Womens Leather Hobo Handbags

Ladies Leather Handbags - Leather Hobo Handbags

What is a hobo bag ?

A hobo bag or hobo handbag is generally a large and unstructured bag that is shaped like a half circle or a curve or crescent and has a long shoulder strap

(.... Coach Penelope Leather Hobo Handbag - $398))

Hobo handbags are very popular with celebrities and the glitterati who like the bohemian chic or boho chic style.

Hobo bags are large bags that are made of soft materials. They generally have a zip top and a shoulder strap and as they are soft they collapse when laid down. Ladies leather hobo handbags are probably the most popular in the same way as womens leather handbags are the most popular type of designer bag,

Practically all the designer handbag manufacturers make leather hobo handbags such as Louis Vuitton Mahina, Coach Penelope, Burberry and the Gucci Jockey.

(.... Gucci Jockey Leather Hobo Handbag - $3550)

Large leather hobo bags are ideal for carrying large amounts of personal items, combining fashion and glamour with practicality. Hobo bags tend to have a single compartment but it is sometimes better to find one that has two compartments.

Hobo bags are made from a variety of different fabrics. Ladies leather hobo bags can be made in different colours and leather bags are always popular as they are pliable and hard wearing. Other fabrics such as canvas are used but leather hobo handbags tend to be the most popular, there are also bags made from imitation leather for people who think that leather handbags are cruel to animals.

(... Louis Vuitton Mahina Leather Hobo Handbag - $4210)

Prices for hobo bags vary widely - from a few dollars to several thousand dollars for designer hobo handbags from the top names such as Gucci, Burberry and Louis Vuitton.

(... Burberry Leather Hobo Bag $2,395.00)

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Repairing Louis Vuitton Handbags

Women's Leather Handbags - Louis Vuitton Repairs

How to Repair a Louis Vuitton Bag

If you have a Louis Vuitton bag, whether it's a womens leather handbag or something else, you may after a while, need to get something repaired, such as the strap or a buckle or a zip. This shouldn't happen very often, as genuine Louis Vuitton leather bags are extremely high quality, if it is a fake of course that is a different matter. For information on how to know if your LV bag is real or a fake see - How to Spot a Fake LV Bag

So how to repair a Louis Vuitton ?

You must absolutely take it or send it to a Louis Vuitton retail outlet, if you have the repairs carried out at a local non Louis Vuitton shop, Louis Vuitton will either refuse to carry out further repairs or will insist on re-repairing the repairs, as they will consider that the item has been altered. To retain the value of the bag all repairs must be carried out by LV, even for tiny jobs such as repairing loose stitching.

(............ Louis Vuitton Surya XL $3360.00)

You should also know that Louis Vuitton repairs are expensive and slow e.g. a lining for a pocket in a purse will cost at least $100. Zips cost at least $50.

A complicated repair can take as long as 2 or 3 months. So while your Louis Vuitton bag is away being cared for you will probably need to buy another one at least.
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A RARE PICTURE OF THE FIRST GENUINE LOUIS VUITTON

Womens Handbags - Picture of the First Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Biography

I suspect that few people know what the first genuine Louis Vuitton looked like so here he is. Rather striking !

He was born in Anchay in France on August 4th 1821 and died in Paris on February 27th 1892.

He left his home town and his parents, who were millers, at the age of 14, to go to Paris where he worked for a trunk maker and also as an apprentice luggage packer, to the prominent households of Paris. Louis Vuitton's reputation grew such that he was appointed by the Emperor of France, Napoleon III, as official luggage packer to his wife, the Empress Eugenie.

.................................. Monogram Canvas Neverfull ($665.00)
Vuitton thus acquired expert knowledge of the requirements of a good travelling case and started to design his own luggage. He opened his workshops in 1854 in order to provide luggage suitable for the new age in which travel was becoming more commonplace.

He created his own brand in 1854 in order to make innovative and high quality lugggage. He had three watchwords - luxury, functionality, innovation. The first shop was opened that same year in Paris. The business developed rapidly and soon acquired an international reputation and in 1885 a shop was opened in London's Oxford Street. Over years the Louis Vuitton line gained international recognition, due in part to the bronze medal it obtained at the 1867 World's Fair and the gold medal at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. The first stores opened in the U.S. in 1897.

Louis Vuitton's designs have always been highly fashionable and the famous LV monogram was created in 1896 in response to the widespread copying of its products! (For information on fake Louis Vuitton bags click here : How To Spot a Fake Louis Vuitton Bag )After Louis Vuitton's death in 1892 his son Georges took control of the business and made the Louis Vuitton brand into what it is today. The company developed what is recognized as the first "designer label" for its products.

Epi Leather Eugenie ($680.00)

Georges Vuitton is also said to have developed Vuitton's unique 5-combination lock. He died in 1936 and his son Gaston-Louis, took control of the company. In 1987 the company merged with Moet-Hennessy to become LVMH. Megastores were opened in 1998 in Paris, London and New York, a second flagship store was opened in Hong Kong in 2000.

In the 21st century there are around 200 Louis Vuitton stores in all the major cities of Europe, the U.S., and the Far East selling prestigious leather handbags, purses and luggage and elegant accessories to its distinguished clientéle. Due to the problems of counterfeiting Louis Vuitton now only sells its handbags and other products through its own stores or via its official website.

