This week, we will be discussing two polar opposite types of bags – tiny little clutches and those huge, dog-holding tote bags. At a glance, clutches and totes have nothing in common, except that everyone and their mother has had them out this past week!

First, we have the beautiful and always fabulous singer Rihanna out with a cute little baby blue Miss Martini clutch from Dolce and Gabbana. As always, Rihanna matches her bag flawlessly in a baby blue button up top and khaki skirt. Very tasteful!

Elsewhere, Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria was seen not once, not twice, but THREE times with an Adriana Castro Annie bag. That shows serious commitment to such a small bag like the Annie clutch. However, it does look quite fetching with a number of different outfits, so bring it everywhere!

On to the totes! So many celebs with huge tote-style bags! Primarily, I focused on Leighton Meester and Anna Paquin, of TV’s Gossip Girl and True Blood respectively. Leighton’s got herself a gigantic Celine Croc Luggage Bag on the set of her show. It’s definitely a bit out of place as just a standard bag, but would be excellent on an overnight to Paris or two! Anna’s got herself a Chloe Marcie Satchel, which isn’t quite in the tote range, but could definitely carry an outfit or two. She looks busy, so I’ll leave her alone – she just got married this past weekend, you know!

Filming has begun on the smash hit show Gossip Girl and starlet Blake Lively was seen in Paris! Sure, Gossip Girl and Paris will be good, but even better is Lively’s Fendi tote, which completes her entire look. The beige exterior, smart buckles and short straps perfectly highlight the simplicity of her lush green dress and floppy hat. Look for the ensemble on the next season of Gossip Girl.

Lively’s fellow Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester was also seen on set with a stud-free handbag, which is quite a relief. Meester was seen carrying a dark purple Lanvin Mini Pop Bag on her way to filming a scene for the show. Although the purple Lanvin doesn’t quite go with the pink dress, Meester looks good carrying the bag anyway. Her wardrobe could use some serious work however. Sorry Leighton!

And last, but certainly not least, the queen of pop Britney Spears, was seen out with an adorable Coach Julia Leather Small Bag. The Julia (which Ms. Spears had in a fuchsia berry type color) features a smooth leather exterior with long straps for carrying or slinging over the shoulder. Britney was wearing an orange tank top and what’s this? Studded shorts? And studded boots? Just when I thought I was free of this hair band chic, the studs sneak into the picture. I’m just going to focus on the cute western-style handbag.

There’s always hope for next week, I guess.

• Large-oversized bags – Oh, man. It seems like the oversized is never going to go out of style. Year after year, handbags get bigger and bigger. This may not seem like anything new, but don’t be surprised if the bags get even larger in the next few months. Now Paris Hilton will be able to fit two of her dogs inside!

• Soft embellishments – 2009 saw the implementation of huge additions to handbags, like hoops, chains and other large items, but 2010 is being dominated by softer add-ons. These range from rouching (the gathering up of fabric to create a ruffled style) to pleating and weaving of exterior fabric to give handbags a lighter look in color and texture.

• Studs – As mentioned in a previous post, studs are making a comeback, courtesy of Lady Gaga, who loves to adorn her fashion accessories with little metal touches. You’ll see more and more of this in the fall and winter.

The hot colors for winter (reds and grays) have already been popping up this summer on the arms of some of the biggest celebrities and fashion icons in the world. Judging from this slow roll out, these colors and the aforementioned styles will begin to permeate the fashion world and the department store closest to you in the next 4 or 5 months. Get ready to hop on the newest trends in handbags!

How does this necessarily pertain to celebrity style? Over the past month, Bridget Jones’ Diary star Renee Zellweger was snapped with a coral colored Hermes handbag. In the handbag world, Hermes is a brand associated with large purses made from selected crocodile skins. The handbags can cost up to $30,000, but the bag Zellweger is sporting doesn’t appear to be of the crocodile skin variety. Instead, the unique style aspect about Zellweger’s Hermes handbag is the color choice – orange coral. Instead of being bright orange or tangerine, the handbag, instead, has the orange, sandy shade of a western coral stone.

Coral, red or orange, isn’t the only shade of western stone seen on a celebrity handbag. Anne Hathaway, actress in Brokeback Mountain and Rachel at the Wedding, was photographed with a turquoise colored Chanel handbag this past July. Trends, in general, have erred on the gaudy and bright side this past year, from Ed Hardy-like tattoo designs to purple dyed snakeskin purses, and having leather handbags colored in western stone shades fits right in with the selection.

While many fashion trends simply just happen, python and other prints can, almost, be seen as a poor man’s crocodile print handbag. While real python print handbags by top designers can run at least $800, compared to crocodile skin handbags by Hermes and other designers totaling from $10,000 to $30,000 per bag, this amount is just pocket change (apologies for the pun). With a smaller handbag made of less exclusive skins, anyone with additional cash to spare (and this probably includes celebrities who haven’t had a hit film or CD in a few years) can have an authentic reptile-print pocketbook.

What about the rest of us who want that celebrity style but can’t fork over a month’s worth of rent for a handbag? Various retailers of handbags have several options for capturing this look. Wholesale handbag retailers often carry some of the latest styles seen by celebrities, only, at affordable prices, the python skin handbags are actually python print. This often means that leather or patent leather has been printed with a snakeskin pattern (or a crocodile pattern), and the physical print and pattern is designed to look like the real thing. As colored snake skin is also a popular trend right now, these python print handbags are dyed or tinted in various colors.