If You Are Looking For Women's Handbags, Consider These Choices

By Gregg Hall

As long as women have been leaving their homes, they have found many ways to carry personal belongings with them. From the women who carried baskets on their heads to the women with animal skin pouches tied around their waist, there has always been something that has to be taken along. Modern women have found handbags to be the most convenient way to organize and carry essential personal items. Of course, these women want their bags to look good and make a personal statement about them. Designers have realized that fashion and function are the very fundamentals of a good bag.

There are hundreds of retail stores throughout the world that offer great handbags. You can also look to the Internet when you are searching for the handbag of your dreams.

Some of the handbags now available are:

Nevora Functional Ladies Handbags
The Scarlet Organizer is a bag designed for the business woman. It is large enough for a laptop and other personal items. There is a zippered top and when opened reveals a lime green interior. Chrome feet accent the bottom to protect it from regular wear. This functional and stylish handbag can be found for $260.00.

The Mocha Sling
The Mocha Sling is a good match with other totes. It is small enough to fit into the Scarlet Organizer. The zippered top also reveals a lime green interior. This bag sells for $68.00

Jazz Bold Ladies Handbags
The Green South Coast is a light avocado bag accented with lime green. It has orange leatherette and chrome studs. The front is decorated with embroidered flowers to add to its charm. This bag is usually offered at $55.00.

Brown City Lights is made from a cool brown ultra suede material. It is decorated with chrome studs and clear crystals. There are buckles used to shorten or lengthen the handles for the convenience of the customer. It is available for $66.00.

Loredana Kimono Ladies Handbags
Purple Floral Pouch has panels on the front and back showing a vintage silk kimono style fabric on a velvet background. The panels are painted with flowers that are rose, gray, and emerald. There is burgundy trim along the seams, and a 40 inch shoulder cord. The bag measures about 9.5 by 6.5 inches. It retails at $190.00

Blue Tones Clutch is more sophisticated, the front is a deep royal blue and black with silver flecks. While the back, has a sea foam pattern in blue, gray, brick, and orange to match a variety of different outfits. This bag is usually sold for $270.00.

Glenda Gies Ladies Handbags
Jackie in White Tweed is pieced together with a black patent leather trim. Chrome legs protect the bottom. The interior is lined with polka dots. It also has a tiny zippered pocket. This bag sells for around $260.00.

Violet in Blue Chenille is made from a floral motif with a diamond tufted outline above an antique gold milieu. The handle can be long or short. It also has plenty of compartments for organizing personal items. This bag is sold for $280.00.

These are just a sampling of the enormous diversity of choices available online.

Fashion Accessories - How to Update Your Look

By Susan Lockhart

Are you interested in updating your appearance, at least in terms of your fashion? If you are, you may not only want to examine the latest in clothing fashion trends, but also the latest trends in fashion accessories. Fashion accessories are rapidly increasing in popularity, particularly in our celebrity-obsessed culture. But many of us still do not know exactly how to use them to our best advantage.

The term "fashion accessories" is very broad and includes a number of products. Just like fashion clothing pieces, accessories come in virtually every size, shape and style under the sun. There are fashion accessories that are designed for children, teens, men, women, petite sized, and plus sized individuals. Below are a few of the major fashion accessory items you might want consider in order to keep your look current and expand your coordination options.

The most well known fashion accessory is of course, jewellery. For teenagers and children, fashion jewelry pieces that are popular often include colourful, oversized pieces, as well as charm necklaces or charm bracelets. For men, a popular piece of jewellery often includes large pendant necklaces, many of which display a cross or another popular or meaningful symbol. As for women, popular pieces of fashion jewelry include watches, earnings, rings, necklaces, bracelets, pins, and so forth.

Another major fashion accessory that you might want to look at is a new handbag. While purses can also be trendy, it is the handbag that has become a real status symbol and major fashion accessory. They come in a huge array of different styles so it is common to own more than one if your budget allows. In fact, many women out there like to match their fashion accessories, including their purses and handbags, with the clothing that they wear.

Updating your handbag every season can be an easy and relatively inexpensive way to update your whole look. If your wardrobe is filled with classic pieces that flatter your body shape and suit your colouring, then simply choosing a new trendy handbag can instantly bring your look up to the minute.

Travel bags are also considered a fashion accessory, but differ from handbags in that a lot of them are designed for both sexes. A travel bag is generally a small bag that can be used as carry-on luggage for a plane ride, a nappy/diaper bag or a laptop carrying case. It can also be the so called "man bag" that is increasing in popularity all the time. Many major fashion labels also have their own luggage line as well.

Shoes are also a fashion accessory, although many do not necessarily consider them to be. Most often, women's shoes are associated as fashion accessories, as opposed to men's shoes. One of the reasons for this is the amazing array of women's shoe style available, for example: athletic shoes, casual sandals, elegant sandals, flat dress shoes, stilettos, kitten heels, sling backs, mules, pumps and the list goes on. As with handbags and purses, most women own multiple pairs of shoes and aim to coordinate their shoes, especially for work, with the rest of their ensemble. Shoes can make or break an outfit, so think about the type of image you want to portray and make sure your shoes fit with that theme.

