Designer Organic Fashionable Bags

Well its been a long wait from my last post Designer Bag on eBay, where I made the transition from the affiliate banners to the eBay live listings, but its time to come back to this with a look at designer organic fashionable bags.

This is a whole huge industry in itself and started from humble beginnings like so many of the newer, common-sense businesses that are actually getting their stuff together and seeing what people are more in tune with these days. And with the huge upsurge in the green, environmentally friendly movement with many more people waking up to their surroundings and what the old ways of doing things were actually doing to the place we live, we're finally realizing that we can't keep on that way.

So manufacturers have seen the green light and are now starting to create designer bags from recyclable or even recycled materials that are still of high quality and something that a few of the top models are flouting as a way of saying "if you want to be like me, get your organic fashionable bags and be part of this!"

Companies like LittleEarth are leading the way in this and there are some extremely must have items in their inventory - their ad banner is located at the end of these posts by the way if you want to head over to their site and just see for yourself what they have on offer at the moment. You don't have to buy anything, just do some window shopping and get some ideas!

Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't quickly mention the eBay list on the right once again as it really is a super resource for finding some great bargains in the designer bag world so spend a minute or two just browsing down the list and see what takes your fancy!

Watch out for Miche bag imitations that are around as with everything just use common sense to avoid buying a fake designer bags online. The price is usually the best indicator here, especially if it is a "buy it now" item for a price that is ridiculously low. Auction items usually start low but the bids soon grow when it is obvious that there is a genuine designer bag up for grabs at a potentially great price.

There are probably some designer organic fashionable bags creeping into that list so you might just get lucky!

See you soon,

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Designer Bag on eBay

After my last post A Designer Bag With a Shell?, where I looked at an innovative new designer bag brand it hit me that I should give this place a bit of a makeover too. Nothing too ambitions, as after all its a blogger blog and there are limits to what you can do, but I figured out that there is one really cool way to enhance this place.

Everyone who loves designer bags loves shopping, browsing or daydreaming about owning a really great new designer bag. Well, what better way to bring the store to the browser than to install a live eBay window on this designer bag dedicated blog?

I don't know why I didn't think of it before! What a cool idea to be able to read a blog all bout designer bags, then to do some window shopping on one of the biggest online stores in the world!

So here it is!

The best eBay has to offer without the hassle of searching through all its categories and sub categories on its huge site to find the page with the designer bags. From the incredible Balenciaga Bag range to something very special in the Prada Bag range. They're all right here - right now - live - in real time - real live auction listing right at your fingertips!

Hey, no need to thank me, just enjoy it. If you see something that takes your fancy, click on it and you'll go straight to the vendor's info page at eBay to learn more. There's no charge for this service, its completely free because eBay of course wants you to shop with them!

So go ahead and take full advantage of their huge online store and find yourself a premium designer bag at a great price!

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A Miche Bag Designer Bag With a Shell?

With a break from designer bag information as such as per our last post Designer Bag or Designer Inspired Bag?, this installment is going to introduce a new designer bag maker with a nice big flashy banner and a bit about what they're about!

First, some background:

Around three years ago, Michelle Romero owned a handbag she really liked. Then she went and spilled something on it. She was upset that she'd have to transfer the contents of her purse, then replace it with a brand new bag. Well, a thought occurred to Michelle then - Wouldn't it be convenient, not to mention fun if a handbag could have a removable cover.

Michelle disassembled that bag and made the prototype of a brand new designer bag that now had a removable shell. Well, Michelle showed it to her friend Annette Cavaness, who immediately fell in love with the concept. The two of them developed a business plan. They contacted a patent lawyer as well as a sourcing agent who helped them to find a factory in China to produce the bags. That led to the creation of what we now know as the Miche Bag.

Miche Bags are the totally greatest sensation to hit women's fashion and accessories! They make a designer handbag that actually has an interchangeable shell. Now that allows women to technically own as many designer handbags as they want simply by changing shells, not designer bags!

What an absolutely great way to own a large collection of great designer bags without busting the bank! With the Miche Bag trademark to keep things above board and totally genuine, you have a really great addition to your designer bag collection in these amazing bags.

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Designer Bag or Designer Inspired Bag?

Following the last post here at My Designer Bag where we showed you how to Beat Your Designer Bag Addiction, it'd be great to look at some of the differences between true designer bags and the more affordable alternatives, known as designer inspired bags.

