Echo Designs is expanding the soft handbag collection it launched last year.

The latest handbags will feature heavier fabrics, including a wool blend, appropriate for the fall 2012 season. While the line is evolving, Echo promises more of the patterns its famous for.
"We're playing with the materials ...

Echo abandons its usual casual fabrics for something a little more dressed up with this Soft Patent North South Tote.

This tote has all the gloss of a real patent, but its finish is much softer which makes it seem a bit ...

I'm a bit of a fashion snob. The feel of high quality leather underneath my fingertips makes me weak, and I swoon over a well-placed sprinkling of Austrian crystals. However even I can't resist the charms of a well-designed cotton canvas bag. This fun Elephant ...

You can wax lyrical about your white Christmases, but this gloomy weather is beginning to grate on me. I can't boost the temperature, but I can fantasize about being somewhere warmer when I'm looking at this Batik Leaf Bucket Tote from Echo.

This tote bag's relaxed ...

We all know Echo's fabric and terry cloth beach bags, but soon the label will release a more versatile range of handbags.

The fabric purses feature prints inspired by the label's famous scarves, including animal motifs and bold tribal patterns. The solid colored bags will have printed linings, while ...

Echo gets us ready for summer with this Paperstraw tote.

One look at this tote reminds us that this is a different animal from the designer totes you'd spot on the high street. Its woven paperstraw body is laidback and its blue plastic trim cheap and cheerful. Some ...

Much of the Northern Hemisphere may be knee deep in snow, but the fashion world is already looking forward to summer. Even if you don't have a lot of money to spend on a new season wardrobe, you can join them with this Echo Sundial Handbag.

This casual ...

If you're not quite ready to say goodbye to summer, feast your eyes on this fun Rounded Raffia Tote from Echo.

This quirky purse reminds me of the kind of souvenir you'd take home from a Polynesian vacation. It might not be handcrafted by Fijian locals, but its woven raffia body could ...

For a beach bag with bite, look to the Shark Attack Hobo from Echo. Thankfully there are no grisly scenes on the body of this bag. Instead the hobo features a pop-art style print which almost makes these ocean killers look cute!

It's not a luxurious handbag by any means, but does ...

Echo gives us two great looks with this fun Reversible Tote Bag.

This is a simply styled tote, but its inside-out appeal ensures it doesn't get boring. After all, once the paisley print loses its charm you can reverse the tote and rock its dotty pattern. These conservative black and white spots ...

We were critical of Echo when it used terry cloth as the feature fabric on its slouchy tote recently. We derided the material for being cheap and nasty, commenting that its only redeeming quality is its ability to absorb water.

So how strange that when paired with an equally cheap material ...

Echo takes the backpack out of the schoolyard and into the disco with the glitzy Tamworth bag.

OK, it may look a little out of place on the dance floor, but the metallic crinkle fabric is definitely eye-catching! Honestly, this slouchy fabric is too loud for me no matter what the shade. ...

Echo got a bit of a bashing here at BagBunch recently for its functional, yet butt ugly, Terry Cloth Hobo. Looking at this Multi Colored Yarn Clutch, it's almost hard to believe it came from the same fashion house.

Black and white is a classic combination, but it's given a modern ...

I may be about to be lampooned for daring to show this terry cloth hobo from Echo on a website dedicated to handbags. And sure, it isn't fashionable, but I am going to stick my neck out and say that this fabric tote may well be useful.

Actually, saying even that feels horrible. ...