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Handbags - The Latest Fashion Statement

Handbags are no longer items you need to have one of; women today want to have several handbags from reputed designers at atrocious prices because they have become status symbols. The place which was once held by jewelry and cars is now being gobbled up by designer handbags and no one is complaining.

If women have the money to splurge on such fancy items, then it really is not a problem; however young people today are being influenced by this name brand craze and are going deep in to debt by trying to keep up with the Joneses. As shown in the famous Sex and the City episode, Carrie (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) had no money for a down payment on her home because she always splurged on designer shoes from Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo costing around $400 a pair. She admits to owning around one hundred pairs which she is shocked to learn means she could have been $40,000 richer.

If its not shoes, its handbags and either way young impressionable people are going gaga over Coach, Dooney and Bourke and the like.

Outlet stores are brimming with people from all walks of life trying to get a hold of a new bag each season. The bag may be of far better quality than you can get at a department store, but the price premium is also because of the name. Unfortunately people are judged by what they wear, what kind of house they live in, the cars they drive and now the handbag on their shoulder.

Imitations - The handbag craze has gone so far that people even wonder if the new Coach on their friends shoulder is an original or a knock off made in the Far East. Singapore and Taiwan tourists always claim how much fun it was to buy imitation designer purses for peanuts as compared to original retail prices.

If 10 of their friends each pool in the average $15 the would have spent on a present, they can easily get a small Coach bag or wrist wallet with the signature logo. Of course this is a monkey see monkey do business; they see their moms ogling the latest designer handbags in store windows and only want to follow in their footsteps.

Auction Sites - If you do not want a knock off from the mall kiosk or swap market, you can score a deal by getting a gently used designer handbag online or at auction sites. People who have lots of handbags and want to dispose off them in order to buy more often are willing to sell purses and bags in great condition. Check the seller's reputation and bid carefully.

Another option is to get a gently used designer handbag from an auction site. Always looks at the sellers reputation and see if he or she he any negative feedback and if so on what account. Make sure the bag is listed in good condition and then set your mind to a maximum bid you are willing to place. Do not get caught in the bidding war so that you end up paying as much or close to what a new one would cost!

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Patricia Rowles is a dooney and bourke handbag enthusiast and researcher. The research findings can be found at mary frances handbag

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