One of the Versace handbags at Fashion Week with neon highlights. Photo from Purse Page.

Essentially, if you give the collection by Versace a look, the two elements combined result in handbags that have a large coin purse style and are highlighted in bold colors. The juxtaposition between the overall black color of the handbag and the neon-colored bright highlights in yellow and blue, seen with the article, stand out. If you’re looking for a similar handbag within your budget, many of the latest designs at Best Handbag Wholesale use this color combination. This bold handbag contrasts between the black top and neon purple bottom, and both colors pop out equally.

What about the actual form of the handbag? As some get tired of the shapelessness of many hobo handbags but enjoy the size, designers like Versace seem to have found an alternative. The resulting bags are still large – about small brief-case size – but have form, including a larger bottom for all of your items and a defined but smaller top with a closure and handle. If you’re looking for such a style within your budget, BHW carries many similar solid color handbags in black and brown. Although with a strap, these still have the same coin purse shape.

A model at Fashion Weeks carries a western style handbag. Photo from Purse Page.

But, no matter what you call it, fringe, as well as fur and feathers hanging off the handbags, is distinctly western. As seen by the various models in the article from Purse Page – with one pictured here – the basic design for all of these Emilio Pucci bags is a long strap, a standard size purse (nothing hobo), and long fringe coming off the bottom. What results is a handbag that simply looks long. Proportionally, the bags seem to have the same shape as the models displaying them. Similarly, some of these bags – at least those pictured – have feathers or fur hanging off the sides instead of fringe.

But, with western fashion in and everywhere, where can you get similar styles to those seen on these Pucci bags? Best Handbag Wholesale has many western style handbags in its standard section. Some of these are the same size as the Pucci bags, albeit with a long or short strap, and details in solid color leather. Other embellishments are added to many of these, such as rhinestones, studs, and western-style crosses. Some of these bags, additionally, incorporate many other popular trends seen this past year, such as animal skins and patent leather – none of which are seen in the latest collection of Pucci handbags.

Maggie Bags come from a Tennessee company, Tennessee Webbing, that has made recycled products from discarded seatbelts since 1991. More recently, their handbag production started as another option for using such seatbelts. The seatbelt fabric, or webbing, is woven tightly together, which makes for a durable handbag but, in a landfill, will simply sit. All Maggie Bags by Tenessee Webbing aren’t dyed, with the exception of pink colors, and all have a woven style made of several seatbelts. Aside from ordinary handbag and tote bag styles, hobo, laptop, diaper, and messenger bag options are available through the company.

While Maggie Bags take materials out of the environment, Sarah’s Future handbags give women in Lebanon more of a purpose in prison by allowing them to work. As a program that employs convicts, Sarah’s Future has women in prison designing and producing handbags that, in 2009, made it to runways in Paris. The brand, right now, is looking for more stores in the Middle East to carry their products, while the women who benefit from this program while in prison also continue to work designing and making handbags for Sarah’s Future once released.

Claudia Schiffer carries a bold-colored patchwork handbag. Photo from Celebrity Bag Styles.

The difference between a low-end designer brand like Coach and a high-end designer handbag like Balenciaga is the pervasiveness of the monogram. Nearly all Coach handbags, including their patchwork designs, include their brown-on-brown monogram pattern. They’re not the only designer brand that does this, however. The Louis Vuitton bag seen on Jessica Simpson a few weeks ago is also guilty of the same thing. Nevertheless, this patchwork Balenciaga bag doesn’t stoop low enough to include a monogram material and, in fact, all materials used for this patchwork style are uniform. The bag itself focuses on the combination of colors resulting from the patchwork – not cramming in five to ten different materials on the same bag.

As Balenciaga handbags can cost a few months’ worth of rent, where would you find a more affordable look? As Best Handbag Wholesale keeps ahead with the latest trends, similar patchwork handbags are part of the selection. This handbag under the link goes with a similar bold color scheme as Schiffer’s Balenciaga bag and all pieces used have an angular cut. Mainly, though, this handbag has a western edge to it, and each piece of leather used is patterned and detailed like a cowboy boot and embossed.

Vanessa Hudgens seen here with a gold-studded black hobo handbag. Photo from Just Jared.

The gold studs with a somewhat rounded, somewhat angular shape certainly pop against the black background of the bag and dark outfit worn by Hudgens, but this is one of a few unique studded handbags we’ve seen. A few months ago, Lindsay Lohan was spotted with a pyramid studded black handbag (and also another less-than-stellar outfit) and other celebrities have been seen with black studs on black leather bags. But, while silver seems typical, the gold color on Hudgens handbag almost seems like a chunky bracelet was added to the design of the handbag.

How can you get this style if you can’t afford the price tag on a Balenciaga bag? Best Handbag Wholesale stocks many studded hobo handbags similar to the one worn by Hudgens. This particular handbag under the link includes various metal and clear rhinestone studs around the edge, as well as a short strap. Other similar handbags at BHW add a bit more western style, such as this western-style tote bag that, also with a short strap, has small and concho-like rhinestones around the bottom and top edges.

