Fashion

Types Of Handbags

There are all kinds of bags in this world from a handbag, purse or pouch, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet , keys, cosmetics, a hairbrush, cell phones etc. Here are different types of bags.

Baguette: a small, narrow, rectangular shape purse, resembling a French loaf of bread (baguette)

baguette bag

Barrel: shaped like a barrel or closed tube, usually with shoulder-length straps

Barrel Bag

Bowling bag purse: a popular 1990s “retro” style for younger women, modelled after American bags used to carry bowling balls

Bowling Bag Purse
Bucket bag: shaped like a bucket, medium-size or large, with shoulder straps and a drawstring closure

bucket-bag
Clutch: a handbag without handles, rectangular in shape, often an evening bag but used during the day as well

clutch-bag

Doctor’s bag: modelled after a Victorian era doctor’s bag for making housecalls

doctors bag

Drawstring: a purse that closes with a drawstring at the top, may have wrist- or shoulder-length straps, popular as an evening bag style

drawstring-bag

Half-moon: shaped as a half-moon

half-moon-bags

Hobo: medium-size crescent-shaped bag with a top zipper and often a slouch or dip in the centre; a modern, casual silhouette

Hobo-Bag

Lighted: a handbag with a lighting system which has been attempted since the 1950s without success until recently when in 2011 the first successful lighted handbag was brought to market.

lighted handbag

Messenger bag: one long strap worn across the body, inspired by bags worn by urban messengers to deliver business mail, a modern silhouette

Louis Vuitton Mens Messenger Bag
Minaudière: a small rectangular evening bag, usually hard-bodied, sometimes held inside a soft fabric bag that serves as a sleeve

Minuadiere Evening Purse

Muff: a winter bag made of real or faux fur, wool or velvet that has zippered compartments and a slip opening for hands

muff bag

Pocketbook: small purse, rectangular shape

Pocket

Pouch: small bag such as a pocket, teabag, money bag, sporran, etc

Pouch bag

Saddle purse: shaped like a horse saddle, may have equestrian motifs and hardware to emphasize the design

Saddle purse

Satchel: a soft-sided case usually of leather

Satchel bag

Tote: medium to large bag with two straps and an open top

tote-bag

Trapezoid: shaped as a trapezoid, usually made of stiff material

Trapezoid bag

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