right sartorial notes. Sometimes, it even turns out that these smaller brands have been operating successfully under our noses for longer than...

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...

There has certainly been no shortage of handbag options for spring and summer; bag options are as widely varying as the people who carry them. Perhaps you're a backpack gal who lives out of her well-worn leather rucksack, or perhaps after all this time you still have a soft spot in your heart for a classic double-handled tote. Whatever your...

Back in February, while the rest of us were looking forward to Spring's promise of a newer, greener, and hopefully warmer season, the fashion world was busying itself trying to figure out what we all might want to be wearing in the fall. The handbags that are predicted to be all the rage in the Fall have a familiar look...

Recently, the venerable all-things-handbag blog PurseBlog ran a reader-led piece on handbag trends. But this wasn't just another seasonal trend article — quite the opposite. It was a piece on bag trends that we are quite simply tired of looking at. We found ourselves nodding in agreement with so many of the reader-inspired entries, that we couldn't help but share...

Iconic American handbag line Coach has given the fashion media an early-look at their pre-fall 2016 handbag collection, and we’re not exactly sure what to think. While there is absolutely no denying that the 60s and 70s trends have been dominating the runways for the past few seasons, most of the successful collections that have drawn heavily from these periods...