Designer Handbag Blog

While there is certainly no shortage of designer capsule collections being done for well-known brands, it's simply inevitable that some collections are going to be more memorable than others. This month, popular British leather goods and accessories brand, Radley, has launched one such memorable collection. The brand has teamed-up with Glasgow-born designer Jonathan Saunders to create a striking, graphic-inspired collection...

The Fort Lauderdale International Boat show happens every year, drawing hundreds of the world's most spectacular yachts to the area's waterways to see and be seen during this massive event. This year however, there was a slightly different kind of yacht in the mix. Luxury sourcing company Prive Porter specializes in supplying their well-heeled customers with high-demand, low-supply luxury goods...

It's something that those in the fashion industry espouse time and again when giving criticism of a garment or accessory — whatever it is, it needs to look expensive. However, look is the operative term here; those of you who are fans of all things sartorial will already know that you don't have to spend a lot of money to...

A recent Bloomberg Business article reported that handbag sales, historically one of the hottest tickets going in the luxury goods and accessories markets, has taken a sharp downturn in recent months — just when you would expect sales to be picking-up in the run up to the festive season. The slow fall sales have led to a flurry of design...

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...

These days, to “pin” something takes on a very different meaning than it did a few decades ago. In the 1980s, to “pin” something literally meant to stick a pin on it, not post it to a virtual mood board that you could share with others in the public social media complex of cyberspace. However, it appears that in the...

While making the decision to treat yourself to an investment-tier designer handbag is a commendable one, there is a bit more to it than just choosing the latest and greatest “it” bag that's garnering the most buzz. An investment bag is just that; an investment. As such, it would be remiss not to consider the potential resale value of a...

This past September, hotel heiress and “other Hilton sister” Nicky Hilton has launched a capsule collection with Los Angeles based leather goods brand Linea Pelle. The brand's vision is to create leather goods for women who appreciate the perfect marriage between style and function, a philosophy which has seemingly suited Hilton's design point-of-view quite well. Hilton has been quietly designing...

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...

When you try and envision what a high-stakes heist might look like, your mind probably immediately turns to that old Hollywood theme of cat-burglars and jewel thieves dressed in skin-tight black leotards, listening to safes with stethoscopes or drilling a hole in a jewelry store window. But this week, merchants in Hong Kong experienced a whole new variation on the...