In addition to clothes, jewelry and shoes, handbags are some of the items women cannot miss. Many women own more than seven different types of handbags and continue accumulating them every given year.

A woman's handbag is something very precious as it defines her and carries along important and sensitive items. It is for this reason that most women will try their level best to own the latest and best handbags in the market. The market therefore has a wide variety of designerhandbags from different prominent fashion houses to serve this need and indeed there is always great excitement every time a new handbag is unveiled.

Other than ferrying important stuff, signature handbags help boost women's image. Owning a designer handbag suggests that such a woman values her outlook, has great taste for fashion and is also confident.

These signature handbags are available in different designs, styles, sizes and colors to suit different lifestyles, moods, seasons, preferences and occasions or reasons. Available are stylish shopping handbags, travel handbags and hip handbags among others. All these vary in functionality and therefore have different accessories and compartments to hold stuff relevant to the situation at hand.

Women buy designer handbags with various intentions. Some will buy a particular handbag to match a specific outfit. Others will buy a bag that will suit every given situation. There is therefore some soul searching involved to determine the use and compatibility of the handbag to as many situations as possible. Can the bag be used for a formal meeting as well as weekend getaway, does it go well with trousers or a dress, what image does it portray - a trendy or a conservative one? However much one may seem lost for choice, preferences always help one end up with a fashion handbag that will work just fine.

Many people would love to cash in on the attributes and uniqueness of designer handbags and basically everything designer and that is why we have fakes and replicas. Some replica handbags are exactly identical to the authentic ones such that it is so hard to differentiate between them. This situation has affected both online and physical stores. We therefore need to note this and do some research to help us obtain legit designer handbags.

It is rather obvious that signature handbags do not come cheap. Online designer handbags stores have however made it somewhat easier to own such handbags thanks to great discounts. It is cheaper to run an online store and thus the savings are passed on to customers as discounts. We should however be extra cautious of online stores that offer insanely discounted handbags as these are most likely inferior quality handbags.