About Bags – Cool, Funky & Unique Bags

Now that L.A. county has banned plastic bags, everyone’s gotta have an effortless canvas tote they keep close at hand (or at least in the trunk of the car for spontaneous errands). The ridiculously casual canvas tote is the ideal opportunity to get cute and lighthearted. And, of course, with a miniscule price tag to match.

M Missoni is in the same line of thinking. They’ve created a personalized bag without getting too personal. Their line of twelve horoscope-themed bags are just the thing to get you out of a jam when you’re shopping. Or when you’re at a loss for a present – these bags make great birthday gifts. With painterly graphics and old typewriter-style lettering, each bag, in every color of the rainbow, exudes capricious ease. From sunny yellow for energetic Sagittarius to bold magenta for fiery Aries to pale pink for sensitive Cancer. The azure-blue bag for my sign, Pisces, also happens to be my favorite color. If Missoni has really done their research, your sign and favorite color should coordinate, as well! On ShopBop for $29.

Sometimes the all the elements – color, print, material, hardware, shape, and size – converge in such a way you get a balance that’s sheer perfection. By now you well know I’m a sucker for spots, but lately I’ve moved onto to an even more neutral variation. Gray leopard is officially my new favorite animal print. It’s more subtle and less Vegas, more refined and less kitsch.

Salvatore Ferragamo’s take on colorless leopard is one of the best I’ve seen by far. It’s highbrow without being uptight. By putting the spots under a magnifying glass, the effect is graphic and striking. On deeply touchable pony hair, it’s divine. As a top handle tote with a scaled-down flap, crimped edges, and measured dashes of black leather and gold hardware, I’m finding this bag impossible to resist. And why should I even try? This is the sort of logical investment piece you will never regret, especially when you’re still carrying it years later – because ladylike-cool never goes out of style. At Salvatore Ferragamo for $2,590. Call 1-800-628-8916 for inquiries.

Pair with: I’m seeing gray days ahead. And I couldn’t be happier. I plan on indulging my tote’s muted spots with Giuseppe Zanotti’s razor-sharp gray stiletto booties, with two degrees of platform to keep you grounded. Giuseppe Zanotti Double Platform Bootie, $795.

What do luxury brands employ to market themselves? Apart from star designers, celebrities voice and It bag, there is advanced shopping experience. Who created this shopping experience? Who build perfect shopping paradise for the customers forever beyond the expectations? Who does better to make guests pay for the commodities they wanted generously.And how to make them feel that what they bought is worthiness? To 5000 people flowing- you will find designer shops in fact is playing the role of director of sales.

To make these more charming is a architecture designer  who decorated the new Louis Vuitton Shop in May of this year very brightly on the Bond Street.The desinger is Peter Marino.The LED lights created visual effect through the manufacture of glass cascades’ infinite changes under the reflect of LED lights. On a specially crafted “bag bar” ,all kinds of handbags on the electronic conveyor belt rotating back and forth, looking like sushi shop turret.

“I want to be the first person to give handbags dynamic.” Marino said, “previously the ways of showing handbags to the customers to promote handbags sales are bored to death.I want to make everything more funny!” It sounds like a sales director’s words.Let’s take a look over these round jewerry counter which is like the spaceship of  Louis Vuitton, as well as the suitcase nialed on to the wall — the display mode and  recalls the brand’s appearance in the Paris, London, Beijing, Shanghai and the shops at every coner of the world for the past years-On Champs Elysees Street there are about 3000 to 5000 pepole passing the Louis Vuitton Shop every day  – you will find that the designer of the shop are  in fact often playing the role of director of sales.

Austin, Texas is now considering a ban on plastic shopping bags, making it the latest city to debate paper vs. plastic.
Although cheap for retailers and convenient for the public, environmentalists say plastic bags are a costly burden to taxpayers. But plastic bag makers argue that attempted bans are a misguided effort to control consumer behavior, undercutting an important industry.

In June, Austin’s Solid Waste Services Department embarked on a 90-day study that will determine the overall cost of plastic bags from the point of manufacturing to the moment they hit the landfill. When the study is complete in September, Austin City Council will determine if the tax dollars devoted to plastic bags outweigh their added convenience.

Austin’s Democratic mayor, Lee Leffingwell, introduced the idea of this city ordinance against plastic bags in Austin. “Say you throw your bag into recycling. Once it gets into the recycling machine, it gets stuck in the gears, so it ends up we have to take extra time to pull the bags out,” said Amy Everhart, policy director for the mayor of Austin. “That’s what the study’s geared towards: figuring out how much it costs to deal with them.”

San Francisco conducted a similar study that demonstrated plastic bags cost up to 17 cents apiece in tax dollars.

Until the Austin study findings are released, retailers will continue to disperse the bags by the handful, and the resolution will remain in limbo.
“To earn the green reputation we have [in this] city, we need to take a leadership role,” said Stacy Guidry, Program Assistant for Texas Campaign for the Environment, a grassroots environmental advocacy organization. “We’re not living up to our reputation, and we need to take more action.”

San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Brownsville, Texas, have already made changes to their plastic bag policies, and Dallas, Portland, Ore., and the entire state of California are currently considering changes.

Grocers in Washington D.C. now charge shoppers a five cent fee for each plastic bag they take home. In the first month alone, the measure decreased the use of plastic bags in D.C. by 84 percent.

With city councils across the country advocating for reusable bags instead of plastic, the plastic bag industry is mounting a strong response.

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