Susan Farber upsizes her Laurel clutch with this Hastings shoulder bag.

The Hastings has everything we loved about the Laurel. The soft ruffled leather, with its zippered edge, is an intriguing mix of sugar and spice. The gently braided strap is a great complement to those ...

Mmm, metal mesh and ruffled leather. It's a combination that makes even the toughest bag look positively weedy, at the same time as making pretty purses look kind of dull.

OK, so the mix may also be rather over the top, and ...

Perhaps I'm just a bit difficult to please. After looking at one too many classic but uninspired handbags from Miu Miu, I began to long for something a little more flamboyant and fun. Well the label has delivered just that and then some ...

What a fabulously fun and frothy bag Ashley M has created in the Cindy Ruffle Satchel.

There's certainly no guessing where it got its name from; the Cindy is literally covered in large ruffled rosettes. As if these didn't make the satchel girly enough, Ashley M has dotted the center of each ...

Taking its cues from Valentino comes this budget alternative from Spiegel.

Its black leatherette finish may not convince anyone that you're carrying a high-end designer purse, but that’s hardly the point. Rather than a mere luxury impersonator, this Spiegel bag simply offers the on-trend large rosette look for less. Rather than a ...

I am impressed by how top-end designer this ruffled satchel from Steven Madden actually looks.

I think it is the design that makes this reasonably affordable handbag look quite so posh. The ruffles aren't just layered like bags normally do, instead being cut from the same synthetic leather in unpredictable patterns. In an ...

Origami is one of the harder styles to wear this season. Super-tall super-pretty supermodels traipse happily up and down the catwalk, covered head to toe in sculptured ruffles and dramatic shapes. For us mere mortals, however, wearing folds and creases as big and obvious as this is nothing short of hard work!

Thankfully, high ...

It's not exactly the Be & D Kan Kan, but the Ruffle Satchel from SR Squared by Sondra Roberts is a much more affordable alternative to the luxurious designer version. I wouldn't say it's a perfect option since the two styles are very different, but it's an excellent option for an inexpensive ...

This sexy metal mesh purse from Felix Rey is bound to look familiar. Modern style icons Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan have carried it, and it's graced the pages of InStyle and US Weekly.

It's no wonder that glitzy gals like Paris and Lindsey have fallen for this beautiful bag. The mesh ...