About Designer Handbags

What Makes it a Designer Handbag?

Chanel leather bag

Bags created by reputable fashion designers are known as designer handbags and they often clearly display the designer’s initials or logo. Fashion is only part of the allure. They are often carried by woman to enhance their status and style. Some designer bags are even collectors’ items, or famous due to the celebrities who don them. Women then borrow this power and sling it over their shoulder or arm.

Due to the quality and price, a designer handbag is an heirloom to pass from generation to generation. It is a practical fashion accessory, verses simply a fancy ring, as your purse can be your signature and carry your identity items. As more women have entered the executive workforce, an expensive handbag becomes a source of prestige in your career. A women you affords a designer bag displays her success and fashionable sense. For many in the fashion, sales and business world, owning designer accessories is an investment in your career. Thus, imparting a sense of confidence necessary in a competitive workplace.

Costs and Types

As with most brand items, you pay extra for the name. While this is also true with designer handbags, you do receive a product that is higher in quality and craftsmanship. The higher prices of the true designer brands are a combination of superior construction, top materials and brand identification.

As in all marketplaces, there are other options. Designer replicas and knock-offs are widely available and significantly less expensive. If you do decide to carry a replica, don’t hide it, as most of the people you hope to impress will know a real handbag from a knock-off. If your budget is limited, one option is to buy it secondhand. Sites like Ebay.com and Craiglist.com offer a wide variety of people selling used items. Due to the high quality of designer brands, even a used bag can be beautiful.

Although many designer handbags cost from $300 to $2,000, it might just be worth the investment. Your purse is the one item that goes with your everywhere. While you may want a Rolls Royce for the class it presents, it will have to be left in the parking lot at some point. A purse is a status symbol that walks with you. Ultimately, if you have limited dollars to spend on a designer wardrobe, splurge on your purse. It is the one fashion item you can get away with wearing everyday.

Brands

The following brands are known for their wealth, good taste and quality:

• Gucci Handbags
• Fendi Handbags
• Coach Handbags
• Chanel Handbags
• Donna Karan Bags
• Louis Vuitton Handbags
• Prada Handbags

Of course these designers tend to have classic looks that are easily recognizable, which can be good and bad. For some true fashion divas, it is the “one of a kind” bags that are most desirable to showcase the ultimate in power and status. These types of bags are traditionally custom-made by artists or released as limited editions.

Also, in some society circles, there is a resistance to the brand-name trap. It has become a fashion statement in itself to avoid designer handbags. For this group, labels are considered tacky and pride is found in an heirloom or handmade handbag.