It's in the bag!

by Julie Harris
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The holiday season is upon us again and you may be searching for the perfect gift for the fashion minded individual. One of the most personal gifts is a designer handbags and you don't have to take out a second mortgage to buy one. Designers such as inge Catherine D, MAXX New York and Anne Klein all offer designer handbags under $200.00. If you're willing to spend a little more, check out Elaine Turner, Rafe and CATE ADAIR.

Think about the style of handbag which would best suit your loved one. Shoulder bags, hobos, and messenger bags are great for the active individual. Pick out one with a top zipper and several pockets to help with organizing everything. Magnetic closure are also very popular. You also may want to pick one with a special pocket for her cellphone. Totes and shoppers are great for college students or mothers with small children because they offer lots of room. For teenagers, clutches or a small satchel are very trendy today.

If you're looking for handbag bargains, check out brands such as Betsey Johson (Betseyville), Guess, DKNY, Kathy Van Zeeland and Juicy Couture. The internet is a great resouce for all you handbag shopping.

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Why fashion has gone off the rails

Nothing bland about Tano Bags!

Sarah Mower, Telegraph UK

Never mind the credit crunch, high street retailers are in a bad way because their clothes are bland and badly made from poor fabrics, says Sarah Mower. Has fashion apocalypse hit the high street?

You scarcely need to listen to the biblical chorus of retailers blaming the credit crunch, the weather, energy bills (anything but themselves) to see the evidence that this spring women have risen up, taken a look round the shops, pulled a face - and kept their plastic in their purses.

Clock the fact that the "mid-season sale" has arrived in so many places before the "season" has even got going (with barely a moment to clear winter's discounted leftovers) and there's only one thing to conclude: sorry, but we just don't like these clothes that much.

As Womenswear Daily, the trade oracle of US fashion, put it last week: "fashion had it coming". In an industry that is usually so supportive of its own (often to the point of sycophancy), you don't normally hear this kind of talk. Actually, make that never. But, at the designer level, buyers have finally broken ranks, criticising insane prices, drab colour, the wrong fabrics, deliveries of coats in high summer and bikinis in January, plus the fact that women are "programmed to wait for sales".

Most devastatingly to my mind, though, is the pointing of fingers at the lack of a general trend that is powerful enough to override all external constraints and make us run to the shops.

It's as simple as this: unseasonal weather and financial panic apart, these days you have to be in love with something to want to buy it. That applies as much to the merchandise on the high street as it does to the contents of department stores, where price tags for not-even-that-special dresses broke into four figures ages ago. And much as our high street giants keen and wail about plunging consumer confidence, rising mortgage rates and monumental credit card debt, they are failing on that front.

A horrible combination of bland styles (they're terrified to commit to anything "extreme") and the flimsiest, worst-quality fabrics that I have ever seen (blame China) has swept the stores. Frankly, in some cases, I'll be surprised if they're able to give the stuff away.

I know this because last week, with a light step, I set out with my daughters, aged 14 and 12, for an Easter holiday spree in the West End. OK, I am not that much in the mood for spending, but even fear of bank statements has to be reined in when two girls have grown out of most of their clothes.

So we did Zara, H&M, Gap, Warehouse, Uniqlo, Miss Selfridge and Topshop. When I say that after four hours we returned with a solitary sleeveless sweater found in the back of the Regent Street Gap, you can judge just how bad it was.

It was not that I was saying "no" to them. As we dragged ourselves ever more despondently from shop to shop, there were no hissy fits, only ineffable teenage sneers as they rejected tacky dresses in see-through fabrics, badly made jackets, limp knitwear, nasty jeans and miles of last season's smock tops and boring T-shirts - dozens of which are already stuffed in their cupboards.

In the end, I was the one trying to herd them into changing rooms with arms full of not-quite-right stuff that might turn out to be just this side of OK when tried on. Nothing worked.

We'd have all gone home in tears were it not for the fact that the 14-year-old insisted we went to Abercrombie & Fitch, where you do at least get a good gander at "fit" boy sales assistants with their shirts off. When it came down to it, she didn't love anything there, either, but it cheered us up a bit.