This handbag, designed by Scarlett Johansson, for Haiti depicts an old map of Hispanola. Photo from Independent.ie.

Liam Manak, the teen from New York, has been knitting handbags for several years. According to the article under the link, his designs were noticed by a boutique in his town recently, where they are being sold, but, as far as raising money through fashion goes, he planned to sell his handbags at the Valentine’s Boutique Monday to raise money for Tuxedo Park School, a private school in his community. Not only are his handbag designs benefitting the school but, also, they put some focus on the local business community in Greenville.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is the handbag Scarlett Johansson designed for Haiti. The actress, best known for roles in Lost in Translation and a few recent Woody Allen films, designed her handbag with an ancient Haitian script. The design itself will be sold at Mango stores and the profits from those sold will be going to Oxfam. Although relief efforts for the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake have focused on getting supplies and food to the country, the profits from Johansson’s handbags are going toward clean water efforts in Haiti.

Rhinestones and studs are part of both rocker and cowgirl chic styles at the moment. Whether you’re following the recent western fashions in the mainstream or are going for a more punk-rock look, rhinestones and studs are acceptable for either style. In the case of western fashion, bigger and brighter is better, and the selection of belts at BHW exemplifies this. Each belt is lined with a combination of concho-like rhinestones and studs to give you a style to wear every day and to wear at a rodeo.

The rhinestones and studs aren’t the only features on the belts, however. From the BHW-signature belts to other wholesale belts, all are made with a solid black or brown leather belt or one that’s patterned. If you’re looking to be extra-trendy, many of the belts at BHW use animal prints, including zebra and cow prints, and some of them are even textured with natural cow hide. If you’re looking for a belt to complete your look and to stand out, all of the wholesale belts at BHW combine many of the latest trends and come in sizes from extra small to 3XL for women.

The selection of wholesale rhinestone flip flops combines many of the latest trends. The most prominent, of course, are the rhinestones but a secondary trend, animal prints, is also added to many of the flip flops at Best Handbag Wholesale. As far as the rhinestones are concerned, many of the flip flops display several on the strap, ranging from large, concho-like rhinestones to small studs. The concho-like rhinestones are often displayed at the center of the strap and, depending upon your tastes, these come in diamond, circular, sunburst and cross shapes. Colored rhinestones, as well as metal and clear ones, are more options for this center ornament.

As far as the smaller rhinestones on the strap are concerned, most flip flops have a combination of rounded and diamond-shaped studs. Rhinestones can be found on a number of fashion pieces, including flats, jewelry, and clothing. Check any clothing collections at a variety of retailers to see the pervasiveness of rhinestones and studs this coming season. Additionally, many of the wholesale flip flops at Best Handbag Wholesale are brightly colored or patterned to match the rhinestones used. Choose from western colors like coral and turquoise or trendier animal prints for the base of a set of flip flops.

The latest western fashion collection from Marie Claire. Photo from Marie Claire.

But, although shades of coral stone and cowboy hats are seen on the models (and the horses), the collection of western fashion from Vogue appears to be a bit of a compromise. First off, much of the western fashion on the models isn’t necessarily cowgirl chic but, instead, horse-riding chic with some western embellishments. Many of these looks would be appropriate for spectators at a prep school polo match and not at a rodeo. Although the ostentatious nature of many western fashion pieces, especially those at Best Handbag Wholesale, is too overwhelming for high fashion, a compromise of high and western fashion isn’t always a bad thing – especially when traditional western styles get noticed.

What’s missing from this particular collection is the bling, from turquoise to large belts, associated with western fashion – and particular rodeo gear. For an updated western fashion collection, however, Marie Claire’s recent collection of western-inspired high fashion gets it right. Not only are large turquoise stones, belts, and western stone colors, particularly coral, a significant part of this collection, but many of these items would be appropriate for a rodeo and for high fashion.

Actress Amanda Seyfried carries a jeweled zebra print clutch at a film premiere. Photo from Just Jared.

The clutch Seyfried’s carrying comes with a hefty price tag of $3000, probably due to the materials used and the precision needed to add every miniscule crystal to the body of the clutch. Nevertheless, if you’re looking for a clutch or handbag that combines these properties, one can be found within your price range. At Best Handbag Wholesale, for example, similar zebra print wallets can be used like a clutch. This particular clutch under the link has a zebra pattern with an overall sheen to give it, from up close and far away, a shimmering appearance, although no crystals were used in the making.

If you simply have to have crystals and zebra print together on the same handbag or clutch, many more of these options are sold at Best Handbag Wholesale. On a smaller scale, many zebra print wallets are embellished with rhinestones, such as that seen under the link, and can be used as a clutch, particularly the flat wallets. Animal print with rhinestones isn’t exclusive to wallets at BHW, however. Many handbags also use this combination, such as this zebra print hobo handbag with an embellished western-style closure. The western-style closure includes a belt buckle and a strap covered in clear rhinestones and metal studs.