Quilted Designer Handbags

Quilted designer handbags have been on the market since 1950s and are one of the most popular designs of this woman's accessories.
Purses and handbags are most decidedly the biggest money maker in the high dollar, high profit industry of fashion accessories. While designer shoes continue to push the envelope, costing upwards of top hundreds, purses easily hit thousands, rivalling some small cars in their price point these days.
New branding of existing labels has introduced wider inventory into the market and the array of labels and designs is at an all time high. New fabrics and different treatments of leather continue to appear on the runways, but classic standbys such as quilted designer handbags will always be in vogue.
The most famous of all quilted designer handbags being the one introduced by Coco Chanel in the 1950s. She developed the quilting process for her dresses and was able to transfer its application to purse making. It is still regarded as the quintessential evening bag and is offered in leather, patent leather and satin finishes. Quilted Chanel bags, in their original design, still hang off the arms of celebrities and socialites alike.
Other more modern design companies such as Prada have taken the Chanel quilting technique and given it an edgy twist. Their quilted designer handbags tend to be less structured in exterior, larger in size and more voluminous. The quilting is part of the signature of the purse, whether it involves a psychedelic print or more demure suede.

Prada bags have a cult following and tend to be purchased by a younger and more fashion forward clientele. Quilting of purses is a pain staking process that is usually performed by a skilled hand, which adds to the skyrocketing prices of most bags. As the fashion accessories market continues to expand due to the success of Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Chanel and other leading fashion manufacturers, you can be assured that the quilted designer handbag offerings will continue to be creative and dynamic.

You can also rest assured as well that their corresponding prices will continue to rise. But as these new designs wear out their welcome on the pages of fashion magazines, there will always be a place reserved for the quilted designer handbags. It will always define quality, and that never goes out of style. Coco Chanel would approve.

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