Bags, Handbags & Purses

The Jade collection by Stuart Weitzman is pretty distinctive, what with its stylish silver buckle and mottled panels, but the materials make it stand out even more.

Those materials, you see, are beautiful embossed leather, and utterly exotic salmon skin. They're not the most traditional ...

When she was just 14 years old, Roxana Zal became the youngest person to win a Primetime Emmy for her role in Something about Amelia.

Now this child star is all grown up and creating an eco-friendly line of luxury purses and other accessories.

Roxana's One October collection uses salmon skin rather than regular leather ...

Stuart Weitzman has looked to the seas for inspiration in creating its spring/summer 2011 collection. The range features four stunning handbags embellished with nanai salmon leather.

The bags from Weitzman's Jade line are made from printed leather and accented with the salmon ...

Osklen has always had one eye on sustainability, but its latest accessories line takes that commitment to the next level. Purses and shoes from the Fenix range are crafted from fish skins discarded by the seafood industry.

The skins are deemed as waste, but you'd never know that ...

We've all lusted after purses made from crocodile, python, and stingray. But salmon? Industry buzz suggests that fish leather may be the next big thing.

The durability and sustainable nature of fish skins have seen these new exotics adopted by big name brands including Prada, Loewe, Christian Dior, and ...

French designer Amalia Mattaor has reinvented the shoulder bag with her clever nightclub ready Dancing Bags.

The unusual purses were designed with keen club hoppers in mind. They strap onto the shoulder, keeping your essentials safe without restricting your mobility on the dance floor. The ...

There's something just a little bit fishy about the purses from Unnur, an Icelandic label which crafts its handbags from "sea leather."

Designer Unnur Fridriksdottir uses the skins of farm-grown Icelandic salmon and African perch to create her modern purses. While the approach might not please animal ...

If you're searching for a handbag that's a little out of the ordinary, consider the chic purses from Icelandic label Unnurwear. The styling shows European sophistication, but the finish is something a little different.

Unnur means "the waves of the ocean" in Icelandic, so it's not surprising to hear the brand's ...

We diligently wash our hands before meals and after using the bathroom and we keep antibacterial gel with us for those in-between times. But for all our hard work few of us stop to think about the hygiene of another constant companion, our handbag.

CBS conducted a study on the germs ...