There's plenty of style and kicky class with Mary Frances handbags. Don't refer to these accessories as just "purses, " because they're much more than just something to hold a pocketbook and a makeup compact and cell phone in. For one, Mary Frances -- 2004 Designer of the Year -- has attempted to infuse her love of life and fun in every bag she makes.
Most make a conscious effort to keep the interior clean. I for one carry pens wrapped in Ziploc bags (thanks to a tip learned from friend CSP) in my purse. Others send their purse babies to the purse hospital on regular basis. For example, I send some of my purse babies to the manufacturer on a yearly basis to get a tune-up, such as getting re-dyed if the leather oxidizes or if there if the leather gets snagged. Others make it a point to rotate their purses often to avoid corner wear and most store those purse babies in their dust bags and stuff them to ensure they keep their shape.
One of Ms. Frances' most extensive lineups appears to be the large tote handbag collection, and what woman -- whether housewife with several small children or on-the-go businesswoman (who also might have a few children of her own) -- today doesn't need a big tote to carry just about everything while also looking uber-stylish and unique, to boot.
For flat-out kitschy good humor and love of the holidays, Mary Frances' Christmas Collection can't be touched when it comes to several of the handbags in that lineup that could pull double-duty as holiday village homes or knick-knacks in a miniature Christmas village scene. For instance, there's a Gingerbread House handbag that looks exactly like what it says it is.
The Bay Area designer usually comes out with five new collections of Mary Frances handbags per year, and there are always several lines of "retired" bags that can be had from the year prior for a short period of time. The bags are stylish, fun-looking, very personable and there's sure to be one for any woman out there.
What might be most surprising of all, though
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Several of those particular bags (the ones that resemble statuary or the like) are from Timmy Woods, a Mary Frances collaborator. Her contributions include one bag named "Naughty or Nice, " which is in perfect keeping with the designer's humorous outlook on bags that are at once utilitarian on the inside yet scream individuality on the outside. These bags are extremely memorable
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Of course, there's always an exception, look at Lindsay Lohan and Shauna Sands, they kill me with how beat up their purses look.When does buying previously loved make sense? When:
1. You missed out on a particular style or color and must now have it.
2. You like the purse, but don't LOVE it
3. You want the designer look, without the designer price tag
4. You want to be green and recycle.1. MISSED OUT ON A MODEL:
A dear friend of mine missed out on the Dior purple lamb leather plisse purse circa 2008 (I believe) and is now on the hunt for the purse. Another friend missed out on the Gucci Britt tote and after almost a year of looking for it, recently scored! This year, I finally scored my first Gucci Blondie, the last of the Tom Ford designs for Gucci from 2004. If you missed out on particular model or recently discovered a particular designer line or color and must now have it then buying previously loved is the way to go
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One look at a handbag from the designer demonstrates this fact, as there doesn't seem to be a theme or object d'art that she hasn't tried to include in each handbag in each of the numerous collections that she features. For those into a more bohemian outlook that comes in rich-looking leather, there's the Mary Frances leather bag lineup, filled with bags that are named "Bellissima" and "Ray of Light, " for example.
It seems this up-and-coming fashion designer isn't lacking for fans among the Hollywood glitterati, either, with big names like Shania Twain and others flocking to swoop up her colorful and fun-looking handbags. And Ms. Frances herself seems to be the epitome of the great American success story, starting out making jewelery in her home in San Francisco in the 1980s and steadily growing a clientele.