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Smooth - Smart - Sampled, what's in bag?
21 Feb '08
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Materials:
Quality and value are the buzzwords for materials. This trend not only goes hand in hand with first-class leathers but also increasingly foregoes synthetics. The leathers used are fine-pored, as soft as kid gloves, slightly buffed or feature a distinct grain.
Often materials are additionally treated to provide them with striking surface textures. Mock croc and snake are still in demand but new embossed and treated surfaces (such as patent croc with a metallic finish) feature ever more frequently now. In the sportier, more casual segment refined, shiny nylons, suede and casual canvas are used.
The glamour theme remains key. Designers continue to prefer patent leathers for their interpretations but more and more elaborate surface treatments are now found alongside these strictly high-gloss leathers. Even the long neglected spazzolato leathers return to the collections and hone in on this theme.
Formats:
The choice of bag formats ranges from very big to very small. Mini bags are just as 'in' as 'huge' weekenders and XXL styles, which seem to have passed their climax now, however. This is why big bags are now increasingly offered with a 'little sister'.
The No.1 bag format is the clutch bag. It will not only stay in fashion but will now also come with numerous compelling size and design variations.
Shoppers experience a renaissance and come in host of sizes. In addition to this, collections offer more rigid doctor's bags and handle bags, voluminous landscape formats (preferably featuring front pockets) and soft-line pouches.
Accessories/Decoration:
Decoration is scarcely used for the Autumn/Winter styles. Most decorative details are plain and blend in with the subdued overall look. Nevertheless, the elements used suffice to make for the special fashion statement of these bags. Ideas loaned from historical decorations feature for fasteners, handles and ornaments.
Jewellery clasps, front pockets and long ties passed through buckles are in evidence here. Metal handles are the new eye-catchers gradually replacing the leather covered ones. Alongside accordion and box pleats the focus is increasingly on a patchwork of colours and materials.
Designers ever more often depend on detachable shoulder straps (be it for chic short-handled and large-format clutch bags or for those smart evening pouch-like purses) since they always offer wearers a choice. On top of this, many styles feature decorative highlights inside: linings in contrasting colours or with eye-catching patterns add 'wearability' value.
Accessories:
Belts are and continue to be indispensable accessories. They captivate wearers with ever-new looks featuring patent, embossed and treated leathers as well as animal skin looks plus a wide variety of buckle designs. Belts are generally worn at the waist and only casual, relaxed denim belts sit on the hips.
Gloves are undergoing a true metamorphosis: they are increasingly perceived as a means of fashion expression, which is why they are now offered in more colour shades and more striking materials.
Very popular tools for styling are gaudy styles combined with plain outfits. The continued existence of cropped sleeve lengths creates a need for long, elbow-high gloves and their explicitly decorative function increasingly takes precedence over their ability to merely keep the wearer warm.
Quality and value are the buzzwords for materials. This trend not only goes hand in hand with first-class leathers but also increasingly foregoes synthetics. The leathers used are fine-pored, as soft as kid gloves, slightly buffed or feature a distinct grain.
Often materials are additionally treated to provide them with striking surface textures. Mock croc and snake are still in demand but new embossed and treated surfaces (such as patent croc with a metallic finish) feature ever more frequently now. In the sportier, more casual segment refined, shiny nylons, suede and casual canvas are used.
The glamour theme remains key. Designers continue to prefer patent leathers for their interpretations but more and more elaborate surface treatments are now found alongside these strictly high-gloss leathers. Even the long neglected spazzolato leathers return to the collections and hone in on this theme.
Formats:
The choice of bag formats ranges from very big to very small. Mini bags are just as 'in' as 'huge' weekenders and XXL styles, which seem to have passed their climax now, however. This is why big bags are now increasingly offered with a 'little sister'.
The No.1 bag format is the clutch bag. It will not only stay in fashion but will now also come with numerous compelling size and design variations.
Shoppers experience a renaissance and come in host of sizes. In addition to this, collections offer more rigid doctor's bags and handle bags, voluminous landscape formats (preferably featuring front pockets) and soft-line pouches.
Accessories/Decoration:
Decoration is scarcely used for the Autumn/Winter styles. Most decorative details are plain and blend in with the subdued overall look. Nevertheless, the elements used suffice to make for the special fashion statement of these bags. Ideas loaned from historical decorations feature for fasteners, handles and ornaments.
Jewellery clasps, front pockets and long ties passed through buckles are in evidence here. Metal handles are the new eye-catchers gradually replacing the leather covered ones. Alongside accordion and box pleats the focus is increasingly on a patchwork of colours and materials.
Designers ever more often depend on detachable shoulder straps (be it for chic short-handled and large-format clutch bags or for those smart evening pouch-like purses) since they always offer wearers a choice. On top of this, many styles feature decorative highlights inside: linings in contrasting colours or with eye-catching patterns add 'wearability' value.
Accessories:
Belts are and continue to be indispensable accessories. They captivate wearers with ever-new looks featuring patent, embossed and treated leathers as well as animal skin looks plus a wide variety of buckle designs. Belts are generally worn at the waist and only casual, relaxed denim belts sit on the hips.
Gloves are undergoing a true metamorphosis: they are increasingly perceived as a means of fashion expression, which is why they are now offered in more colour shades and more striking materials.
Very popular tools for styling are gaudy styles combined with plain outfits. The continued existence of cropped sleeve lengths creates a need for long, elbow-high gloves and their explicitly decorative function increasingly takes precedence over their ability to merely keep the wearer warm.
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