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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.

What do you think of when you hear the name Fendi? Fashion? Quality? Timeless Elegance? Long recognized as a trend setter in the world of high fashion, Fendi symbolizes the highest quality in craftsmanship, painstaking attention to detail and only the most fashionable of clothing and accessories. Read more »

Because genuine designer handbags are priced well beyond the means of millions of women who would love to own an exclusive bag, many handbag manufacturers are now offering designer replica purses, which are remarkably good reproductions of the authentic designer handbags produced by the major fashion houses. Good quality replicas - sold as copies - are very affordable. The high quality and low price of these replica designer handbags combine to make imitation designer handbags immensely popular with women who crave the designer look on a budget. By Replica handbags I am talking about handbags which are sold as lookalikes of major names, NOT counterfeit designer handbags. As long as you know what you are buying, then you will be happy with your purchase. The terrible thing is that millions of ripoffs of designer bags, especially Louis Vuitton, are passed off on innocent customers as the real thing. In June 2008 eBay paid a fine of 20,000 Euros after court action by luxury goods designer Hermes for the online auction house’s role in the sale of three counterfeit handbags online. Theer are mnay warnings and guides posted on eBay to help you check whether your bag is authentic. The truth is, unless you buy from a retailer accredited by the designers, you cannot be sure whether your bag is authentic or a cheap copy.

Impress Others And Look Classy And Elegant
Women have found that carrying designer replica handbags is a great way to make a lasting impression on others, and can mean the difference between a merely attractive and absolutely stunning appearance at important occasions. There are a number of very compelling reasons why women should forget about struggling to afford the money for astronomically priced original designer bags in favour of designer replica handbags. Read more »

It is hard to believe that the tiny Fendi bag - which became known as a baguette - really started the whole handbag mania worldwide, back in 1998. The first bag credited as an It-Bag was the design of Silvia Fendi, this neat bag was supposed to tuck under your arm neatly - a world away from the oversized statement bags that now grace the fashion pages. Now the Fendi Baguette is an acknowledged design icon, and the brand was immortalised in the words of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City “I’m homeless! I’ll be a bag lady. A Fendi bag lady, but a bag lady!”

The designer clutch purse, often with a handle, is just as popular now as on the day it was launched to an innocent public in the pre-IT-bag days. The Fendi Baguette was named because of its resemblance to the shape of the classic French stick.

The house of Fendi has been established for ninety years and its founder was Adele Casagrande. The company started by producing leather goods under her name, and the big change came in 1925 when Adele married Edoardo Fendi. This was the start of the world famous luxury Fendi brand, which was developed further by the couple’s five daughters. Now Fendi is part of the conglomerate made up of Prada, Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessey.

The first Fendi bags featured the double F ‘Zucca’ logo, conceived by Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of Fendi, in the 1970s, and they were virtually given away in the beginning. In a shrewd move, the house of Fendi held a sample bag sale for fashion writers, selling the bags at a fraction of the usual price. At the launches of the next European Designer Collections the writers were spotted sporting their bargain Fendi bags. The press loved this and the story gained a momentum of its own. The bag was christened the baguette and only 600 of the originals were ever made. Read more »