Organizer Purses
For today's busy women, organizer purses help keep essential items at your fingertips. The key to finding the right organizational handbag is knowing what features you need and what your organizing style is.
Organizer Brands
There are several designers that specialize in organizer purses. Whether you want a simple way to organize your credit cards or you need many pockets and compartments for all your belongings, you'll find a bag to suit your needs.
- Butler Bags: This organizer purse has compartments inside for items like lotion, cell phone, keys and glasses. The bags come in leather in a variety of colors and sizes. The bags can be purchased online
- Derek Alexander: This designer line has a couple of organizer purses that are simple and understated, but completely functional. The Derek Alexander Double Zip organizer bag features a large zippered interior, compartment with credit card slots and two zippered pockets on the outside front and one on the outside back. The designer also offers the EW Top Zip Organizer, which is similar in style but a bit smaller. Shop for Derek Alexander on eBags and Amazon.
- Anuschka: This designer offers colorful hand-painted leather designs. Their Mini Sling Organizer in Peacock Safari is a blend of brilliant colors and interesting patterns. The purse offers inside compartments, credit card slots and a flap entry. You can purchase Anuschka through their website and on the Home Shopping Network. You can also e-mail them for a list of stores that carry their purses.
- Levenger: Levenger offers various leather organizer purses. Their Majorca organizer purse has a front section with nine credit card slots, inside pockets and outside zippered pockets. You can purchase their purses from their website.
- Buxton Bag: This over the shoulder organizer purse might be on the small side, but you'll have such command over the contents of your bag that you won't need as much space as you did before. It will expand by two additional inches to give you even more space. The purse has an exterior cell phone pocket, zippered pockets on the inside and outside, credit card slots and a cross body design.
Features and Styles
While you may find similar features amongst handbag choices, you aren't limited to a short list of styles.
Common Features Available
The goal of organizer purses is to make toting your things easier and more functional, and both traditional and contemporary styles are based on dividing and containing to create organization. Common features you may want to look for include:
- At least one open and one zippered or closed compartment
- An easy to open design to access contents of purse easily
- A built-in wallet or slots for credit cards, cash, etc.
- Clear slot for license or ID
- Built-in change purse or holder
- Cell phone pocket
- Attached bag or zippered or snap pouch for cosmetics
- Hidden or zippered pocket for feminine products
- Pen slots or loops
- Key clip or compartment for keys
- Slip pocket for frequently used items
- Built in case for eyeglasses or sunglasses
- Elastic loop for water bottle or hairbrush
- Small elastic loops or pockets for breath mints, gum, or lip balm
- Stiff-sided slot for receipts and paper
- Adjustable straps
Styles of Handbags Organizers
Desite having similar features, using an organizer handbag doesn't mean being restricted to matronly styles and bland designs. There are dozens of creative designs, colors, sizes and materials -- everything from fun and flirty discount bags to sleek and streamlined designer purses.
Embroidered clutches, mini denim backpacks, nylon messenger bags, croc-style cargo satchels and even Italian leather hobo styles are designed with organizational features. Structured styles are popular, but organizing features are also available in some less structured bags. Unstructured, slouchy and soft-sided bags are more difficult to find as organizers, however, since their more structured counterparts are easier to divide and compartmentalize.
Purse Insert Organizers
If you have a favorite purse or if you switch purses often, a transferable purse organizer might be the best option for you. There are several different styles, the most popular being a connected assortment of expandable pockets and slots that is rolled and placed in the purse.
Two-sided leather or nylon purse organizers, mesh pocket organizers and organizer inserts are popular and are available in different shapes to fit your purse. Another alternative is to use small cosmetic bags to keep various items in your purse grouped together. A few types of popular organizers include the following:
- Pursket is a liner-style handbag organizer insert available in three sizes.
- Chameleon is a drop-in organizer insert with a variety of features.
- Joey Junior offers Purse Mate, a larger liner-type insert organizer, and a smaller triangular mini purse organizer.
Choosing Your Purse
Choosing organizer purses, like any accessory or clothing item, is an adventure in finding that delicate balance between fashion and function, your needs and your personal style. Choosing your purse also depends on what kind of organizational style you have.
- Are you a perfectionist? You may want to look for highly structured, streamlined, medium-size bags with lots of slots and zippered pockets to keep everything in place. The Buxton Bag might be perfect for you.
- Are you a packer? Do you pack lots of extra items in your purse 'just in case'? Look for large bags or totes with various sized compartments to hold extra items like hand sanitizer, extra credit cards, pad of paper, bandages, and address book so these things aren't crammed into a small space and jumbled together. A large insert organizer, such as the Purseket, will allow you to turn your hobo bag into an organized handbag haven.
- Are you a dumper? Do you try to keep organized but have a tendency to just throw things in your purse? Look for medium-sized bags with open slots, snap or elasticized pockets, and elastic loops so you can easily slip items into your purse without too much effort and still be organized. Anuschka offers several larger organizer bags. The durable leather will hold up to things being tossed inside.
- Are you a de-clutterer? Do you constantly throw things out of your purse and carry only the minimum you need? Look for small or mini bags or travel clutches with attached wallets and coin purses to keep your items neat and easy to reach. A smaller Derek Alexander or Butler Bag might be perfect for you.
Shop for Organizers
Once you know the brand and style of organizer purse you desire, you can start shopping for the perfect bag. Check out these retailers, all of whom have sections of their websites devoted to organizer purses or inserts:
- eBags has over 150 different brands and styles of organizer bags, which can be filtered by brand, color, material and more.
- Baghous has a variety of purse organizers that come in unique styles and varying sizes.
- Yummi Handbags sells both organizer pouches and organizer bags.
- Shoebuy has over 500 different types of handbags for organizing your life on the go, ranging in style and priced for both the discount and luxury shoppers.
Combine Personal Style with Purse Organization
Whether you choose an organizer bag with built-in features or add an insert organizer to an existing bag, having your essentials neat and orderly saves time and frustration. With the many styles available, there's no need to sacrifice great style for organization.
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