Bags, Handbags & Purses

Exotic handbags have evolved from a luxe fashion fad to an invaluable wardrobe staple. Now more and more women want to add these beautiful, luxurious and expensive bags to their fashionable collections. If a Nancy Gonzalez croc bag is completely out of your budget, as I suspect they are for most …

My love affair with YSL is never-ending. It is extremely difficult for me to find fault with their ultra-chic and elegant bags.

The Calypso Bag is one of those designs that’s perfect in every way. The luxurious pearl white Riz de Grain leather, twisted top handles, loosely-structured shape and roomy 19 …

The economy is weak and you may have less money to spend, but great bags should hopefully never be out of our reach. If you’re a patient person, it would certainly be wise to save your money over an extended period of time to purchase a high-end designer bag.

However, if …

Balenciaga is killing me with all the fabulous purses they are selling, and I’m not referring to the classic “Motorcycle” bags (although those are always fabulous).

Last week I wrote about the Lune Clutch, and now I’m ready to introduce you to my next  purchase (hopefully) – the …

Every handbag lover has fantasized about creating their very own perfected designer bag. Imagine if you could pick the style, materials, colors and lining of your dream bag all for under $1000.

It’s a fantastic idea and thanks to Design Guru, you can make this dream a reality. The concept of Design Guru is …

I’d like to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month here on Señora Cartera by featuring the absolutely stunning Kylie Minogue. I love Kylie and not just from the “Can’t Get You Outta My Head” days. Nope, I love her from the “Locomotion” days (google it if …

Now that the shows for the Spring collections are over and autumn purses have saturated the net, we need something new to excite us. Well, these delicious Valentino Patent Histoire Bags will certainly do the trick.

This celebrity favorite has gotten a sweet make-over in the form of raspberry and …

Chanel has recently showcased its latest selection of designer items for the spring of ’09.

Karl Lagerfeld understands what ‘Chanel’ women want – classic elegance with a few touches of modern feminism thrown in for fun. Now ‘fun’ in fashion (the tongue-n-cheek kind) is something Mr. Lagerfeld indulges in quite often, just take the new Chanel Spring 2009 collection for instance.

Hollywood stars would like you to believe they’re not as superficial as the glamorous lifestyles they lead. Sure they might make millions, but they love to use that cash to feed starving children and help the homeless.

But you can’t change the world if you don’t look good first, right? So while the starlets might pledge thousands to their favorite charities, they’re spending just as much on the latest designer handbags. Drab outfits might have been OK for Mother Theresa, but today’s celebrity saints have a reputation to uphold.

It makes you wonder whether the stars believe in the causes they support, or whether it’s all just a cheap grab for publicity. Are they celebrity charlatans using poverty to gloss their image, give them publicity, which subsequently generates them more fame and money to feed a designer shopping addiction?

How can these socially aware stars spend thousands on some arm candy while people in third-world countries are still dying of hunger? Some of these bags are so expensive, they’d easily feed an entire African village.

If you’ve pledged to help fight poverty how can you justify spending thousands on a designer handbag when that that money could make a huge impact on poverty to hundreds (if not thousands) of people.

Maybe I’m being too harsh on these famous celebrities but when you look at how much they’ve spent and how that money could have been used to fight poverty it makes you question their motives. Just take a look at these examples of “poverty fighting” celebs and their excessive handbag spending:
Angelina Jolie and Zahara Show Off Matching Valentino Purses

Image source: The Purse Blog
Angelina Jolie is the poster child for celebrity do-gooders. She’s a United Nations ambassador, and her Jolie-Pitt Foundation helps humanitarian causes all around the world. She also likes to adopt orphans from poverty-stricken nations, like adorable Zahara.

Chloe seem to have a knack for turning out must have handbags. They took the fashion world by storm with the Paddington, and did it again with the Bay bag. The playful purses cemented their reputation when Hollywood honeys Mischa Barton and Reese Witherspoon were snapped toting them.

This handbags channel the casually chic …