The Ever-Versatile Straw Handbag

Summertime has got to be the best time of the year to break out your favorite straw handbag or to go out to the store and purchase a brand new designer or designer inspired straw handbag to start out the Summer season right.  Whether you plan to be sipping fruity cocktail drinks by the pool at a distant resort or toting yourself to your (hopefully) air conditioned office for another long and tedious day at work, a straw handbag  is a versatile, lightweight, and highly functional match.

There was a time when handbag retailers suspected that the straw handbag may be just another flash in the pan - a here-today-gone-tomorrow trend - and they kept their eyes peeled for the straw handbag's inevitable replacement.  But here we are, years later, and the straw handbag still stands supreme as the fashionable way to tote your belongings around with you in the sweltering Summer months.

Gone too are the days when a straw handbag looked like nothing more than a glorified and miniaturized beach bag.  The top name handbag designers continue to pour just as much style and class into their ever-expanding and ever-surprising lines of new straw handbags as they do their leather handbags and other pricier offerings.

You'll find straw handbags in all sorts of styles and designs.  You'll see them with raffia fruit, sequins, beadwork, and ornate prints adorning them.  You'll find compact straw handbags with snaps or zippers keeping them closed and oversized, open-style straw handbags.   And straw handbags don't just come in straw color.  You'll find a straw handbag dyed to match virtually any outfit you wish to go with it. 

There are novelty straw handbags with dogs, pineapples, sunflowers, the American flag, and the Union Jack gracing the side.  You can wear your costume jewelry out with your straw handbag; the two generally make for a perfect match.  In fact, many designers believe the straw handbag goes best with casual attire. 

But don't let them dissuade you from carrying your straw handbag out with you to a business meeting, or to the opera or ballet.    There are plenty of classy straw handbags that you can, if you wish, carry with you to the most formal events.

Straw handbags are the perfect places to pin those brooches and tie those scarves you absolutely adore but don't know what to do with.

To prevent your straw handbag from becoming dingy, spray it with fabric protector.