Top handbag trends for spring 2009

Top handbag trends for spring 2009Top handbag trends for spring 2009 The weather is changing and so are the styles for handbags this spring! Of course your tried and true favorites will never go out favor, but it never hurts to spice up your shoulder every once and a while. Especially when the choices are so darn adorable. Yes, everyone has their own tastes, but this list definitely has something for everyone, even the pickiest handbag aficionado. So sit back, read on and find your new dream bag below. Pleats—Don’t get scared off by the thought of pleats, they’re not just for skirts anymore. Pleats are the new lace. They add just the right amount of feminine power without being overpowering. Add they work on any type of bag—clutch, shoulder bag, tote and hobo. Plus, pleats make you realize how soft and supple leather can actually be, something that’s often taken for granted in this big, bag world of handbags. Fringes—Another frightening term in the lexicon of handbags. Fringes get a bad rap that somehow inspires images of cowboys, hippies and surreys. But now thanks to innovative designers like Miss Sixty and Diane von Furstenberg it’s stylish to be hippie chic. Who knew? Now fringes have made their way to handbags and it’s about time.