This python handbag was worn by Carrie Bradshaw in the recent Sex and The City movie.

Megan Fox, the actress best known for the Transformer movies, appeared recently with such a python clutch at a premier for Jonah Hex. But, just as critics and moviegoers didn’t care much for Hex, no one really cares about Megan Fox or her passé handbag. A hot girl can only get by so much on her looks, and Fox’s lack of talent – her performance was described as being mannequin-like for Hex by nearly every critic — shows. Her fashion sense falls in the same line. The bright red J. Lo-plunging neckline dress looks like she swiped it off a Las Vegas hooker, and the bag simply looks like an afterthought.

But, if you’re looking for a more interesting fashion statement, the most recent Sex and the City movie is a better reference point than Megan Fox’s style. A recent contest puts the snakeskin Adriana Castro bag up for grabs, and the bag is traditional Carrie Bradshaw style: two-tone bold colors on a snakeskin coin purse body. This bag will be the center point for any outfit and, although SATC2 was reviewed as well as Jonah Hex, at least the style is something to aspire to.

If you’re looking for ways to be bold with this look, Best Handbag Wholesale offers various python handbags made from soft reptile material. The bag keeps the pattern of the skin intact but adds a few extra shades.

If you’re not able to afford a Burberry snakeskin handbag – and in this economy, who can? – Best Handbag Wholesale has similar designer-inspired styles that capture this low-key animal print look. One option, a handbag that imitates alligator skin is designed with leatherette but has the same tote style as the Burberry bag above. Additionally, the color is natural – a light brown – and the leatherette material is printed with the skin of the animal. Other bags, on the other hand, keep a natural color, but the rest of the alligator print handbag is embellished with rhinestones and some color variation on the trim.

If you’re looking for a smaller bag, clutches and smaller handbags also have this staid animal print style. One such handbag is simply dyed black or brown but printed completely with the pattern of the animal’s skin. Wallets have been given this treatment, too, and, as we’ve seen in earlier posts, various wallets at Best Handbag Wholesale have the same type of animal or snakeskin print. Whether it’s simply western fashion or a case of being designer-inspired, handbags and clutches across the board still display these textures into 2010.

Animal skins were one of the more prominent designs seen this year that harked back to western style. Python skin was in, as well as alligator and cow skins. For the high-end designer brands, the real skin made up the bag but, for designer-inspired bags, this meant the skin pattern was printed onto leatherette. While the skin in most of these cases was dyed, it was sometimes left natural. Snakeskin boots have always appeared to be a western luxury item, and this year saw the same type of style applied to handbags.

Aside from animal skin, many western embellishments found their way onto ordinary leather handbags and clutches. The most prominent was studs – most rounded bullet studs but others the size of conchos. Although a studded leather handbag was often associated with a rocker or punk chic instead of western fashion directly, punk aesthetics are never orderly, and all studded handbags seen this year had all pieces of metal laid out evenly and orderly. Adding rhinestones to handbags and clutches was also laid out similarly. Additionally, fringe was seen on many solid black handbags, lined across the edges and the bottom. Even with the smaller cross body bags, some fringe was also prevalent.

Another unique aspect about this particular python handbag seen on Rihanna is the style. The “it” handbag this past summer has been a hobo bag, and this style transcends all colors, textures, and materials as simply a large slouch purse. But, although Rihanna’s handbag looks spacious, the closure on the handbag is merely a flat, snap closure, instead of a slouching zipper. While it gives the bag some form, her handbag’s style has been dubbed a “puffy purse.” More accurately, the handbag looks like an oversized coin purse designed in brown python.

Aside from singles like “Umbrella,” Rihanna is known for her style and having a unique handbag that no one can find is part of her look, as well as being able to pass off a faux hawk. If you’re looking for a specific python handbag, various retailers of discount and wholesale handbags carry a similar look. While the coin purse design is rare on the racks these days, the solid colored python skin texture isn’t, and such retailers carry solid color faux python skin bags dyed in brown and other colors, some of which are in the slouch or hobo style.

Celebrities, of course, are the first ones to display the top trends in public and off the runways. Julia Roberts was recently seen with a python skin clutch which, to those new on handbag terminology, is simply a small handbag, with or without a strap, that is meant for carrying your basics, such as cash, cards, keys, and cosmetics (call it the alliterative four basics for women) and take up less space than a handbag. Although we don’t know if Roberts is channeling style from 2000, which was probably when she last had a hit movie, or being trendy, but the handbag itself is a more low-key style than the bold color python handbags seen on other celebs.

If you’re looking for Roberts’ style, various discount and wholesale retailers have this same look you can replicate for less. While a high-end designer brand like LAI seen on Roberts is somewhat different, a more affordable handbag or clutch with python skin print will be leather or patent leather patterned with snakeskin. To keep with the variety of styles offered, these imitation python handbags and clutches, as well as wallets, come in low-key colors like Roberts’ and in bright colors, such as in the clutch seen above.

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.

When this bag is translated into a designer-inspired item, the python skin is leather instead, although the pattern of the python print – or any other snake or reptile print – is put on the leather or leatherette material. In the case of products offered at Best Handbag Wholesale, python print handbags are available. These designer-inspired handbags are available in natural and dyed python prints and come in the same style as seen in the photo of Hudson’s handbag.

Snakeskin, even python skin, is one style aspect of western fashion. Although leather is generally the material of choice, snakeskin is used for boots and hatbands. These keep the natural pattern of the snakeskin, although a snakeskin hatband can be embellished with beads, bone, or silver conchos. Snakeskin is only one of the western fashions seen on celebrities this season. Other subtle western fashions on handbags have included suede handbags with fringe and silver studs. Although both fringe and studs are sometimes seen as being rock-and-roll or punk, they’re both present on western clothing.