Often, you think of owning the latest designer handbags, whether they are the Prada bags or Gucci bags or you have a piece from Louis vuittoun. These are the high-end bags for which you save up money for months in order to own one. Women are a known collector of all beautiful things to become fashionistas. And handbags are most definitely their weakness.

Rarely, however, we think about how to look after these little investment pieces. After all, they need heed and care. So here are some maintenance tips:
• Your bag is something you always put all your personal belongings into, so watch out for lipsticks and other bits of make-up pieces like eyeliner and lip gloss because they might cause unthinkable damage to the lining of your favorite companion: your bag.
• Leather bags and especially suede handbags rarely retort well to water or ink stains, so keep an eye on those pens and bottles of water you might be tempted to carry with you.
• You can buy specific product to protect your bag. They are called “purse protectors”. If you are one of those who like to explore the local super markets so try finding them out. They are not an expensive buy.
• Your precious designer bag also needs protection when it’s not adorning your arm. Always try keeping it covered with a case. Because some of those other metal items etc lying in your wardrobe might put a scratch on it.
• And, if you plan on only using it occasionally and it resides mainly in your wardrobe, sensible advice would be to take off any additional parts, buckles, and straps of the bag that might potentially dent the material. You can attach them when you need to carry it.
Now you know this completely, feel free to go and buy an expensive designer bag one for yourself. Or if you have one then take care of it…. after all its your favorite and all time companion!!!!

A women’s personality is determined by her dressing sense and the way she carries herself. Along with the dresses, the things that complete her look are the accessories she picks. It is not an easy task for you to keep a check on your make up or jewelry every time you step out of your house. You might be hurrying to work early in the morning, and then who cares about earrings or eyeliner that much. But handbags are essential for every woman to carry her world with her wherever she goes. Things that she can’t afford to leave behind at home and don’t have sufficient pockets on her dress to stuff them in unlike men. It doesn’t take more than 15 seconds to grab the handbag matching with your outfit that day which defines your personality. So, the main task comes to buy the handbag that suits your body type. So here are some tips you have to keep in mind while shopping for the right handbag. Apply these easy steps to getting bag in proportion to your figure and it will polish up your style in a flash.

Choosing the shape

Try to choose a shape that is the opposite of your body type. If you are tall and thin, look for slouchy, rounded hobo bag to compliment your figure. If you are short the play off opposites by choosing a handbag that is tall and rectangular or long and sleek (like a clutch). In general, the rounder your figure, the more structured your bag should be. That doesn’t mean that you have to carry a hard box that counterbalances your feminine look, instead rectangular or square silhouettes in soft leathers or fabrics with elegant look will do the job!

The scale

While the shape your handbag should counter-balance your body shape, the size of the bag should be in proportion to your figure. Like a tall woman will look lost with a small hand-held bag and a petite size zero woman will look overwhelmed by an enormous slouchy bag. Now, the bag length comes into play. A shoulder bag’s length (where the bottom of the bag hits your body) will accentuate whatever part of the body it comes near. Say like a shoulder bag that ends around the hips will play up your hip width just in case you want to enhance it. Most women look more graceful with a bag that hits mid-torso as it enhances the middle
part and flatters the waist.
Follow the above steps and take time to try on handbags in front of a mirror and don’t be tempted by trendy shapes that don’t suit your body and look for the other available options.

Hello….Anyone who follows the fashion business! Can any one tell what’s on these days?

The market scenario is stating that these days, the real money is not in clothes or accessories but the success lies in the handbags and fashionable bags. Gianni, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Celine, DKNY, Krug Champagne etc are few names to count. But, in today’s generation youth is especially influenced by the way the celebrities especially whom they like – what they wear, what they carry, how they carry themselves and what all they do in their daily life’s. They are more interested in it rather than anything else. It doesn’t matter how expensive the product is that their favorite celebrity is carrying, but the prime thing is what they are carrying and what fashion is being brought in the market.

Celebrities promote brand which in lieu influences their fan followers and promote in general public the purchase of the same bag. Once the bag comes in fashion - a celebrity displays it and a fan follower purchases it, then it’s not difficult to see why the bag market is so attractive to fashion houses. Size – No problem, but the margins are spectacularly high.

At Louis Vuitton, a bag sells in the shops for something like 14 times its manufacturing cost. With lesser labels, prices tend to be 12 times cost.

There was a time when the rich carried expensive but discreet bags. The famous label handbags were few and their cost was related to quality. It takes a craftsman 17 hours to make a Kelly or a Birkin by hand. In the old days, every craftsman who made a Gucci bag had to slip a card with his number into one of the packets. If there was something wrong with the bag, Gucci would send it back to the man who had made it.

But now Gucci bags are computerized designed and there are only few companies which today also prefer to prepare only unique bags for their celebrities or for the section of people to whom they want to sell. But, the piracy market has entered this segment too so most of the local brands of the bags are also available at fashion streets.

To know, why women will spend so much on a bag when they could buy a piece of jewellery with the money instead? It is easy to explain: People like the excitement of carrying an instantly recognizable designer product such as a Louis Vuitton or Gucci or DKNY monogrammed bag.