Man Bag Monday: Lanvin Iridescent Commuter Bag

Last week on our sister site TalkShoes, we discussed a pair of Lanvin men’s sneakers that will likely skew a little bit feminine for even open-minded male fashion lovers. In writing the post, it was interesting to examine all the deep-seated assumptions we have about almost every element of fashion and how they relate to perceptions of gender and sexuality. I’m not going to get all grad school on you guys right now (mostly because I’ve not been to grad school), but our choices are a language in which we speak about ourselves, and this Lanvin Iridescent Bag speaks in a different way than those shoes did.

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PurseForum Roundup – First Anniversary Edition

Happy Anniversary to us! Today marks the first anniversary of the PurseForum Roundup! It’s been a terrific year, and we’ve enjoyed bringing you the conversations and goings-on of our favorite fashion forum every week. This week, we celebrate our special day with a visit to some of our favorite spots. We know some of our regular Roundup readers may be able to guess where we are headed, so come on along!

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Jaime King Strolls Beverly Hills with a Jason Wu Bag

Actress Jaime King was recently spotted strolling around in Beverly Hills carrying an eye-catching Jason Wu Jourdan 2 Tote. It’s a new, ever-so-slightly reinvented version of Wu’s original Jourdan Tote, and it looks particularly nice in this polished leather. You can snatch up a tote just like the one seen here on Jaime’s arm for … Read more

The Best Bag Deals of the Weekend of November 15

It seems like sale season gets a little bigger and a little earlier every year, and that’s something you’ll never see anyone on the PurseBlog team complaining about. In addition to our weekly roundup of bag deals, we’ve got several more fun things to remind you of. First, the Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale is still going on an a bunch of new bags were added recently. Second, the Bloomingdale’s Friends & Family Sale lasts through November 17 and will get you 20% off almost all full-price and sale purchases with code PURSE20. It’s an embarrassment of markdown riches out there right now.

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The Many Bags of Miley Cyrus, Part Two

Love her or hate her, there are few people better at forcing their way into the public discourse right now than Miley Cyrus. The Disney-tween-superstar-turned-America’s-half-naked-twerking-princess has done quite the complete job making sure our eyes and ears can’t miss her right now, and with a fall record release schedule packed full of high-profile albums from … Read more

Narciso Rodriguez Might Have Won the Black-and-White Bag Wars

If you’ve been aware of designer handbags for more than, say, the past day or two, you’ve seen your fair share of black and white bags. The sharp, modern color combination fits perfectly with the backlash against uber-trendy neons, prints and embellishments, which at times all appeared together on the same bag. (Of course, leave it to fashion to combat trend culture with a new trend.) Seemingly every designer under the sun has tried their hands at the look, but a relative handbag newcomer has beaten almost all of them with the Narciso Rodriguez Mixed-Media Envelope Shoulder Bag.

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