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Last week, before I visited the Harvey Nichols Handbag shop, I went to one of the best midweek street markets in London, Leather Lane. For women this is a fantastic place to buy clothes, shoes and, of course, replica handbags, at low prices. If you go there do not embarrass yourself like a friend of mine, and ask for a receipt!! A market like this is not a tourist rip-off joint - all the traders are licensed, and pay a high rent to be there. In spite of this there are plenty of bargains available. I bought a High Street summer top for £5 instead of £30, it fits perfectly and looks fab. Which left me more money towards my Designer Handbag Fund. While I was in Leather Lane, I noticed how many handbags were on sale: I’d say more than half the clothes stalls also carried handbags. Have a look at the photo of this handbag seller, and you will see that the craze for oversize bags is still with us!!

If you know London, you may realise that Leather Lane is just round the corner from Hatton Garden, where you could fins your ideal diamonds - maybe put them on your handbag, in the same way as Chanel have done on their Diamond Forever bag?
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Selling in hundreds of bags since launch in January 2008, the Burberry Warrior Luxury version is just one of the new products credited with saving the upmarket British Fashion Brand. When I was a girl the Burberry Check raincoat was a solid emblem of conservative style, but more recently Burberry’s check was sadly adopted by an army of Chavs and the counterfeit copies took the Burberry look in to some bad company. With the arrival of the new Chief Executive Angela Ahrendts and creative director Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s Prorsum collection (could a Chav spell Prorsum?), the company is thriving.

Apparently sales of the most expensive gold alligator skin version of the Burberry Luxury Warrior Bag, have been ‘in the hundreds’ in the last three months. How many have they sold - 200? That means this bag has generated more than £2m alone - not bad. Coupled with that the £3000 Chevron coat worn by Carrie in Sex and The City, and you have a very successful year for Burberry. The “luxury warrior” in gold is a Celtic metal studded designer bag is for the urban warrior. Its multiple pockets should hold your valuables safely out of the reach of urban pickpockets.

For the rest of us, the Metal Studs Warrior bag, shown here in black, costs a mere £1600 from Burberry - less if you check on Amazon. Both Warrior bags feature muted silver or bronze stud details and a wide panel with eyelets and a drawstring.
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