Top Bag Trends 2015

A bag can make or kill the look. The most beautiful dress can look devastating with a wrong bag. A bag should complement the attire, be utilitarian and also look chic at the same time. To be on top of what to carry with your favourite dress, let’s have a look at the top bag trends, 2015.

The bags on the runway this year brought back many elements from the past and also added some new twists to the conventional. The runways of Milan and New York presented the following bag trends, 2015:

• Clutches: The clutches are all about evening wear and class. This season the clutches went from tiny to over sized, solids to printed and sober to blingy. The notable trend was the incoming of round clutches. This season clutches also give the convenience of cleverly designed handles that help in multitasking.

Spring-summer 2015 round Clutches

J Crew hand held clutch

• The Bucket Bag: The spring-summer bag trends, 2015 brought in the bucket bag. It seems to be a must-have this season. Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Chloe, Mansur Gavriel, etc have a great collection of buckets this year that you can choose from. The bucket bag is not too structured, so it makes you look chic with a casual, cool look. Some buckets also give you the flexibility of being hand-held or wearing it on the shoulder or across. Anytime you do not mean business, you can just pull the drawstrings and you are good to go!

Louis Vuitton Bucket Bag

• Saddle Bags: These bags give you an advantage of going hands-free. They can be carried on the shoulder and worn across the body. Available with different options of metallic chain, leather or fabric straps, they are good friends of the woman on the go. Its structured look makes it a great workplace bag. This retro bag has a revamped look this season to suit today’s fashionista.

Chanel crossbody saddle bag

Bag trends 2015 on the runway also saw backpacks, duffles, hobos and totes. Irrespective of the bag’s make and style the noticeable bag trends 2015 are as follows:

• Go full circle: This season round clutches and bags entered the fashion scene breaking the bag’s standard mould.

Karen walker Round Bag

• Fair and Square: The runway also saw very sleek, defined rectangular bags. The sharp edges give these bags a very sophisticated look that will win you any negotiation that you carry it to. Vertical rectangles against the conventional horizontal, are also gaining preference this season.

Versace spring 2015 bag

Versace 2015 vertical rectangle bag

• Pick the Print: Prints give character to the bag. They are ranging from bold floral prints to abstract. Well how can the spring-summer bags shy away from flowers and colours.

Printed bags

• Fun with Colours: Adding colour to the bag is also one of the bag trends 2015. A bit of colour is good any season, it drives away the winter blues and adds to the summer fun. Whether it is in the form of print or solid, colour will make a bag lover happy this season.

Desquared2 solid yellow tote

• Animal Instinct: Imitation crocodile leather bags in different colours and monochrome python print bags are still very in for bag trends 2015.

Crocodile print bag

• Material Girl: Apart from leather this season suede is also ruling the roost. As technology is working with fashion we can enjoy bags in lot of new materials like nylon and PU (reconstituted leather). Bags in fabrics like cotton, canvas, jute, denims are also trendy this year. Metal, bead, gem accents added to the bag is popular. Patchwork, weaves, cut-work and embroidery on the bag will always be in, as far as bag trends 2015 go.

When bags are concerned as long as you know how to work it, they are always in trend. The bag trends 2015 are all about how you match the bags with your personal style statement. A bag walks hand in hand with a girl everywhere, in style. So a good bag is definitely a girl's best friend!

PS: You can also read an old blog post of mine about Bag Trends and Indian Handbags


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Indian Designers: My Top Picks for Autumn/Winter 2014

Indian designers are currently thriving and we are seeing a wide variety of styles and designers being brought into the limelight and displayed both on the catwalk and online.We have chosen a few of our current favourite Indian designers at the moment that we feel are perfect for this A/W!

Our first pick is Meera Mahadevia, she is perhaps the best kept secret in the international luxury handbag market. The brand began 27 years ago as a customised design accessory for celebrities and socialites across the world. Till now her designs have been only accessible to those who were lucky enough to grace the red carpet, but today her creations are showcased across India in a number of high-end fashion boutiques and online stores. 

Anushka clutch

A Meera Mahadevia luxury handbag comes in an eccentric and extremely varied range of stunning styles and designs, and are often made up of a distinctive blend of brass and copper embellished with wood carvings, marble inlays, silver engravings, semi-precious stones, antique frames, and spiritual emblems. Each handbag is said to be detailed to a fine precision, and all by using the most basic and artistic manufacturing tool of all time: the human hand! 

                                                 

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                                              Stylish blue and golden clutch

                                                    
                                                 
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Our Second pick of one of our current favourite Indian designers is Myoho. Myoho designs have been recently described as a ‘seamless confluence of ethnicity, femininity and subtlety’, which we think describes the designs perfectly!                                   
                                          
                                                
                                                              Red floral pattered dress

Myoho designs are easy, relaxed and organic and have a beautiful range of elegant and wearable looks for any occasion. Although the designs have a clear traditional influence, they also have a modern and contemporary twist which creates a very high fashion and up to date appearance.

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Exquisite Collection of Meera Mahadevia's Clutches Available at Strand of Silk

We wrote on Sunday about the admiration that we have for Indian designer Meera Mahadevia. The craftsmanship that goes into her creations is truly remarkable.

That's why we're pleased to announce that a unique collection of her latest creations in clutches is available now on the Strand of Silk website.

Why not go ahead and browse for your favourite style?

Meera Mahadevia and the Importance of Accessories

Indian designer Meera Mahadevia is definitely a cult queen in customised accessories. High quality standard and customer satisfaction are achieved through expert craftsmanship work in the manufacturing process of her collections.

The message that we extrapolated having a look to the designer’s creations is that every outfit can acquire a touch of glamour if paired with the right accessory.

                       

 

We fell in love with every single bag!

Every piece branded Meera Mahadevia has a strong and different personality, you can find delicate and simple clutch, but also colourful and heavy embroidered ones.

                       

 

Discover more about Indian Designers

Indian Bags For The Night And Western Bags For The Day!

Louis Vuitton recently launched a new it bag – called the ‘W’ because of its shape. This is definitely a must have that you should wear during the day.
Many celebrities such as Jessica Alba have already fallen in love with it!

As for the evening, why don’t you try one of Meera Mahadevia’s new Indian bags? The designer’s new collection is now available and features many dazzling clutches and Indian bags, simply be perfect for a night out! Get the look!

See also Indian trousers!

How To Choose A Perfect Wedding Clutch?

There are not rules about wedding style! Every celebrity tries to catch media attention with elegant and sophisticated dresses. However each woman knows that the key to make an outfit successful is an eye-catching accessory. If you are invited to a wedding you have to keep in mind that there are rules in choosing both the dress and the accessories for that day. Shoes and bags usually are coordinated, but in order to choose your wedding clutch you can also have a look at what celebrities have chosen. There are some practical and easy rules to follow. First of all, the size of the bag must be small. The smaller is the wedding clutch the more elegant and precious it seems.  After you have also to consider the shape, usually it is rectangular or oval, in both cases rigid. Embroideries make even more precious the clutch.

Often celebrities choose the basic colour of the bag according to the main colour of the dress and of its embroideries. For instance, the beautiful Shamita Shetty chosen to match an oval grey and silver wedding clutch to the silver embroideries of her pink dress in the occasion of Esha Deol's wedding reception. At the same event , Tabu wore a yellow dress with gold details, handling a gold wedding clutch.

Anyway, the formula of matching gold or silver wedding clutch with the details of the dress is not always respected: Anees looked perfect in her Indian attire at Osman and Saltanath's wedding ceremony, held in Hyderabad, combining a gold details dress with a golden clutch.