Small, sometimes neat, sometimes flashy (in any case indispensible) the handbag has always been style's dot on the "i"; a cult object bordering on fetishism. The bag has moved into a top spot in terms of defining style and making a personal statement. It is at once an accessory to offset a look and a nearly eccentric touch which fascinates and surprises. For designers, it's a playground: creative impulses are allowed free reign and imaginations tend to run wild. Whether slung over the shoulder, clutched in the palm or dangling from a wrist, the important thing is that it's always part of the overall image. |
The Brand-New Bag |
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The handbag of the moment has arrived on the scene just in time to save us from the ample dimensions of the practical winter "shopping bag" and is an absolute must this season at the office and around town. It is most likely nylon or leather, black or a neutral color, smooth, monochromatic, devoid of excessive detail, streamlined, essential, simple and very elegant.
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Extreme Cases |
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What's the most novel item to hit the beach this summer? It has to be Salvatore Ferragamo's crazy beach bag in inflatable clear or colored plastic which doubles as an air mattress.
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'20s Chic |
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Evening bags are casting a refined eye at the 1920's very, with elegant little clutches adorned with beaded geometric patterns, bags all aglitter with opaque sequins, pouches tied at the top like jewelery bags and seashells that serve as coin-purses. |
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Looking a Lot Like Lolita |
 | Little bags which seem to have been lifted from a 12-year-old's closet in transparent plastic trimmed with velvet and braid, in stiff tulle decorated with childlike embroidery, in velvet or embossed pastel leather. Something for the Lolita in each of us... | |
Astounding! |
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Picture a sensual and ultra-feminine woman--carrying a zebra-striped velvet purse in any of a number of shocking tones. Or maybe one of the new ribbed baskets accented by real fox trim. Prime mover behind this femininely strong look is Maria Teresa Venturini, designer of the striking Fendi bags which have become a object of desire for women around the world. |
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