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Even if you don’t follow the fashion trends, or consider yourself very “fashionable”, you still need a nice black leather handbag. It’s just an essential part of every woman’s wardrobe. It’s timeless, like a little black dress, and it will never go out of fashion.

A black leather handbag is versatile. It can be used in almost any circumstance that you find yourself in. If you need a bag to go out to some fancy dinner party…grab this bag. If you are planning a more casual meeting with your friends, then this is a perfect bag for that occasion as well. This is certainly one accessory that you need to have in your wardrobe.

Before we start the shopping process, let’s talk a bit about the history of the handbag. The first documented use of “handbags” is from the–th century. We have hieroglyphics from this time period showing men carrying little pouches around their waists for the sole purpose of carrying flint. Within a short period of time women as well as men were wearing handbags adorned with embroidery or jewelry…a status symbol that showed off their considerable wealth.  Read more...

A GUCCI handbag bought from online auction site eBay never arrived, a jury was told yesterday.
Lucy Webber, of Rhosgadfan near Caernarfon, said she bid for the black leather handbag last March and paid pounds 41 for it but did not receive the package.

The 35-year-old denies fraud and claims a handbag she was later seen with was a different item.
The prosecution allege at Caernarfon Crown Court that Webber did nott like the bag and pretended it never arrived in order to claim the money back from the seller.

Webber is said to have shown off the bag to colleagues at the Royal Mail customer service office at Bangor.

But quizzed by her barrister Kim Halsall, Webber insisted the handbag was a replica, similar to the one on eBay, but bought on holiday in Spain for pounds 20 in July.

“I wanted the bag (on eBay), I bid for it, I won it, I bought it, I was very miffed when it didn’t arrive. The bag I saw in Spain was very similar to it which is why I bought it,” she told the court.
The court heard she refused to allow Royal Mail investigators to examine or photograph the bag until she had received legal advice during an interview .  Read more...