watch out Imelda Marcos, Americans are Buying More Shoes and Purses than Ever Before
In the past it was usually the outfit that you were going to wear that was the main focus and what many women would concentrate on. Women typically only owned a few dress shoes that were in neutral tones that would be worn with various outfits. Handbags followed the same role in that youtypically owned a few bags that you changed during the winter and summer months to go with your neutral shoes. Many people would wear black or brown shoes and bags in the winter and white shoes and bags in the summer. Today those rules no longer apply and accessories have taken the main stage as the outfits have become a bit more neutral. There are so many things you can buy regarding handbags like purse organizers or a purse organizer to keep your purse organized all the way to closet hooks to store your purses. Shoes have become front and center in addition to where now people buy shoes and then find the outfit to go with them.
The style of purses have changed over the years as trends change similar with fashion. There are currently a greater number of handbag designers that are becoming more successful than clothing designers. This was not evident a decade ago. Not only has the popularity of purses grown but the size of purses has also gotten bigger. Some women carry purses these days that could probably fita week’s worth of clothing in it if theywanted. This is thepresent fashion trend and will probably look ridiculous in 5 years when you look back on it. The styles and types of purses have often changed over the years. Evening bags used to befull of sequins with a thin strap butnow the trendy leather clutches are a favorite evening bag. The trends come and go every 25 years also with the fringed suede bags of the 70’s hippie time are now being sold again in the twenty something group of women.
Shoes are now in the forefront of fashionalso. The importance of the designer shoe took center stage with the popularity of the HBO show “Sex in the City” . At the starting scenes of each episode, the main character, Carrie isseen window shopping and stops in front of aboutique for shoes looking at a pair of shoes with immense love and admiration no one evercould imagine for an inanimate item. Carrie and her girlfriends usually discussed their love of shoes and really put them into the forefront of the fashion world. One thing women often say is that clothing does not always fit especially if you gain weight but shoes always fit. The rules of matching shoes with your purse no longer are true and the more crazy your shoes, the better. A lot of women now decide to wear a basic white tee and jeans so they can showcase their shoes and theirpursesinstead. It is no longer simply the clothes but the accessories are amain staple of fashion too.

Posted June 7, 2009
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