I Love Red Handbags

Is there anything more refined than this genteel, graceful handbag?

Nearly all Hermes Birkin bags, named after English actress and '60s fashion icon Jane Birkin, are special orders, like this red leather version.

This one is absolutely timeless and will look exquisite for years and years. It would certainly have to last forever with a price tag of this size - most Birkins are upwards of $20,000, but the final price depends on skin and hardware.

Are these prices beyond your current budget? Do you baulk at paying out $1000 or $20000 for a handbag? Get a replica handbag instead.

Idol Replicas have some stunning replicas like this Bvlgari Leather Handbag for $159

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Feast your eyes on this stunning patent leather handbag from Dolce and Gabbana

In bright lipstick red it's screaming to be taken out on the town. The polished gold hardware is a perfect complement to the red and the tote has a magnetic snap closure to keep all your essentials safe. Handles are made of flat leather straps.

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This fabulous Isabella Adams Kelly Handbag is in beautiful red embossed leather with striking gold hardware and gold logo plate.

This is the best kind of bag - the front zipper pocket, three interior leather trimmed pockets, front and back outer pockets ensure enough space for all your essential bits and pieces.

The interior lining is attractive ultra suede and the handles are drop woven leather.

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The New York Times On the Street. Lots and lots of red handbags.
I love them all.

Empress Si Ling Chi of China is credited with discovering silk. While sitting under a mulberry tree in a palace garden having tea, a silkworm's cocoon fell out of the tree into her cup. While removing it from her tea, she discovered the fine silk filament of the cocoon beginning to unravel.

The Chinese guarded the secret of silk for millennia by executing anyone found guilty of smuggling silkworm eggs, cocoons, or mulberry seeds. Silk became the cloth of emperors and royalty and a great source of wealth. However, about 1900 years ago a Chinese princess who married an Indian prince is reported to have succesfully smuggled silkworm eggs out of China in her headdress and then fed them with the leaves of Indian mulberry trees. The rest, as they say, is history.

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I could almost weep just looking at this picture.

Stunning patchwork of embroidered silk with sequins backed on dark denim cotton. Brown leather and bead toggle, with brown leather handles. And of course, a practical inside zip pocket.

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