Keeping It Simple – Even the most basic black dress can become a showcase for your fashion when you add a number of accessories. For one, your handbag is a major feature of your outfit when you stick with a black dress. Choose a western handbag that features a number of glittery elements, which fit right in with the outrageously bright and sparkly holiday decorations. A great example is a western style wallet with a rhinestone cross, which will add a bright spot to your demure outfit.

On Top – Layers are essential during the holiday season, even if you live in warm parts of the world. By adding on top of the normal outfits you normally wear, you can build in a holiday element to your existing wardrobe. This can take the shape of  tights with holiday patterns and even hosiery with colors reflecting the type of party you are attending.

Embrace the Cold – If you do happen to live in a frosty area, you need to accept scarves and gloves as more than just a way to stay warm. Mix and match your winter clothing with your outfits to express the holiday spirit when you are window shopping or visit holiday sites with your family. Don’t forget about your western style knit hats as well!

Here’s some picks for major game changers in fashion for 2011:

Minimalism – I hate it when people take minimalism to mean plain and boring. This year, it seems as if designers’ spring collections are going to feature simple designs with bold colors. This could mean a tote style bag with clean lines in a loud purple and white design. Nude and beige are not leaving the minimalist palette however – they will be paired with colors to liven things up a bit.

Vintage – Vintage fashion (i.e. good fashion) is always in style, be it old band T-shirts or lavish Gucci leather handbags. My advice – if you go out to a consignment shop and see a gorgeous old handbag, snatch it up. Like every other year, they will be hard to find in general.

Denim – I know what you’re thinking – ‘Are we in early 1990s grunge territory?’ Sure, denim was a staple of this era, but it’s slowly creeping back into the minds of big name designers like Prada. Keep your eyes open for a bunch of runway models with heavy makeup and largely denim bags. So twenty years ago!

Classic Shapes – My favorite celebrity designer Victoria Beckham has jumped on the bandwagon towards more classically shaped bags, starting with her Hexagonal Chain Bag. I’m sure you’ll be seeing more designers jumping on the wagon with her on the classically shaped front.

Fergie is seen here with a western style pink clutch. Photo from Purse Blog.

Black leather has been the material of choice for many of these western style handbags, but, recently, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie was spotted with a fringed pink clutch that stands out against her dark outfit. This particular clutch, a Katherine Kwei Donna design, has pink fringe coming off the sides but, instead, the fringe is knotted at the bottom in a weave. While such a clutch stands out against Fergie’s ordinary outfit, it gives western style a softer and more feminine edge from what we’ve seen with a departure from black leather and studs.

If you’re looking for a similar clutch in your price range, check out Best Handbag Wholesale’s selection of western wallets. Many of these wallets, with a flat design, will add a dash of color to any outfit. In particular, many of these western wallets use a solid pink, purple, or metallic hue or, with recent products, a bright floral pattern. But, while the colors or patterns will make one of these wallets stand out against your outfit, they also offer a hint of western style. Many of these wallets are adorned with small and large rhinestones and western crosses to give an ordinary clutch a bit of a western edge.

Here is one of the sequined designed seen in Dolce and Gabbana's line at Fashion Week. Photo from Purse Blog.

One of the more notable designs in the latest D&G line appears to be textured coin purses. Some of these, according to the images seen on The Purse Blog, appear to have a snakeskin texture – made with real snakeskin, probably – or a beaded or sequin look. The color combination for all appears to be black and silver, and many of these can double as an iPod or iPhone case. For the same type of look on an affordable level, Best Handbag Wholesale has many sequined wallets and others with reptile prints. All can double as a clutch.

Textured leather and animal prints and hair are some of the other designs seen in the latest Dolce and Gabbana line. Of course, if you can’t afford the price tag, similar textured leather handbags can be found through BHW. These include textured patent leather bags with a hobo style and standard handbags with textured leather and bright colors. Animal prints, additionally, can be found on a number of bags by BHW, and these may be on patent leather (or a leatherette material) or they may be made from genuine cow hide, such as these limited edition cowhide bags.

For a similar color scheme, one such floral print wallet from BHW has a similar clutch style. While the flowers in this case aren’t abstract, they, instead, follow somewhat of a paisley pattern, with floral blossoms and their stems curving in one direction as if to outline a tear-drop shape. The background, however, is a pale color and the pink and blue blossoms from the flowers contrast with it. Essentially, this wallet, while having the latest floral print style, incorporates the paisley print that has been popular for both men and women since the spring.

