Way back in February, we brought you a first look at Gucci‘s Fall 2017 bags. Alessandro Michele dipped into the Gucci archives and relied heavily on the brand’s signature bamboo detailing for this collection. While I would have never seen myself loving one of these bags, when I got my hands on this little black … Read more
The central function of a handbag is to hold a bunch of stuff you generally don’t want to be seen at all times in a neat, easily accessible, stylish bundle. In its own way, bags provide their carriers with a little bit of cover: with a good bag, it’s still possible to look poised and … Read more
National Handbag Day 2017: you came, you saw and you conquered! This was my very first NHD as part of the PurseBlog team, and while this holiday has naturally been on my radar since its inception (PurseBlog founded NHD back in 2013!), it was really cool to watch everything happening in real time as part … Read more
I remember the original Louis Vuitton Manhattan Bag very distinctly. It came out in 2005 to much fanfare (it was carried by Uma Thurman in the brand’s ad campaign) and consumer interest and reigned atop the Louis Vuitton monogram empire for years thereafter. 2006 was the year that I started putting away enough money to … Read more
We’re about two weeks into the new onslaught of fall television programming, which definitely accounts for the multiple appearances Kerry Washington makes in this week’s celebrity handbag round-up. As for all the other stars from film, music, television, and whatever: Well, we’re just so glad they wandered through. As promised, Kerry and Reese have new … Read more
When I started to love handbags, I was young—probably around ten—and that’s when I first remember noticing them on moms. I would study the moms at school drop-off and pick-up and began recognizing different bags, but this wasn’t something I learned from my own mom. She had four young kids and a crazy schedule as … Read more
Today is our 5th Annual National Handbag Day, and you know what that means: it’s time to celebrate the special place our daily carries have in our lives! One of our favorite things about bags is that, no matter what we’re doing or where we’re going, we’ve always got at least one with us. They’re … Read more
In general, it’s not hard to buy designer bags as long as you have some way to pay for them. Fashion goes to great lengths to put on airs of exclusivity and rarity, but in reality, most of them have to sell a lot of consumer-friendly products in order to stay profitable. For almost all … Read more
Today is the day! We’ve finally made it to our very own National Handbag Day 2017. Back in 2013, we founded this holiday in order to give us and our faithful readers an opportunity to celebrate our love of bags and the central roles they play in our daily lives. Handbags are fun accessories to … Read more
As most of you are likely well aware by now, we’re celebrating our 5th Annual National Handbag Day tomorrow, October 10, and that means several things: some special treats for you guys, some special stuff from us, and a whole lot of celebrating the central role that our bags and the things we carry in … Read more
There’s no logical reason that New York, London and Milan can’t turn out leather goods as impressive as those that we consistently find on the runways of Paris. Several brands in Milan equal what comes out of the French capital, but the field there just isn’t as deep; everywhere you turned at Paris Fashion Week … Read more
The Real Housewives have been in the news a lot lately, and mostly for positive, not-at-all salacious reasons! And while people should absolutely be given props for using their means and influence to get much-needed supplies to hurricane victims (kudos, ladies!), this is still a blog about handbags. And to that end, here are some … Read more
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