Dooney & Bourke Handbags

About Dooney & Bourke

Started in 1975, the Dooney and Bourke Company offers a range of high quality women's accessory items including purses, business bags, watches, bracelets, belts, shoes and luggage.

The company also carries select apparel an outerwear items such as sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, and coats. Men's belts and other accessories have recently been appearing as part of the Dooney and Bourke line.

Types of Dooney & Bourke Handbags

Basic Types

Although they don't limit themselves to carrying only certain types of purses, Dooney & Bourke handbags have several signature types of bags. These include:

• Barrel style bags
• Circular hobos
• Semi-structured slouches
• Structured totes, duffels, and bucket bags
• Flap satchels
• Zip top banana bags
• Pocketed moon and saddle bags

Other types of bags include ring flap clutches, sacs, mini-bags, tapered shoulder bags, pouchettes, back-pack styles, and draw-string purses.

Materials

The materials Dooney & Bourke handbags are crafted form include Vachetta leather, Cabrio leather, Croc-print leather, Nu buck, denim, suede, canvas, corduroy, cotton, and other high-quality fabrics.

Colors and Styles

Fun and Bright

Dooney & Bourke handbags are available in many sizes, styles, and colors. A large portion of their collections feature bright colors, from flirty pinks and rich reds to sunshine yellows and burnt oranges.

Many styles sport fabrics or designs utilizing fun and fanciful motifs, such as multi-colored stars, hearts, jumbled letters from the Dooney & Bourke insignia, bumble bees, tattoos, and more.

Sleek and Subdued

Along with their more lighthearted styles, Dooney & Bourke handbags are also available in number of sleeker, more subdued designs. Solid neutral staples such as black, brown, and bone are available as well as muted blues, olives, and grays.

Simple chic accents such as silver slide lock or buckle closures, centered insignia, and reinforced zippers give fashionable finished looks to many bags.

Signature Detail

In addition to the Dooney & Bourke insignia, Dooney & Bourke handbags also carry a small duck logo, often on the zipper pull. Other details that are commonly found on their bags include:

• Tassels: These add an element of casual styling, keeping even the more subdued styles from looking fussy.
• D and B lettering: Featured in the popular It collection, the DB monogram or jumbled Dooney and Bourke lettering is featured on many styles.
• Colors against white or dark backgrounds: Dooney and Bourke's Splash, Star, Heart, Doodle, and Tattoo styles all feature a pleasing contrast wither their multicolored designs or lettering against white or dark backgrounds.
• Knotted Handles: Many Dooney & Bourke handbags have their distinctive looped and knotted leather handles or shoulder straps.

Pricing and Shopping

Prices for Dooney & Bourke purses are fairly affordable as far as designer handbags are concerned. The prices for most handbags in their line range from about one hundred and just over five hundred dollars. There are many choices of bags in the one fifty to three hundred dollar price range.

You can purchase Dooney & Bourke purses, totes, and bags through many venues. these include high-end retailers such as Bloomingdale's, sites like Amazon.com, handbag boutiques and online handbag retailers, as well as through the Dooney & Bourke catalogue direct.

Dooney and Bourke Celebrities

Many stars are known to carry handbags from Dooney & Bourke collections. Teen star Emma Roberts has joined Hollywood sweethearts Lindsay Lohan and Mishca Barton as the face of Dooney & Bourke.