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bagsy it's mine
DATE: 02/01/2010 03:55:33 / MOOD:
in AN age of struggling retail profits, handbags have overtaken perfume as the biggest moneymaker for designers and fashion houses. Sales have risen by 150 per cent in the past five years - with British women spending Pounds 350 million on bags a year. GucciNew items Handbags So when Marie Curie Cancer Care recently announced its celebrity auction (see box), it came as little surprise that the fashion item chosen to be sold off for charity would be the newly empowered handbag. Its status at the top of the fashion barometer makes sense - this is an accessory that is neither ageist, elitist nor lookist. A woman of any age, from a size eight to a size 18, can make a statement with a bag, and what's more there are enough great ones out there to suit everyone, whatever the budget. It is now customary for women to rotate their collection (from an average-of abo occasion: evening, a bag for day the office, favourite o (or design gym. At the to the finely designer h be to the d when the first" as it one that ca rainbow), the footba pany swiftl to put it i Stopping they figur increase Marc Jaco tia will be the mark season for reason. If you ha before they out six), depending on the an elegant clutch for huge structured doctor's y, a traditional handbag for colours to co-ordinate with outfits, and even a designer ner- inspired) one for the op end of the spectrum, in y juggled world of the handbag, overexposure can detriment of any brand. So Balenciaga Lariat, or "the is also called (you know, the ame in every colour of the became a firm favourite of allers' wives set, the comly took the decision into "retirement". ReplicaJimmy Choo sales of the bag, red, would only its value. obs' Venetaken off ket next r the same ave money, and y get too popular-the ones to look out for this season are Jimmy Choo's Ramona, Pounds 1,100, (Charlize Theron, Elle Macpherson and Halle Berry are all fans), Marc Jacobs' quilted Stam, Pounds 760, as seen on the arm of Lindsay Lohan (she's got one in beige and embroideredpatches blue), Nicky Hilton and Mary J Blige, and Yves Saint Laurent's Muse bag, Pounds 650, as worn by Kate Moss, Sophie Dahl, Pamela Anderson and Naomi Watts. However, if like most of us you are on a budget and don't want to spend a fortune on a bag whose reputation will be sullied by Coleen McLoughlin buying one in every colour, head for the high street for a lookalike. There are armfuls out there. . The Marie Curie Cancer Care celebrity auction will be held at The Royal Exchange, EC3, from 6.30pm on Thursday For tickets, call 020 7599 7308 or 0800 716 146. Other articles: http://www.whmh.net.cn/Blog/View/?830http://www.samtou.cn/Blog/View/?311
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Bags to beat cancer
Bags that can be a pain in the
DATE: 02/01/2010 03:55:24 / MOOD:
BIG handbags have become a fashion must-have - not least because of the extra room inside them. But women carrying the super-sized and often overloaded accessories may be putting their health at risk. Chiropractors say they are considering issuing a medical warning after seeing increasing numbers of 'heavy-handbag related injuries'. The patients usually report neck injuries, said Karen Erickson, of the American Chiropractic LEDFlexible Strip Dropper Series Dropper-3528 Association. 'When a patient comes in complaining of these symptoms, I walk over and pick up her bag and without fail, it weighs a ton,' she said. The craze for so-called 'power bags' has been led by celebrities such as Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, Sienna Miller and Heidi Klum. Although these stars are unlikely to fill their bags to the brim, many of the young women who copy them will do so. The bags can be heavy, too. One designed by the singer Beyonce has a metal decoration that weighs a pound. LuggageReplica Dr Jane Sadler, of the Baylor Health Care System in Texas, said it was common for young women to carry embroideredpatches bags weighing ten pounds or more. She added: 'If you think about how you carry a bag, it's usually on one side and you pull your neck to one side and lift your shoulder. It's a very unnatural position. It creates strain along the neck and into the nerves.' An American study released yesterday said women carry twice as much in their handbags as their mothers did. Typical contents include MP3 players, mobile phones, headsets, laptops, bank cards, makeup bags, water bottles and keys. Other articles: http://www.8mchina.com/When-Women-Meet.htmlhttp://1111.in/blog.php?user=chnj&blogentry_id=1232
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Bags taken on street
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