Designer Handbags - Buy Online or only for the Rich and Famous

I always thought designer handbags were only for the rich and famous. Celebrities perusing the streets with 10,000 designer bags made of the finest Italian leather. Then I started getting curious about what types of bags are considered the most trendy and fashionable. What makes a handbag a designer bag anyway? Is it the name, the style, the fashion, or the price? Many of the most popular handbags bought online are names I had never heard and many are found in only a few storefront retail fronts. Some are bought through private collector parties like jewelry and aren't even available to the public. Many of these handbags lines started as recently as 15 years ago and some have been the rave all through Europe and only now catching on here! How do you buy designer handbags online anyway? These are questions for discussion on later posts but any help in these matters would be welcomed. I believe with the wave of online shopping and the ability to protect against fraud through credit card companies, these trends will continue to grow and accessibility to these designer brand handbags will become more and more available to enthusiasts like us, not to just the rich and famous!