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B. MAKOWSKY Marseille Shopper From B. MAKOWSKY

Amazon.com Product Description
B. MAKOWSKY’s Marseille shopper is the only way to carry what you need from day to day. It is made from gorgeous, lightly pebbled leather, and has just the right amount of polished hardware to add flair without being flashy. It also has plenty of pockets inside and out for keeping you organized and in order.

From the Manufacturer
Bruce Makowsky is not a newcomer to the industry by any means. He ran his own handbag company and was president of a major corporation where he developed the company into a $200 million business along with the design inspiration of his wife Kathy (of Kathy Van Zeeland fame). B. Makowsky handbags are defined by a signature leather tassel in addition to chunky satin-finished hardware and signature paisley lining. Zippers and pockets create function without bulk. Colors include simple blacks, browns and ivory with pops of fresh colors such as red, denim, saffron and tangerine.

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In a turbulent luxury market Fendi has maintained its reputation for high quality
bags and in 2005 Fendi presented a very sexy release, Fendi Spy Velvet Squirre bag.   Not  a casual bag, these creation are unique and distinctive. And very important, red squirrel wasn’t endangered,  not in Russia, where Fendi get their fur from.

The Fendi velvet bag is embroidered with sparkling rhinestones and features woven velvet double handles totaly fall bag.

If you want a bag that screams this should be your choise! With all this luxury, this original bag has high price but don’t be out, you can get your replica Fendi squirrel for less price but top quality.

The thing is, I have two major problems: a handbag addiction and no desire to quit.

I don’t even own any Versace (YET, and I refuse to own knock-offs…), but I know what I like and I know what quality design and materials look and feel like!

I created this site to write about handbags and fashion and designers and styles and materials so my friends don’t have to listen to my fantastic ramblings. Instead, all us hopeless handbag hounds can ban together in Handbags Anonymous and guide each other to new heights of style, color, and quality hardware!

So tune in here for discussion on designer handbag lines, how to know what you like, what’s hawt and in the spotlight, who’s carrying what on their arms, and whatever other handbag-related whims I might conjure up.

Ok, think Tupperware party just way cooler! Instead of gathering all of your lady friends to stare at plastic, why not invite them over for a Recycled Handbags / Accessories party?

aNewBags will bring in tow a wide variety of handbags, accessories, home goods – all made of recycled goodies! And your gift for hosting a party: A {BRAND NEW} Recycled Item carried by aNewBags, retail value up to $150. We will provide all the displays, products, light refreshments – all you need to do is welcome us and your friends into your home for the afternoon.

Contact me at info@anewbags.com for more information on hosting your very own aNewBags Party!

Minimum sales of $500 must be reached.

I really don’t remember when I got hooked on the superstition of “never leave your purse on the floor”.  It was definitely well before I was old enough to carry a handbag because as the youngest of an extended family of Fashionistas it was my duty to guard the goods (aka purses) when we were shopping.  But what I do know is that I’m obsessive about it.  I’m equally obsessive about not walking under ladders and breaking mirrors.  I’d like to blame it my Colombian heritage.  Our culture is steeped in superstition which for instance, you can find in the magical realism exhibited by Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s writing.  But what I’ve come to realize is that this superstition is deeply rooted in many other cultures.  I remember upon first meeting one of my best friends who has Jamaican roots, both of us lunged for our purses when a waiter went to move them from a chair to the floor.  We looked at each other and laughed when we both said “purse on the floor is bad luck”.

To me the superstition seems perfectly logical.  A. a woman’s purse is like a secret look into someone’s lifestyle.  Just as you can tell a lot about a man by a simple glance at his shoes, you can learn a million things about a woman by looking at or in her purse (ps. purse etiquette, don’t go through other people’s purses-it’s no bueno and impolite); and B. since superstitions are typically based on some logical event I’m guessing it has to do with placing the proper amount of respect on the items that a purse carries.  Women not only carry their money in their purses but also a cornucopia of items that tell the story of their lives.  From business documents, to pictures of our families, to our beloved blackberries (oh…am I the only one with the love affair with my blackberry?) down to the makeup that adds just the right amount of polish to make you feel like a Goddess.  Now why on earth would you place such an important item on a nasty, dirty floor?

And if it weren’t obvious already, leaving your purse on floor is just begging for an entrepreneurial thief to walk away with a bunch of relevant data about your life.  I was once having cocktails at a swanky bar near the beach when three women at the table next to mine realized that all three of their purses had been swiped by a thief.  Ooops. 

The third reason why you should never leave your purse on the floor, if neither the superstition nor the proclivity to theft has you convinced…Listen Sistah, if you are investing in handbags, treat them with respect and put your hard-earned, well-spent dollars on a chair, your lap or a purse hook.  You will ruin your purse by putting it on dirty floors where people will kick it and spill stuff on it– ICK!!

Speaking of purse hooks – below are three links where you can buy these snazzy little inventions.  They hook onto the edge of a table so that you can hang your purse off the hook.  Buy yourself one or two por favor and give your purse the respect it deserves!!!

The Purse Hook, Purse Jewelry, Hollywood Purse Hook

Happy Day!
Viviana M. Rueda
Creative Founder
Vivendi Fashionista