Front runner: Carla Bruni should invest in McQueen's sequinned slippers. I was so disturbed by this experience that I went back to check other stores. I found a couple of spots of brightness: Reiss looked confident, French Connection vastly improved; I liked the little black dress collection at Oasis, and a couple of Osman Yousefzada's limited-edition pieces for Mango.

I could also understand why Inditex, the parent company of Zara, is reporting strong sales in the teeth of the downturn. Zara has always left me cold, but Inditex also owns Massimo Dutti, which does grown-up Euro-smart well, and it's opening hundreds of stores globally, an accounting fact that makes its figures look good.

Otherwise - since we are now in the mood for plain-speaking - I must be honest. From M&S on, most of the high street is now one long drag of clothes that insultingly underestimate a woman's taste, self-esteem and tolerance of rubbish fabrics and terrible fit. The phrase "the race to the bottom" - that thing retailers have been calling rampant price deflation ever since Chinese cheapo manufacturers came on the scene - kept coming to mind as I looked around.

Well, the bottom's been hit. And the ones who have "won" that race - all those greedy, cynical retailers who have lost touch with the value of great shop-keeping and what makes women love fashion - are, when the figures come out, about to be proved the biggest losers.

• I know it's about time we all shut up about Madame C B-S, but I can't help putting my two ha'p'worth in about her crying need for no-heel footwear.

Frankly, she hasn't sorted it out for evening - peep-toed ballerinas just don't do it with a state-occasion gown - but the solution is staring her in the face: Alexander McQueen's embroidered and bejewelled slippers (above left), shown in Paris a few weeks ago.

Oh, and why doesn't she get one of his white muslin directoire dresses while she's at it? Couldn't be more perfect for playing Josephine to her little Napoleon.

• Since "low-ticket" items - things that give a practical buzz for little outlay - are said to be the ones that will keep selling even in a depression, I've put myself on alert to track down fashion bits and pieces that qualify.

Here's the first: a custom-made pair of Nike trainers, a little piece of up-cheering bespoke footwear. When put to their intended use, they will a) save money when you run everywhere instead of taking public transport or driving; b) help the planet by cutting carbon emissions; and c) help release mood-enhancing endorphins to fight off depression.

Amazingly, this virtuous package costs a mere £90, after you make an appointment at the design studio at Niketown in Oxford Circus to conjure up your own pair on screen. You get to play with a fantastically vibrant range of summer colours and the shoes get delivered in two to three weeks. Being phobic about hi-tech trainer culture, I "made" a classic Dunk Lo, coloured it turquoise, purple, green and white, and had my name embroidered in red on the back. Good run for your money, I'd say.

Beautiful Authentic Designer Handbags

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Imagine buying your dream bag, the purse you have wanted for so long, now you want to show off this beauty to your friends. They are all excited and a bit jealous, however someone notes that your handbag is not the real deal. Now all your friends are walking around with authentic designer handbags and you are stuck with a cheap replica and worst of all you paid a lot of money for it. These days you have to be careful and make sure you get the accessories you paid for.

The easiest and safest would be to buy the handbag from an authorized dealer. If these places would not sell authentic designer handbags a lot of people would be complaining and problems would follow, you have to remember these companies have to maintain their reputation and good ethics.

You can always visit the retail outlets, but lets be honest it is easier and much more convenient to visit a website which carries a large number of designer goods, than the exhausting ordeal of you running through all these stores, hunting down the perfect bag that is in fashion. The same rule applies to the websites; just make sure they have a good reputation.

There are a lot of woman who visit eBay to find a good deal on that special authentic designer handbag. The problem is that you cannot decide authenticity from a picture and why would someone sell a designers handbag for less than retail price, wouldn’t they be making a loss?

If you are new to shopping for designer handbags rather stay away from eBay, because this is where a lot of uninformed women get shammed. There are some good and honest deals; however determining authenticity is difficult, because some of the replicas are very similar to the authentic bags, sometimes even for the more informed ladies.

In general you should inspect the handbag and have a look inside and outside for any flaws, like uneven stitching, a residue of glue, irregular spacing of the designer logo, if it is leather smell the bag and if you sense a chemical smell its fake, authentication cards are also replicated so this offers no proof.

At the end it would be best avoiding situations where you are not hundred percent sure and only buy from reputable places. It is wonderful having real authentic designer handbags which are in fashion, thus take your time and make an informed decision, because you want what you pay for.

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