Designer bags are coming out in some great styles this season. Most designer bags have warranties on their products which means they'll fix any manufacturing defects or weaknesses for you should they occur. Designer bags like Burberry bag, Gucci bag, Fedi bag etc, however, carry a steep price tag which places them out of reach for many people.

Designer inspired and fashion bags, on the other hand, are much more affordable. Designer inspired bags have the same style as their designer bag label counterparts, but have enough noticeable differences which can distinguish them from the true designer bag. That prevents violation of trademark or copyright laws. They also don't display the designer bag name or logos anywhere on the bag.

While fashion handbags come in lots of great styles, they're not necessarily styled after the designer labels.

When you buy a true designer bag, it's no secret that the higher price includes the displayed name and logos. You should always be certain that you get exactly what you pay for. It's also no secret that the big designer bag names in handbag fashions refrain from wholesaling their products to small independent retailers. They also usually limit the online sales of their designer bag products to their own website or sometimes to a large national retailer who is authorized to sell their designer bag products.

Beware cheap imitations being sold as designer bags! There are many handbags being sold off as designer bag labels that are not what they appear to be.

As an example, you might pay only $300 for a designer bag that you'll find on a genuine designer bag site for $900. Well, if you did your homework and got the real deal, say something advertised as "gently used" on eBay, well you got a great deal: But if it turns out to be merely a really good replica, then you paid way over the odds for it.

If you like the style of a particular handbag and you are not so bothered about the name on the bag, then a designer inspired handbag or fashion handbag can give you the look you want without breaking the bank that a true designer bag would do. It's a great idea if you really like a particular look or style.

As long as you are aware that designer inspired bags and fashion handbags can come in varying qualities, you'll be fine as long as when purchasing them, you check out the store's return policy. Most stores that sell well made handbags, be they online or a high street or shopping mall store, will be proud to stand behind their products and be more than happy to provide some type of return policy.

So whether you go for the true designer bag or the more affordable designer inspired bag, it comes down to personal choice as much as the size of your bank balance!

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Beat Your Designer Bag Addiction!

Following on from our last post Designer Bags and Organic Fashion, which covered the ecological issues surrounding the production and sale of designer bags, here we'll take a tongue-in-cheek look at ten ways in which you can beat your designer bag addiction... if you want to, of course!

This is for you if you simply cannot open your closet because it is so full of your designer handbags - to simply turn the knob, a tsunami wave of designer bags and purses cascade out and create pandemonium in your bedroom into a mess! Well, maybe you need some help. If you are trying like mad, but unsuccessfully to curb your designer bag addiction, here is the definitive method to help you beat your designer bag addiction in 10 steps.

Beat Your Designer Bag Addiction!

1. Unlike many self-help programs, you don’t want to go cold turkey and stop buying designer bags altogether. If you are addicted to designer bags it won’t work. The first step then, is to realize that you cannot stop your addiction suddenly.

2. Make a budget for yourself. You are not just going to make a budget for your designer bags by the way, listing exactly how many Louis Vuittons you can buy versus Tote bags. You will make a budget for everything in your life including rent, utility bills and car insurance, etc. It's a drag, but a necessary one.

3. With your budget in hand, you are going to limit how many designer bags you will purchase. So, of you only have an extra $200 in your budget and the Louis Vuitton handbag costs about $800, you will have to swallow the fact that you can only afford to buy one every four months. That means NOT buying the blue leather designer bag and the black Gucci bag at the same time!

4. If you are having willpower problem over not buying a designer bag, watch out for that tempting rash purchase. Maybe 20 years ago you'd just put the money in the bank, which would have put a stop to you buying a designer bag on the spot. But with shopping online, ATMs and credit cards, you are going to need to literally freeze your plastic. This is cool... Get a plastic container, fill it with water, put your credit cards in it, and pop it in the freezer. Now if you want to purchase that latest Fendi designer bag, you're gonna have to wait for the money to thaw.

5. Avoid temptations. Throw away the tabloids or just don't buy them to avoid seeing ads for designer bags. It seems that every week a new celebrity is carrying around a different designer bag. While it's nice to see who has the same bag that you want, it's just too tempting.

6. If you're feeling a little depressed about not having the latest designer bag, re-organize your own collection. Even if you only have a small collection of designer bags you can spend the time that you'd spend shopping doing some work on them.

7. If you are weary of carrying around the same designer bag, why not take some of your older bags out of retirement. While they may have been popular a few years ago, good designer bags never go out of fashion - they ARE fashion!