But what if white simply isn’t your color? Dark backgrounds are one option for floral print, as seen by this Betsey Johnson clutch. Floral prints at Best Handbag Wholesale for clutch-style wallets are designed with darker backgrounds, as well. One such wallet has a black background and brown-colored leaves. The flowers, on the other hand, are white with purple highlights and a yellow center. If you want the pattern of the clutch to be focused on the flowers, this particular wallet lets the blossoms to the forefront of the pattern while the leaves take a back seat.

Kate Winslet carries a black jeweled clutch. Photo from Daily Mail.

What are some options for getting this jeweled look? At Best Handbag Wholesale, for example, a clutch-like wallet comes in this particular style. While this particular powder blue wallet with rhinestones is lighter in color than Winslet’s clutch, it shows that you don’t always need to combine clear rhinestones with a darker color. Although black, grey, and red are options, so are light blue and sandstone. Additionally, all clutch wallets have a combination of rhinestones, including large stones and smaller rounded stones on one side.

Additionally, rhinestones decorate many of the western-inspired handbags sold by BHW. This particular western handbag uses the same type of studs as seen on the clutch wallets along the edges and the handle. Western style has been “in” somewhat for the past year, with pony or cow hair and fringe spotted on many celebrity handbags, so, why not combine this western trend with the jeweled style seen, as well? After all, one option for western style, including both handbags and jewelry, has been to add a bit of bling to your western wear.

Best Handbag Wholesale carries similarly designed wholesale handbags and wallets. While we’ve covered the patchwork handbags at BHW before, a new product this past month has been patchwork wallets. As seen under the link above, one of these patchwork wallets combines several varied materials stitched together on the same wallet. For example, this particular wallet uses faux suede, snakeskin, and cloth in differently shaped cut outs sewn together. While this particular wallet focuses on grey tones, similar wallets focus putting black or brown materials together.

How do you wear a patchwork wallet? One option, especially at BHW, is to pair it with a matching handbag. As patchwork handbags are part of the selection of products, a similar patchwork handbag can be found easily. But if you don’t want to be limited to one pairing with your wallet, another option is to wear a matching solid color handbag, either in black, brown, or grey, so that the wallet sticks out.

If you’re looking for a crocodile skin wallet to match your large handbag, various wallets like those by Adriana Castro are on the market. More high-end designs like those seen by Castro and Hermes have a crocodile skin outside, which is typically dyed, and a leather interior for a two or three-fold design. This type of style is also available for alligator and snakeskin wallets, both of which have also been seen on various celebrities this past summer.

One of the downsides for going after high fashion made with exotic animal skins is the fact that the design carries a hefty price tag. Hermes Birkin bags, for example, often retail from $10,000 to $30,000 and a smaller alligator skin clutch can verge on $800. If you want the style but can’t pay over a month’s worth of rent and groceries on a handbag, another option is to look into more affordable brands, and this includes wallets and handbags by wholesale dealers like Best Handbag Wholesale. In BHW’s selection of wallets, for example, this dyed crocodile skin pattern can be found. The mock crocodile wallets on Best Handbag Wholesale are actually leather or leatherette printed with a crocodile skin pattern and dyed various colors, including light blue, as seen under the link, and more natural-looking brown.

While these Fendi wallets generally got mixed reviews on the blog, some calling it appropriate with a staid or solid color outfit, others calling them simply gaudy and ‘80s trashy, they’re another aspect of fashion bringing western fashion to the forefront. Mainly, the large belt buckle which, these days, is seen primarily in western fashion, gives it the western flair and doesn’t make it simply an ‘80s-style wallet printed with a Fendi logo.

Actual western style wallets in affordable price ranges can be found on Best Handbag Wholesale. These particular wallets, such as the one seen in the picture above, use western style by combining a leather body in dark brown or black for the body of the wallet with a large belt buckle. For a bit of flair, many of the belt buckle closures on these wallets are embellished with smaller rhinestones. One popular trend, also as seen on the Fendi wallets, has been a patent leather appearance for both handbags and wallets. While the western wallets on Best Handbag Wholesale stick with a soft leather appearance and feel, they have the look of a large belt buckle, which keeps the wallet and checkbook holder closed.