Designers Handbags

And you thought Metallic Friday was over… wrong again! After seeing King Kong last night (alright movie, not awful-not great), I nearly froze on the walk back to the car. And I figured that chances were when I woke up in the morning there would still be no sun- and that just made me angry. Nevertheless, I woke up to grey cold skies. So if you are reading this, I have a message for you Sun. Dear Sun: If I left you behind in Florida by accident, don’t be mad at me and please please come up north for a little bit. But either way, I am continuing with shiny bags for today also.

It seems that in today’s world none of us can live without cell phones. In fact, if any of you can- I’d love to hear about it! Mine broke for 2 days and I nearly just cried (ok you got me- I might have shed a tear or two

). But if you want to protect your phone with something stylish, why not do it with some Prada? The Prada Cell Phone Case is made from saffiano gold leather and measures 4″H X 2″L X ”W. Too bad Prada doesn’t tell us exatly which phones fit in there, but I guess we could all figure it out the hard way by measuring our phones. Availabe in black and orange also, you can buy this protector through Saks for $190.

There is no need denying that every woman carries a lot of useless crap around with her in her precious purse. I’m sure tons of you all have iPods or some sort of other portables that you cram in there, too. Joe Hynek of Iowa State University developed a fantastic symbiosis of tech and fashion and made carrying that extra battery charger a thing of the past. More room for more junk in the purse, whee! The bag’s outside is completely covered with solar panels which convert the sweet sun light into energy which, in turn, is stored in internal batteries. Your portable can be charged via the complementary USB port. Ingenius! Why didn’t anyone think of that before? And at a price of roughly 300 quid, it’s not even that expensive.

With millions of iPods sold so far, and really no end of the craze to come, it’s of no surprise that fashion labels continuously keep on coming out with new accessories for Apple’s successful MP3 players. Coach have had iPod cases as part of their women’s accessories line-up for a while, but just recently added these three cute Mini iPod Cases that go for $88 each. The stuffers are made from nappa leather with contrasting leather appliqu©s and a 12€ strap with dogleash clip. You can choose from three motives, either Butterfly, Lady Bug, or Flower. Nothing that I’d wear around (there’s much more subtle designs for a guy afterall), but for gals these cases are cute and colorful ways to carry their tunes around.

Our friend The Bag Lady pointed out a creation worth mentioning. The Bottletop Bag is a remake of the original Mulberry Bottletop Bag from back in ‘02, and features heaps of wires, twisted and intertwined, Coke caps, as well as a wired model of the African continent on its front. The bag has a built-in speaker and a radio receiver (incl. antenna), it seems to be compatible to iPods as well. Best part ~ the Bottlecap charity gives a part of its profits to sexual health projects in Africa that provide sexual and reproductive health education in the part of the world that needs it the most. Thumbs up! Once their online store actually responds to our browser requests, we can provide you with pricing and availability. Great, unique case/bag for a good cause.