Trendy Straw Handbags
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Trendy Straw Handbags: Ultimate Spring Style
From sweet to sassy, trendy straw handbags encompass a variety of styles. Despite the different styles, colors, and designs, however, straw handbags have a general charm indelibly linked to the airy days of spring and summer. While a straw bag might look ridiculously out of place with a heavy parka or winter coat during blustery whether, the growing warmth of spring days offers a much more appropriate and appealing time to be seen toting a flirty straw bag.
Types of Straw Bags
Although the tote is a perennially popular style for straw bags, the latest trendy straw bags are also available in many other styles as well. Cute straw clutches can make perfect [{Evening Bags| evening bags]] for spring nights out, unless the occasion is extremely formal, in which case you may want to consider a more glamorous bag. Many of the straw handbag designs available today, however, are far from homespun looks.
Structured straw shoppers can be the perfect shopping or luncheon companions. Straw satchels also make great casual, everyday handbags during the spring and summer seasons. Bucket-style straw bags, like their tote cousins, are perfect for hauling larger items to and fro, and also make an ideal beach bag. Straw barrel, box, and basket style handbags are playful as well as functional.
Popular Trends
The charm and appeal of straw handbags is enhanced by fresh, new looks available in a range from haute designer to less-expensive handbags and fashion bags.
Some of the trendy straw handbags highlights include:
Color
The renewal of spring is always a wonderful time to bring color into your wardrobe and accessories. In addition to natural straw and a range of eye-pleasing neutrals, this season's trendy straw handbags embrace rich or bright colors such as:
- Fuchsia
- Crimson
- Lime
- Salmon
- Sky Blue
- Turquoise
- Pink
- Tangerine
- Olive
- Blue
- Lilac
- Navy
Another way in which color is incorporated into today's hottest straw handbags is through the accents of a bag. Natural or neutral colored straw is often accented with leather details and buckles in bright colors, or black or white for a more sophisticated, rather than playful, look.
Contrasting colors are also popular, such as blue straw bags with white handles, or lime bags with pink handles.
Details and Designs
New looks in trendy straw handbags abound. Look for striped bags in smart shades of pink and chocolate, combinations pink and tangerine, and striped bags with a full palette of rainbow-like colors.
Another popular detail of straw bags and totes is floral accents and designs. Some bags weave floral designs into the bags themselves for an interesting look, while others offer a floral accent made from silk, leather, or other material, on a prominent spot on the bag.
For a touch of intrigue, Brighton offers the Viola straw handbag with a sweeping open scroll keynote design in croco. Metallic leather is another glam accent used by a variety of handbag designers to add spice to their straw bags.
Other trends in the details and designs of straw handbags include:
- Round bamboo handles
- Stud and leather detailing
- Chain accented handles (such as the Michael Kors Santorini straw shopper)
- Flap-style bags with turn-lock closures
- Braided fringe accents
- Beaded handles
- Drawstring closures
- Double rope handles
Prices and Shopping
You can easily purchase a trendy straw handbag to spice up your handbag wardrobe for spring and summer, no matter what your budget is. Many straw fashion bags are available for twenty five dollars or less. If you prefer designer looks, there is a wide variety of various mid and high-level designer straw handbags available, ranging in price from around thirty to several hundred dollars or more.
Visit virtually any department store during spring and early summer, and you're bound to see displays of straw bags for sale. Online stores offering straw handbags include:
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