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Bags on a Budget: The Best Designs Available for $250 or Less

Even though our interests tend to linger at the top end of the handbag price continuum, those of us here at PurseBlog consider ourselves practical people. (Sometimes.) An extremely fancy bag isn’t always in the financial cards, and for plenty of people who adore fashion, it’s completely unimaginable. As casually as bag lovers sometimes talk about it (us included), $2,000 is a lot of money for nearly everyone.

By that same token, $250 isn’t objectively cheap, either, but it’s a price level at which a beautiful, all-leather bag is accessible to far more people. With that in mind, we set out to find over two dozen of the best handbags on the internet that will still keep you firmly in the lower three figures. Check out our finds below.

Botkier Murray Mini Tote
$178 via Shopbop

Botkier-Murray-Mini-Tote

Cambridge Satchel Traveller Bag
$245 via Shopbop

Cambridge-Satchel-Traveller-Bag

Coach Crosstown Crossbody Bag
$225 via Coach

Coach-Crosstown-Crossbody-Bag

DKNY Chelsea Vintage Mini Satchel
$228 via Bloomingdale’s

DKNY-Chelsea-Vintage-Mini-Satchel

Dooney & Bourke Hallie Crossbody Bag
$188 via Nordstrom

Dooney-and-Bourke-Hallie-Crossbody-Bag

Elliott Lucca Marin Woven Leather Bag
$198 via Nordstrom

Elliott-Lucca-Marin-Woven-Leather-Bag

Fossil Sydney Satchel
$178 via Nordstrom

Fossil-Sydney-Satchel

Furla Stacey Mini Bucket Bag
$248 via Shopbop

Furla-Stacey-Mini-Bucket-Bag

IIIBeca Moma Mini Shearling Crossbody Bag
$128 via Nasty Gal

IIIBeca-Moma-Mini-Shearling-Crossbody-Bag

J.Crew Mini Bucket Bag
$118 via J.Crew

JCrew-Mini-Bucket-Bag

Kate Spade Clement Street Francie Bag
$228 via Nordstrom

Kate-Spade-Clement-Street-Francie-Bag

Liebeskind Gaya Bucket Bag
$208 via Anthropologie

Liebeskind-Gaya-Bucket-Bag

Lodis Blair Collection Addy Tote
$216 via Nordstrom

Lodis-Blair-Collection-Addy-Tote

Louise et Cie Leia Shoulder Bag
$248 via Nordstrom

Louise-et-Cie-Leia-Shoulder-Bag

Madewell Brisbane Tote
$208 via Madewell

Madewell-Brisbane-Tote

MICHAEL Michael Kors Small Greenwich Crossbody Bag
$208 via Nordstrom

MICHAEL-Michael-Kors-Small-Greenwich-Crossbody-Bag

Milly Astor Mini Crossbody Bag
$198 via Shopbop

Milly-Astor-Mini-Crossbody-Bag

Monserat De Lucca Small Docente Tote
$215 via Shopbop

Monserat-De-Lucca-Small-Docente-Tote

Rebecca Minkoff Mini Blair Tote
$245 via Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca-Minkoff-Mini-Blair-Tote

Seen Worn Kept Tasseled Bungalow Hobo
$208 via Anthropologie

Seen-Worn-Kept-Tasseled-Bungalow-Hobo

Skagen Mini Mikkeline Crossbody Bag
$195 via Nordstrom

Skagen-Mini-Mikkeline-Crossbody-Bag

Tory Burch Mini Saddle Bag
$250 via Nordstrom

Tory-Burch-Mini-Saddle-Bag

Treasure&Bond Leather Fringe Crossbody Bag
$148 via Nordstrom

Treasure-and-Bond-Leather-Fringe-Crossbody-Bag

Vince Camuto Zuri Crossbody Bag
$198 via Bloomingdale’s

Vince-Camuto-Zuri-Crossbody-Bag

Vince Cross Body Bag
$225 via Shopbop

Vince-Cross-Body-Bag

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