Top 5 Most Expensive Bags in the World

The handbag fashion only really started in the late nineteenth century but it was not until around 1920 that handbags or bags became an essential item of a woman’s wardrobe. It is common knowledge that designer handbags are expensive, but the craze of some rich woman makes handbags not an accessory but an icon they worship. In the result, some designers started to create fabulous items that cost a fortune. Here is the list of Top 5 Most Expensive Handbags ever created.

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• Hermes Matte Crocodile Birkin Bag ($ 120,000). Named after French singer/songwriter Jane Birkin, the bag (pictured here) is like the one sold at auction house Doyle New York. The clasp of this 30 centimeter tote boasts 10 carats of white diamonds. And its body is made of crocodile.

• The Louis Vuitton Urban Satchel Bag ($150,000) is made from all sorts of urban junk such as cigarette packets, water bottle, tea bags and band aid. This bag was put together as a spoof by an artist.

• Lana Marks Cleopatra Bag ($ 250,000). Lana Marks creates one super trendy, luxury and expensive bag every year. The bag you can see in the picture is made from metallic silver alligator skin and a clasp with 1,500 black and white diamonds in 18-carat white gold. Helen Mirren wore Lana Marks Cleopatra Clutch at the 2007 Academy Awards.

• The Chanel “Diamond Forever” Classic Handbag ($ 261,000). The “Diamond Forever” classic handbag features incredible amount of 334 diamonds for a total of 3.56 carats, in 18-carat white gold. The shoulder straps are also made from white gold. There are only 13 of these handbags available worldwide, five of them are in the USA.

• The Hermes Birkin bag created by Japanese designer Ginza Tanaka ($ 1,900,000). The bag is made of platinum and has over 2,000 diamonds. It is also versatile, so that in addition to being a handbag you can also use the diamond strap as a necklace or bracelet by removing it from the bag. The bag itself has an 8-carat pear shaped shimmering diamond that can also be used separately.

F/W 2010 Handbags from Louis Vuitton

Here is handbag collection presented by fashion house of Louis Vuitton especially for Fall – Winter 2010/11. These bags promise to fulfill any fashionistas cravings for style and luxury.

“And God Created Women” announced the program for designer Marc Jacob’s Fall 2010 show for Louis Vuitton, where iconic supermodels including Elle Macpherson, Laetitia Casta, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lara Stone, and Bar Refaeli paraded retro sexy clothes around the courtyard fountain at the Louvre.

Louis Vuitton’s fall 2010 collection can only be described as dreamy, fabulous, and very expensive. These luxurious bags are made out of the finest materials, furs and leathers trimmed with ostrich, lace and sequins.

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The whole look of the models carry us into 50s where chic women stroll in corseted full skirted dresses accessorized with high ponytails, chunky heeled pumps adorned with flat bows and a slew of structured handbags.

One of the most extravagant handbag styles is Speedy. The Speedy silhouette gets a makeover in various materials, ranging from smooth and simple calf leather with a single raised LV logo, an ostrich and canvas pairing, laser cut and burnout LV monogram canvas, crocodile and patent vernis, embellished in sequins, and woven. Despite the use of a single silhouette, the variety of bags will appeal to all bag lovers – from die hard Louis Vuitton fans to ladies who lunch and all gals in between.

Les Extraordinaires Damier Virtuose, featuring hand painted crocodile leather and sequins in a Damier pattern, is a striking bag. But not only elegance of the bag is sticking, what really shocks is the price. At, $25,000 I am not sure who will be able to afford it.

And, here is another my favorite from the collection – the Monogram Guipure with Monogram lace, dutchess satin and Alligator trim, flap, and handles. It is available at $13 000.

Stripped Mother of Pearl Is a New Trend for Resort 2011

Recently in Paris took place the Resort 2011 fashion show where the points of view of different renowned designers for the season 2011 trends were revealed. That was quite a surprise to see that three fashion giants have similar view to the fashion of the nearest future. The Louis Vuitton and Lanvin clutches have different styles, but the way that each one resorts to achieve the finished product is surprisingly similar. The distinctive feature of both bags is thin strips of multicolored mother of pearl.

It is considered that two items does not make a trend, so few people believed that the similarities of the two evening bags were a coincidence. But that was before Judith Leiber – a fashion connoisseur highly renowned all over the world for extravagant and luxurious items – presented another version of a stripped mother of pearl clutch. Now we can definitely consider it to be the new trend for Resort 2011.

Comparing the work of Judith Leiber we can see that the designer used the diagonal inlay technique that resembles the one of Louis Vuitton, but the choice of colors is more similar to the Lanvin. Still there is a large difference that makes the clutch by Judith Leiber stand out much – the clutch is framed with gold.

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It also features a massive hardware detail on the top similar to the version of Lanvin that features an interesting variant of hardware on the top and a metallic gold tone shoulder strap. The most enigmatic fastening has the clutch from Louis Vuitton. Visually it has no straps, zippers, buckles and so on. So I wonder how can I use it and is it comfortable?