DESIGNER HANDBAG CARE
 
Use these tips to care for your designer synthetic, leather and suade purse:
 
- Remove dust and dirt from suade handbags and purses with a terry cloth towel or suade brush.
- Make every effort to keep leather and suade handbags and purses from getting wet. If your leather handbag does get wet (especially suade), let it dry at room temperature, pat it dry with a terry cloth towel.  When it is dry, brush with a suade brush to prevent water spots and damage.
- Leather purses and handbags can be cleaned by wiping with a moist cloth before applying cream or spray treatments. 
- When storing your handbag or purse be sure to clean it out thoroughly.  You wouldn't want to find damage to your handbag next season because you left a stray piece of gum in a pocket and it melted into the lining.
 
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Get to Know Designer Handbag Styles

 

Is it just me, or have women’s handbag fashions taken on a life of their own.  A women’s handbag is a part of her outfit as much as are matching earrings, and shoes.  Today, a women’s handbag choice can be one of her most important (and expensive) fashion statements. 

 

Would it surprise you to know that there are more than twenty different styles of handbags?  If you don’t know the difference between a tote and a clutch handbag, then read on …

 

Functional handbags:

 

  • Backpack: The beauty of a backpack is that your hands are free
  • Duffle bag: Often used for travel
  • Messenger bag: Typically thrown over a shoulder, these spacious bags are made of soft fabric and are designed to carry everything but the kitchen sink
  • Diaper bag:  Must have for new parents.  Diaper bags have come a long way since my days of carrying a diaper bag.  Today most diaper bags are treated with moisture repellents and are designed to resist stains.
  • Tote bag: Mostly made of cloth fabric, these bags open at the top and have short handles or straps
  • Briefcase: Keeps all your business documents safe and organized while transporting between home and work.

 

Everyday Handbag:

 

  • Satchels: These bags have a triangular shape, close at the top and have a top handle
  • Hobo bags: Designed to swing over your shoulder, the hobo bag has a crescent shape.
  • Shoulder bags: True to its name, the shoulder bag typically has single or a set of double straps large enough for carrying over the shoulder
  • Flapbags: The flapbag is designed with a fold-over flap that covers the bag’s contents
  • Shopper bags: designed to be roomy to carry everything you need, similar to a satchel, this bag has a top handle with a button or zip closure
  • Doctor’s bags: This style is roomy enough to be an overnight bag or purse.  Its shape, reminiscent of a doctor’s bag of days past, it is long with rounded edges. 
  • Demi handbags: Designed to carry by hand or over your shoulder this bag has a short carrying handle at the top.

 

Evening Handbag:

 

  • Evening bags: designed as an accessory for evening wear, an evening purse is made with such fabrics as velvet, silk, beads, sequins, and a variety of other formal material.
  • Baguette:  Looking like an actual bread baguette, this bag has a long rounded shape that makes it easy to hold.
  • Clutch: A clutch is just that, a handle-less bag small enough to be clutched in one hand
  • Exotics: A formal bag designed with exotic materials.  

 

Iconic Handbags:  These handbags are typically inspired by or named after the designer or celebrity who made the handbag famous.

 

  • Hermes Birkin: Designed for British actress Janet Birkin in the 1980s, the Birkin bag is perhaps the most sought-after bag in the country.  It is known to have had waiting lists for two years and was popularized by Kim Catrall’s character in Sex in the City.
  • Hermes Kelly: This bag hit the fashion scene when it appeared on the cover of Life Magazine when Grace Kelly was holding it to cover her pregnancy.  It was designed in the 1930s by Hermes.
  • Gucci Horsebit Hobo – This bag’s style with its relaxed, hobo style and bold metal hardware makes it perfect for carrying every day.
  • Louis Vuitton Speedy 30 – The brown with gold monogram print was the traditional look of Louis Vuitton for the past 75 years.  More recently, Louis Vuitton has partnered with a Japanese artist to design more trendy styles with new colors.  Many stars have been seen carrying these new hip styles.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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