Handbags


Hot street trend: the painted handbag

Painted handbags have peeked into style every few years over the past two decades. Designers such as Louis Vuitton and Fendi have presented painterly, or graffiti-inspired designs to consumers on handbags, shoes and even apparel in the past few years. For winter 2013, resort 2013 and spring 2013, the painted handbag has taken on a soft and artistic vibe making it popular on the street.

While hardly noticeable on the runway, the painted handbag has exploded on the streets of fashionables locales such as Paris, Milan, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. This edgy handbag style is proving to blend well with the current color trends, prints and patterns which are well-loved by Fashionistas everywhere.

The painted handbag tends to be small or medium in size. Fashion-savvy women are choosing painted handbags for 2013 in the form of clutches, shoulder bags and small satchels. We found a few painterly handbags from around the web and assembled them into this article. What do you think of this trend? Happy shopping, and stay fabulous 

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Anne Hathaway and Carrie Underwood spotted carrying Jill Milan

Well-loved and fashionable celebrities Anne Hathaway and Carrie Underwood were both recently spotted carrying fabulous, hard box clutches by luxury, vegan handbag designer Jill Milan. Both Fashionistas chose to carry the same, beautiful handbag; the “Holland Park” clutch.

The “Holland Park” clutch by Jill Milan is an amazing handbag which is both classic and on-trend for the current season. The silhouette is classic while the geometric styling and black/metallic combination are both on-trend and timeless. Isn’t it fabulous when current fashion trends and classic styles fuse together to create both a timeless and on-trend piece? Love that!

Anne Hathaway and Carrie Underwood will find themselves reaching for their “Holland Park” box clutch by Jill Milan almost every time they have a formal affair to attend. The handbag is timeless and perfect; it works with any formal ensemble and can even be carried to dressy daytime events! Fabulous!

As with Jill Milan’s entire handbag, the “Holland Park” clutch is 100% vegan and made from fine Italian faux suede and metals. The handbag is handmade by a Florentine jewelry artisan and available in both black with gold, and black with silver. The “Holland Park” clutch is priced at $1,700 and available at JillMilan.com. 

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Top photo: Anne Hathaway at the New York City premiere of “Les Miserables.”
Bottom photo: Carrie Underwood on the red carpet at the CMT Artist of the Year Awards.

Photos courtesy of Jill Milan.


Red evening clutches for the holiday 2012 party season

One of the big color trends for the fall/winter 2012 season is red. This va-va-voom hue also happens to be a classic color for the holiday season! Since red is red-hot for the current season and is perfect for the holidays, it is only natural that this is the perfect color for an evening handbag to spice up a holiday ensemble!

A red clutch for a holiday soiree is a great, festive accessory to brighten up a little black dress or a sparkling little metallic number. A red clutch is also a great investment handbag since this vibrant handbag can easily be worn every holiday season! Love that!

We found a few fabulous red evening clutches around the web and assembled them into this article. Hope you love them! Happy shopping and stay fabulous 

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