8. To get a new designer bag into your wardrobe, why not trade with a friend or better still, borrow one. If you don't know anyone you could do that with, check this out:



Borrow the Biggest Brands in Designer Handbags at BagBorrowOrSteal.Com!

It won’t cost you a lot of money, and no one has to know it’s not yours.

9. Designer bags are expensive items to collect, so you may want to start a different collection. Why not try stamp collecting? Stamps are cheap so you could buy hundreds of them for the price of one designer bag. On the other hand, forget that one...

10. If it's really too tough to beat your designer bag addiction, to relieve the stress you may just want go ahead and buy a nice Burberry. You’ll be truly disappointed in yourself, hate yourself even for succumbing to that temptation... but hey, at least you'll have the satisfaction of carrying around the latest Burberry designer bag!

If that doesn't inspire you to give up your designer bag addiction, then don't! Go out and treat yourself to a new designer bag instead - a little retail therapy never hurt anyone!

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Designer Bags and Organic Fashion

Following on from the last full post (bypassing the Christmas message, of course) which was all about Designer Bag Fakes, now we'll move on to a mention about something more unusual in the world of designer bags, merchandise from Organic and Eco Fashion sources.

Organic fashion

Organic fashion refers to clothes or designer bags etc which have been produced with a minimum of chemicals and thereby damage to the environment. That includes chemicals used in every step in the process. From the growing of cotton, to dying and finishing the fabric.

Eco fashion

Eco fashion means clothing which has been manufactured with environmentally-friendly processes. These include organic clothing. Eco fashion clothing and designer bags for example can use recycledmaterials such as eco-fleece which is produced from recycled plastic drinks bottles. Eco fashion, by the way is not necessarily made from organic fibres.

Why Would You Support Organic and Eco Fashion?

The fashion industry has an huge impact on the environment. A large percentage of the clothes we wear these days are made from synthetic materials. Nylon and polyester are produced from petrochemicals which pollute the environment and cause global warming. They are also non-biodegradable. That means they don't naturally break down easily which makes them difficult to dispose of. During the manufacture nylon, nitrous oxide is released and this is a greenhouse gas that is 310 times stronger than carbon dioxide.

Viscose, another artificial fibre, is made from wood pulp which is treated with toxic chemicals such as caustic soda and sulphuric acid. Nice!

Natural fibres do have their problems, too. Cotton growers use more pesticide per cotton plant than almost any other crop worldwide. This creates serious impacts, causing illness and even death amongst cotton farmers who are exposed to them every day. I'd like to say it serves them fucking right. These pesticides also affect local eco-systems and kill certain plants and animals causing an imbalance in nature. Chemicals used in the growing of cotton remain in the fabric and are released during the lifetime of the garments. They affect the people who wear the clothes too.

Hazardous chemicals are also used on wool. For example sheep dips have been linked with illness amongst sheep farmers.

If that wasn't enough, certain dyes are believed to cause cancer. In many countries, garments are dyed or bleached using toxic chemicals without proper precautions. These chemicals can then affect workers. They also flow into sewers and rivers, damaging the local ecosystems.

Virtually all polycotton (especially bedlinen), as well as "easy care", "crease resistant" and "permanent press" cotton are treated with formaldehyde, another toxic chemical.

About Organic and Eco-Friendly Fabrics and Dyes

Organic cotton


Organic cotton is grown without using poisonous chemical pesticides and insecticides. Apart from damaging health and the environment the common sense part of this is that these are also very expensive for farmers. Nothing like money to make something attractive, so if these chemicals are cut out of the process, everybody gains.

Organic cotton garments are also mostly free from chlorine bleaches and synthetic dyes.

Hemp

Hemp is an eco-friendly crop. It needs few or no agri-chemicals to grow successfully and at the same time it binds, improves and enriches the soil with its deep roots.

Linen

Linen, which is made from flax (another traditional fibre crop) also needs fewer chemical fertilisers and less pesticide than cotton.

Organic wool

Organic wool is increasingly being made available. It is produced using sustainable farming practices and without those toxic sheep dips.

Natural dyes

Natural dyes are made from common plants, vegetables and roots. A wide variety of colour-fast pigments can be created in this way.

So think about what you buy when you think about fashion and designer bags. There are alternatives to the earth killing processes that we have grown unhealthily accustomed to. In fact there is a great environmentally aware online store that is worthwhile looking at to get some great alternative designer bag ideas and that's LittleEarth. Here's a link to one of their special offers:

Wear a Work of Art, Buy a Designer K. Lianna for Littlearth Purse

Try it our for yourself, or see the banner in the sidebar.



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