During  the Fashion Week in Paris

Some ponderous shoe are compensated with bags. Handbags, on the contrary, are miniature. Practically there are no large bags in the new Chanel collection, they were replaced by elegant clutches on a chain handle with a simple everyday design, or miniature evening bags of original shape. Complementary collection of jewelry truly attracts: bracelets, large “handcuff“ and brooches with floral patterns.

The history of the clutch is drawn back to the days of the unique Coco Chanel, in fact she became the first woman who has ever had an elegant little bag-tube- present from the duke of Westminster.  In 1940-s Christian Dior made a tiny handbag-purse- Clutch-  a part of new style. Clutch bag were very popular in the 80’s when the business women in bright strict costumes or bright dress took a flat bag in her hand while going to a dinner or social events.

Today the Clutch is very popular again. As previously accessory for a more solemn occasion, modern clutch reserved for itself a much more fashionable space. Typically, small clutch bags are in the evening version, but the volume – for weekdays. Even there are even very large clutch bags, resembling mini-hobo in some collections.Today’s fashion offers us a clutch for every taste. Summer and winter have different clutch face. Clutch can be carried out of the ordinary or patent leather, reptile skin, textiles, knitwear or fur for the winter and of silk, velvet, satin for summer evenings outdoors with a glass of martini in one hand and clutch bags in the other.

2011 seasons’ Clutch bag take a more “square” (less elongated) shape. Models and examples are more interesting and original. Rigorous model of gray and black scale models are giving way to a bright, catchy colors. In a fashion metal shades, ornaments in the form of belts, chains, buckles, pockets of overhead.

The signature print of Chanel fashion house on the front side shows the uniqueness of the leather, then its status in the fashion world, and gives it a special charm.
This winter accessory can also be worn in summer, when during a hot day you want to appear in the cool winter for a moment. The Chanel fashion house was always famous for its elegant versatility, and the emergence of such a charming handbag in the collection of the brand is quite natural.

Clothing of Akris has always varied by noble elegance, graceful silhouettes and the usage of the most expensive materials. And the design of the first line of accessories was quite predictable, what else can be expected from Albert Kriemler, a connoisseur of luxurious simplicity?

A few months before the show the designer said: “You will not see 20 pockets or thousand of metal parts in my bags. In the design of his bags the most important – is the form clothed in a fine skin of the most expensive varieties”.

Akris bags do not have logos with the brand name. According to the designer, the logo is the easiest way to convey to the buyer the ownership of the accessory to a particular brand, it is much more difficult to develop your own recognizable corporate identity that people could recognize the purse from just the form, material or distinctive decoration.

The laconic trapezoidal shape of bags became the hallmark in the collection of Akris. Several styles of bags feature in the collection: bulk bags for travelling, evening occasion models, bags for everyday wear and accessories in the business style, they have different dimensions and proportions, but the silhouette of each of them can be fit into a trapezoid.

Bags of Akris, the approximate cost of which is estimated from $1500 to $6000, belong to the same price category as the accessories of Hermes, Chanel and Bottega Veneta.

There is only just a plastic bag, with slips on top, attracting the usual cord. It can fit cosmetics, and cell phone, and a few plastic cards. And for fashionable women not to feel let down, the surface of the bag was decorated with the brand “newspaper” print.

This idea is certainly not devoid of humor – like the famous handbags from Chanel, made in the form of shopping bags – and, therefore, can expect the same success.

Besides Galliano shows another obvious trend – transparency (in the new collections we have seen transparent bags – for example, Prada).

Personally I am very curious to look at it, in what form, this idea will be presented next spring – in the collections made no longer for the podium, but for sale. But at the same time I think with fear that persuasive simplicity of the idea can generate a lot of fakes – as happened again, with the works of Karl Lagerfeld.

We begin with an overview of classic bag Chanel 2.55.

The most interesting variant of this model are the double-sided bags, presented in miniature size. On the front side, we see a leather bag 2.55 with traditional stitches; on the other hand a small purse is attached to it. The clutch-purse made of jersey is a little larger in size on the front part, making the design of this model to look very interesting and intriguing, interesting to see what is hidden behind the classic exterior.

Textile versions 2.55 are also presented in the collection and the most elegant of which are decorated with floral appliqués and cameo brooch, Chanel.

The combination of knitted garment with hand-made bags is very nice, crocheted with large viscous. Handbags with “extended loops” are linked from the classic satin ribbon colors.

And what a summer collection is possible without baskets. This lovely basket is decorated with original inserts of textiles and fringe.

How is this possible? Yes, it is very simple. The new clutch of Chanel will make such a walk real every day. Well, or at least on an important evening, when you want to look special, even in such small details, like a bag.
By the way, the ideological line of this clutch is quite original and not hackneyed. If you look closer to the enhancement, you can even see the samples and all sorts of figures, reminiscent of the precious metal. I think one needs to look after this bag from extra strange glances and go to any private party.

The vintage style of the clutch, according to the designers of Chanel, is not subject to any doubt. It looks very refined, probably because of its small size. It will fit in to the most elegant palm.

But I would be pretty scared to wear this bag everywhere. Because you cannot see, dropping it on the road. And to do that is just not necessary, because the golden clutch from Chanel is 4200 dollars. Indeed, its weight is in gold. Well, now it remains to consider, from which Swiss account to withdraw funds for its acquisition.

Designer of fashion house Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld introduced a new collection of designer handbags and accessories under the name Unlimited. The collection is created in the image of Chinese fakes.

Bags of metallic silver color are similar to cheap copies of brand fashion products. For even more similarities with Chanel counterfeit bags are covered with logos and words associated with the brand: Chanel, Cambon/13, Coco, Paris.

According to the concept of the famous designer such a similarity should highlight the accessibility of products produced by Chanel fashion house. However, the prices of bags from the collection of Chanel Unlimited are a long way from the prices of Chinese counterfeits: from 650 to 1370 Euros.

Karl Lagerfeld has made no one trip to the flea markets of New York, where he drew his inspiration to create the collection Unlimited.

The Unlimited collection includes: handbags, bags, UF technology, sports bags, clutches, wallets, and cosmetic bags.

What kind of trendsetters and famous brands are we talking about? Of course, they are Chanel and Lanvin. Why them? The bag from the new Lanvin collection takes its creativity from accessories, created by Chanel designers long before.

The fact that this bag with a rectangular buckle in the middle is equipped with metal chain and also the accessory is quilted; to be precise those parts were once used by Chanel designers.

At Lanvin, designers only completed the original idea with some of their features, for example, the bag is not made of leather but velvet and instead of classic black, the color of dark ocean wave is used. The chain, which serves as a handle of the bag consists of two halves. The first is a chain of links connected to each other, and the second is the interlocking of metal links and a special tape.

The bag costs almost 1500 dollars. Quite a lot, I must say, for the accessory not made of genuine leather. To spend that amount or not, is, of course, up to shoppers. And will the bag bring a little bit of happiness (an allusion which is given in the title of accessory – Happy Sac Partage), it can be checked only after its acquisition.