Belts are also a major fashion accessory. While for many men and boys, belts are not necessarily a fashion accessory as much as a fashion necessity to hold their pants up; the same isn't true for women. Women's belts come in a number of different sizes, shapes, and styles and virtually every season there is a new "must-have" style. There is everything from casual, crocheted belts to wear with jeans, to elegant, black leather belts as a pair of slimline black trousers for work.
Belts, handbags, purses, travel bags, jewellery and shoes are just a few of the many fashion accessories that you can use to make a good outfit into a great one. Accessories can be real statement pieces and a way to show your personality in an otherwise classic outfit. Fashion accessories are a great way to spice up any wardrobe, especially one that could use an updating.

Women's Handbags - Is Yours the Right Style for You

By Jakob Culver

If you want to pamper your girl and find hard to spend on diamonds, then the next in queue that would be the right choice is a women handbag. Women have a longing for that as it is flatter her body shape and size.

While shopping for handbags make sure you understand your purchase on three parameters size, shape and texture.

Look at the shape

What would help to determine the shape of the bag is your body structure meaning if you’re tall and thin, look for bags that are more on the rounded side like the hobo or those that are a bit unstructured and this would certainly be complementing your figure as it would provide a sharp contrast to your body. But if you are on the short and heavy side, it is good to carry women handbags that are tall, rectangular or those with really defined shapes. Long and sleek designs will help counterbalance your more rounded figure. Make sure that you don’t end up purchasing women handbags that are absolutely reed thin or those with really sharp edges. Silhouettes in soft fabrics and leathers can do the trick. Just remember to stay away from women handbags with rounded designs.

Think of the size

Decide on the shape of the bag taking into consideration the fact what actually will you be carrying in that, it could be just cell phone, credit card for which small size would be apt but if you feel that you would be carrying things in bulk then certainly big handbags are the right choice.

Make doubly sure that the size of your bag should be in accordance with your size. But the shape should be contrasting and complementing, the size should be in proportion. If for example you are quite tall and big for your age, it would be truly embarrassing for you to carry this really small handbag. Also it holds true for a diminutive person while carrying this really big bag.

There are closefitting women handbags which can also be fit right under the arm at breast level, such handbags suit women who are slim and those who want to emphasize their cleavage. And women who have big arms and big busts should refrain their use as the short handles tend to emphasize the large sizes .Bear in mind that the length of the handbag or shoulder bag will always draw attention to the part it comes near with. As a bag with long strings tends to hit your bottom half or hip area, then that area of your body will become more focused as the eyes are as expected drawn to it.

Most women look great with handbags and shoulder bags that end in mid-torso as it flatters the waist. To determine if the length of the strap fits you, try it out. If your arm feels cramped, then it is too short. Try out the bag in the mirror and see for yourself if the bag is flattering to you.

Today, women handbags are not only given the status of prized possessions actually they are now more of the fashion statements. So while shopping for a woman handbag choose a one which will accolade their moods, personality, style and status.

Shopping For Discount Merchandise

By David Fishman

Discount shopping is now big business. In every shopping mall and out of town stores big business is fighting for your dollars. This is nowhere more apparent than in the women’s clothing industry. Women everywhere want to be up to date in what they are wearing-they also want to know how to achieve the designer look without the designer price tag. But, as with everything else; when it comes to shopping for discount merchandise it pays to shop around. You should also remember that just because something is cheap, or has been discounted, that you are not always getting value for money. Discount jewelry may look like you’re getting something for nothing but a lot of people have bought what they thought was gold or silver, only to find their fingers turning green within a few weeks. So the first rule of shopping for discount merchandise is be wary, if something looks too good to be true then it probably is.

J. C. Penney, Target and Walmart have all climbed on the discount clothing bandwagon. They have updated their women’s wear sections with better fitting and designer inspired clothing-however, you have to do a lot of sorting through the racks in order to come up with something that might be considered suitable. With the designer craze happening all around the country, and infiltrating every shopping mall; if you’re not careful you could end up looking as though you have raided a celebrity’s bin. The Learning Channel is good for advice on what not to where, and how to succeed in buying decent discount clothing.

The big stores have fallen for the designer craze so hard that they are even hiring their own designers to produce the clothes. The problem with this is that shoppers can often be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of merchandise that confronts them-this can result in a tiring and fruitless shopping experience.

When it comes to buying discount food then shoppers really do need to have their wits about them. Always plan before you go ahead and buy only what you want-just because an item is discounted it doesn’t mean you have to buy it. If you do decide to buy an item that is not on your list then knock something else off. Superstores and warehouse clubs are good if you are bulk buying non-perishables. You really can save on grocery shopping this way. Best advice when it comes to food is do your homework, don’t shop on an empty stomach, and limit your impulse buying.

The biggest rise in discount shopping has come about through the internet and sites such as Ebay. Here you can bid on something and people have got some fantastic bargains at unbelievable prices. On the downside not all sellers are honest and sometimes the security precautions on sites like Ebay leave a lot to be desired. Just remember before you start bidding or undertake any other discount shopping, not to buy the first thing you see. Economical shopping is best achieved by shopping around and that applies as much to discount shopping as to everything else.