Designer Handbags - So Which Is The Best Material?
With the huge number of different types of designer handbags
available to choose from, how do you know which material you
want it to be made from?
To a certain degree, it depends on what you want the handbag to
do.
Do you want it to compliment an outfit? Do you want it to liven
things up a little bit (or a lot) or do you just want it to be
durable and long lasting?
The most common material for designer handbags these days is
leather.
Strong, highly durable and incredibly tough, leather is a
perfect choice for a material.
Bearing in mind that leather also comes in a variety of
different types such as cowhide, goatskin, natural, man made
etc, there will always be one out there that "feels" right in
your hands.
Strong and thick leather will weather well, able to shrug off
raindrops and small marks and spills (dependent on the
protective coatings and coloring) and will not rip or shred
after repeated putting down and picking up off rough floors.
Suede also runs a close second to the leather lines, having many
of the same strength and durability properties of leather. Less
designer handbags are made from suede as it is a harder material
to design a color or style for - although Coach specifically do
a great range of colors and styles in suede handbags!
But what if you want to glam up an outfit or go for something
beyond the traditional materials of leather, suede, canvas and
nylon mix?
Well -- you're still spoilt for choice.
How about a seat belt bag, made from recycled seat belts in a
criss cross pattern? Strong, colorful and very different.
Or the new Licence Plate handbags -- made from cleaned and
recycled licence plates, handbags that are literally bent into
shape with hinged flaps.
Then there are evening bags, made from velvet.
Ugg handbags - made from treated sheepskin -- some of which also
double up as a handbag and muff!
Beijo handbags are made purely from polyvinyl -- tough and
incredibly easy to wipe clean.
Some of the Louis Vuitton high end bags are made from a mix of
cowhide leather or canvas with ostrich leather for trim and
decoration!
You can even still pick up some handbags made from crocodile
skin -- albeit from the pre owned market!
The choice of materials is quite mind boggling. Just about
anything you can think of as a suitable material to use for
building a handbag has already been done.
The only real question is -- What do you want your handbag to
say about you?
If your solid, traditional and dependable -- go for leather.
If your funky and chic -- try the seat belt bag.
If your different and a bit of a trend setter, not a trend
follower, either go with the Licence Plate handbags or design
and make your own.
What's lying about round your house that you could use as a
material?