| Women's handbags are very trendy, the style | | | | closures. Styling was not that important, and it can be |
| changes often and so does the color choices. A red | | | | looked at as a response to the countries attitude |
| handbag is very popular right now. It may not be | | | | toward life in general, no one was having a good time |
| popular six months from now, but today it is very | | | | because of the concern over the war. |
| popular. | | | | The nineteen fifties began the trend toward designer |
| What Drives Handbag Styles? | | | | handbags with the first red handbag hitting the market |
| There are driving forces behind trends and styles, | | | | since the nineteen twenties. The war was over and |
| some of those forces are very obvious, like the spring | | | | the nation was rebuilding at phenomenal speed, style in |
| and fall fashion shows. | | | | general was upbeat and fun. |
| They have an unusual history. Initially they were used | | | | The driving force behind handbag style it would seem |
| by men. They were more like luggage, than a bag. | | | | is current cultural needs and desires. The handbag is |
| Women adopted carrying these bags in the eighteenth | | | | actually a reflection of society. Today's handbags |
| century. These initial bags were purely functional. So | | | | almost all have compartments to stash cell phones |
| function was the first driving force behind handbag | | | | and other electronic devices. |
| styles. | | | | Colored Handbags |
| By the early nineteenth century women's clothing | | | | Today's style is bold; it is not unusual to find handbags |
| options had expanded and so did the styles of the | | | | in an array of colors. A red handbag makes the top of |
| handbags they carried. The handbags of this error | | | | the list for fashion choice. A red handbag relays the |
| were more frivolous like the clothing of the flappers of | | | | user's boldness, it is not a timid color by any means |
| the nineteen twenties. The handbags became smaller | | | | and it shouts to the world that the woman is confident |
| and gave up some function for style. They matched | | | | and willing to take risks. Handbags are one of the first |
| the outfits of the user perfectly. | | | | things that are noticed on a woman and they secretly |
| The nineteen forties in support of the war effort drove | | | | convey their message about the wearer, dark colored |
| the handbags back to the utilitarian models of the past. | | | | handbags reflect a conservative nature, brightly |
| They were often made of cloth or leather with simple | | | | colored handbags reflect a certain level of adventure. |