Luxury Handbags - Choose 3 Essential Bags for your Fashion Wardrobe

By: Kit Heathcock

Every woman needs an elegant handbag. It is more than a fashion accessory, as it reflects your style, personality and look; it is with you all day long and keeps all your essentials safe and accessible; it puts the finishing touch to your whole image, so the finding the right bag is an important and often overwhelming decision.

How do you choose between all the many styles of luxury bags available today? If you can afford to go mad and buy a bag to go with each outfit, then you don't have a problem (except for needing more closet space!) but those of us with a more limited budget can invest in three good quality handbags to meet all our needs and still maintain a stylish and elegant image.

The Perect Work bag from Melie Bianco at Efashionhouse

First of all you need a handbag that reflects your professional image to wear to work every day and complement your business wardrobe. Invest in excellent quality leather and good sleek design. Classic styles such as a crocodile or ostrich, Birkins or Kelly bags, in black or neutral colors, work well and will be an investment that will last you for years, as those styles never go out of fashion. Make sure the inside of the handbag is as well designed as the exterior, with plenty of pockets and compartments to keep work papers and personal items organized and easily accessible.

Melie Bianco Casual bags at Efashionhouse

You also need a casual bag for leisure time and weekends. Choose one of the current, fun, fashionable styles, which are big and roomy and come in a huge range of colors: a soft, sensual python hobo that fits comfortably over your shoulder or a bright tote with loads of room and long handles to tuck over your shoulder. Think carefully about the color. Will it work for both winter and summer? Is it a color that will work next year too? This bag is the one that should reflect your youthful and fun-loving inner self, so indulge yourself with this choice. Go for classic styles for your work and evening bags and have fun with this one!


Melie Bianco Evening bags at Efashionhouse

Last of all for a basic handbag wardrobe, you need an elegant evening bag. If you go out a lot you may want more than one to suit different events and outfits, but for now if you are choosing just one, go for a timeless classic that will last for years, like a simple clutch with a removable chain shoulder strap for versatility, in python or crocodile leather. Black is always a safe and glamorous choice, but neutrals like cream or brown are also endlessly versatile, withstand the changes of fashion and will last you for years.

Once you have these three basics in your handbag wardrobe you can add to them gradually over the years. Just make sure that you invest in top quality bags, which will reflect your stylish and elegant image. Luxury handbags may not be cheap but the investment pays off as they still look just as beautiful and chic after many years of use, so you can build up a fine collection of elegant bags over time.

The Popularity Of Designer Handbags

By: Marsha Gabin

Today we are inundated with a veritable plethora of top quality house designers who consistently provide such wonderful handbag creations, that anyone who owns more than one bag often takes to collect more!

Owning a designer bag is more than just complimenting your outfit. In today’s competitive and dare I say vain age, more and more men and women are using the bag more as a status symbol than an item designed to carry things.

Melie Bianco Designer Handbags at Efashionhouse

The types and styles of designer handbags are so diverse and unbelievably different, that it means virtually every taste and preference is catered for somewhere along the line.

Prada, Gucci, Burberry and hundreds more designers such as Chanel, make up what has now become a very competitive and exclusive club to be in; the creators of handbags which every fashion conscious man or woman desire to own. Where giants roam, there are always dwarves who follow, and the quality designer pieces now are often subject to fake renditions being peddled at extremely cheap prices.

These days a designer handbag can cost upwards of $10,000 with a rendition costing just $20. Obviously the replica bags are usually of immense inferior quality and can be spotted miles away by a purveyor of the ‘real thing’ but still, people buy them in order to get their little taste of a handbag in the style of a top-notch designer.

Nothing can beat the real thing though, and this often leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of those who cannot afford them. Each design house integrates a special feature in their bags, some purposefully and some without intention.

These features tend to become the trademark of a good designer handbag and without realizing it the purchasers of these bags tend to look for these little additions that make a decent designer handbag into something that is a big part in the desirability of owning one.

A Chanel handbag is classically identifiable by its unusual logo; the two mirrored C’s which back onto each other has always been the easiest way to spot a Chanel design. Burberry is famous for its unusual checked pattern and leather features and the list goes on.

These logos and features are the things a competitive design house lover will always notice, or go for when deciding to purchase a bag from a particular fashion house. The strength of a bag’s design and the name that adorns it is usually the deciding factor when it comes to a handbag purchase.

People are still very color coordinated with regards to handbags and other accessories, but nowadays the designer can win over color because of the prestige a person feels when ‘toting’ (sorry!) around a quality designer item.

People are sold onto handbags daily because of the image they think they portray when carrying one, but in a way they’re right. Status symbols are part of our everyday life, and it IS important to feel good about yourself.

A handbag is more than just a designer piece, it is quite often an important part of a man or woman’s make-up also, increased confidence when carrying a well designed item is common.

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