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The handbags style icon of our generation is coming home to Europe, as David Beckham signs for mIlan. Did Victoria have any influence over the choice of club? Milan is, of course, possibly the most stylish city in the world for fashion addicts. Victoria Beckham will have the pick of the top handbag designers on her doorstep when the couple move back to Europe, and of course London is only a short trip away. Her spending power will also return, and the shop owners of Italy will look forward to the jump in their takings next season. I expect she is already preparing a shopping list of designer table lamps as well.

Pierre Hardy, formerly a designer at Balenciaga, knows accessories. This purple and black bag has disctinctive decorative trims in the form of contrasting panels of matte (black suede) and shiny leather (purple patent) in geometric panels. We have already seen purple featuring loarge in this year’s winter collection, and this is just another example. Other details include magnet closure, buckles that pull in the sides and the silver disc attached to the zip. 100% Leather. Width 15″, Depth 15″, Shoulder 16″. At a recommended price of £750 you may find you are heading for your credit card limit

Balenciaga handbags have gained a reputation around the world as one of the most desirable designer names in the world. Balenciaga handbags are hand made in Spain and they are the creation of the highly regarded fashion designer, Cristobal Balenciaga. The name of Balenciaga has been manufacturing high class designer collections for nearly a century at the company base in San Sebastian, Spain. The dramatic designs for which the house of Balenciaga is famous are now top choices across Europe for women who want to get the best quality designer leather wear. Read the whole story of Balenciaga Handbags Read more »

The Balenciaga Lariat handbag was the “it” bag of 2001, smoothly settling in as the celebrity handbag of choice due to the clever Balenciaga marketing campaign which ensured that celebs such as Kate Moss and Sienna Miller were photographed using a Balenciaga Lariat after receiving them as a free gift from the makers. The Lariat’s design, sometimes known as ‘Le Dix’, is inspired by fringed leather biker clothing and it is now seen as a classic must-have bag. The bag is made using goat hide which is distressed to give it a slightly crumpled look that says you are a long-standing Balenciaga fan, even if you only got the handbag that same day!

The Balencia Lariat was also one of the first designer handbags to have a long waiting list, increasing its desirability by miles. Women everywhere decided they must get hold of this bag before the exterior shutters came down. Small and simple, unlike the Dior Saddle Bag, and with an appeal utterly incomprehensible to anyone not obsessed with fashion, the Balenciaga Lariat bag became a victim of its own success when the Wags adopted it - suddenly the Lariat Handbag did not have the same exclusive cachet as before. Balenciaga Designer handbags have now become chic again, however, thanks to the devotion of Kate Moss to the oversized Lariat bag. This Boho designer item complements Kate’s slim shape perfectly and she is frequently photographed without a Lariat over her shoulder. Vaness Hudgens is another celebrity devotee of these quality designer bags.

Nicky Hilton, sister of Paris, is also rarely seen without it. Here she is pictured carrying the Lariat bag in black, teamed with grey sweat pants and white design t-shirt.