Fashion is notoriously fickle, and that includes handbags. What may have been in one season is completely out now. But, for the moment, some trends that are taking over the handbag world are western styles. Generally, when many think of western fashion, they think of rodeo gear, from embroidered cowboy shirts to chaps, and, for women, dream catcher earrings or western stone jewelry with turquoise or onyx. The new western fashion trends for handbags stray away from these assumptions and come up with something classic but new and completely fashionable.

One such popular trend that can be seen this season on Best Handbag Wholesale is snakeskin. Many wholesale handbag dealers like Best Handbag are carrying this pattern in both the natural colors of a snake’s scales and also dyed. In the selection of products on Best Handbag Wholesale, some of these snakeskin handbags are dyed partially or fully in purple, pink, or blue. Aside from snakeskin, other animal skin patterns are popular for the summer of 2009, and that includes animal prints like leopard and zebra and other reptile patterns like crocodile and alligator skin. These, too, appear natural or dyed.

For women’s western fashion, another popular trend seen on many wholesale handbags this season, particularly designer inspired wholesale handbags, is rhinestones and studs, as can be seen in the picture above. Studs and rhinestones can be seen on even bags by the top designers and on bags that are more affordable. Both studs and rhinestones cover the outer appearance of a handbag and these can be silver or colored. While many may think of studs are being more of a punk fashion statement than western fashion, it all has to do with the presentation. Studs on many wholesale handbags aren’t haphazard and, instead, outline portions of the handbag or appear in rows on the top or sides of the handbag. These studs or rhinestones are then accompanied by a large buckle for a truly western touch.