Monogram Dentelle Speedy 30 ($1420.00)
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HOW TO SPOT A FAKE LOUIS VUITTON BAG

Womens Handbags - HOW TO SPOT A FAKE LOUIS VUITTON BAG

A genuine Monogram MiniLin Pochette (current retail price $165.00)


Given that Louis Vuitton designer handbags can cost several hundred or several thousand dollars it would be nice to know how to avoid buying a fake or replica designer bag. But, as I said in my previous post, it is estimated that 99% of Louis Vuitton goods bought are fakes! Quite an estimate.

So how do you know if a Louis Vuitton is genuine and how can you spot a fake LV bag ? Well, to be quite brutally honest, you can't! If you read other websites or blogs they will tell you there are certain telltale signs to look for and this is undoubtedly true, but you, as a non-expert, will find it very difficult to distinguish between the genuine designer handbag and a very good imitation.

When looking for genuine Louis Vuitton leather handbags there are some indications that you might like to bear in mind however : -

• The seller has a lot of stock - purchases are in fact limited by Louis Vuitton to avoid re-selling, so avoid anyone with large stocks of designer bags
• Study the Louis Vuitton website and get to know the genuine bags - apparently some so-called Vuitton bags such as the Cherry Blossom Speedy or a Murakami Visor were never made by Vuitton
Suhali L'Epanoui PM (current retail price $2,650.00)

• Louis Vuitton do not wrap their bags in plastic or bubble wrap!
• If the price seems too good to be true then it is - genuine Vuitton bags are expensive
• Poor quality craftsmanship - Vuitton bags are "works of art" and should look like them - no wrinkles, creases, asymmetrical logos, poor quality seams etc...
• Attention to detail in all areas
• Certificate of Authenticity - these can of course be fakes too - but if there isn't one then at least that's a definite sign to steer clear
• Cheap looking tags made from a circular piece of plastic
• Most genuine dust bags just have the LV or Louis Vuitton logo
• Cheap plastic, cheap tan or cheap suede interiors
• The patterns on Vuitton designer handbags are always lined up correctly (not like some people's wallpaper)

These are some of the signs, but even so you would be hard pushed to differentiate between the genuine womens handbags and the good fakes without a lot of practice (which rather defeats the purpose - unless you intend joining the bag police).




Monogram Satin Aumoniere (current retail price $1,630.00)



So what's a girl (or guy) to do? As I said above, unless you are an expert, in my opinion the only way you can be absolutely sure of getting a genuine Louis Vuitton designer handbag is to buy it from a Louis Vuitton store or from their authorized websites. If you are willing to take the risk of being one of the 99% then, if you do your homework (by studying the upmarket magazines and above all the awful Louis Vuitton website - awful because it is so slow and clunky and difficult to navigate), you might be able to find yourself a bargain, but as they always say 'buyer beware' you are unlikely to get a refund if you discover your bag is a fake. Bear in mind too that not all fakes are cheap. What better way to convince you that a bag is genuine than by charging almost the full price? One woman stated that she paid $600 for a bag in the belief that it was genuine designer handbag, whereas in fact it was a fake that she could have got elsewhere for $50 .




On the Louis Vuitton website they state that Louis Vuitton products are only available at Louis Vuitton stores - or from their offical websites.

Monogram MiniLin Pochette Cancun (current retail price $315.00)



Louis Vuitton leather goods are made in France, Spain or the United States., where experienced craftsmen pay extreme attention to detail using only the finest materials.










Suhali LeFabuleux (current retail price $3,700.00)

For futher information see Fake Louis Vuitton Designer Handbags
For a video of how to spot fake Louis Vuitton bags see - Fake Louis Vuitton Bags
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Louis Vuitton Bags - Part I

Womens Handbags - Louis Vuitton Designer Bags

Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy LVMH.PA more often called Louis Vuitton, is a French company headquartered in Paris which creates luxury fashion and leather goods, notably designer handbags. Astonishingly just over 1% of the goods bearing the famous trademark monogram are authentic, i.e. 99% are fakes! The ones below are all genuine.

Sellier Dragonne (current retail price $1260.00)

Lambskin Rivets Bag (current retail price $3,300.00)

The company is named after its founder Louis Vuitton (1821 – 1892) who was a ‘malletier; who designed and manufactured luggage. He was born in the Jura, France but moved to Paris, on foot, in 1835. In 1854 he founded the company, which is now owned by LVMH.

Louis Vuitton signature leather goods are now considered a status symbol around the world.

The iconic Monogram Canvas design was the first designer label in contemporary history and was created in 1896 by Vuitton's son Georges for the express purpose of preventing counterfeiting. Louis Vuitton is however the most counterfeited brand in fashion history!

The Louis Vuitton company has made expert use of celebrities in its marketing campaigns, most recently Uma Thurman and Scarlett Johansson but also Jennifer Lopez, Chloe Sevigny, Christina Ricci, Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss, and Naomi Campbell. Hayden Christensen has also appeared as model for the company's luggage and prêt-à-porter lines.

Neverfull GM (current retail price $665.00)

Vuitton bags and purses are often carried by a whole host of other celebrities such as Madonna, Beyonce Knowles, Lindsay Lohan, Kimora Lee Simmons, Ayumi Hamasaki, Jessica Simpson, Ashley Tisdale, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Angelina Jolie, Anna Kournikova, Pamela Anderson, Katharine McPhee, Carmen Electra, Mariah Carey, and Victoria Beckham.

Vuitton has created a cult-like following among consumers and owners often refer to their bags and accessories as my “Louis.”

In an attempt to prevent counterfeiting, the company has changed its policy regarding the distribution of its products. Vuitton products used to be widely sold in department stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. But since the 1980s, they are available at specialized Louis Vuitton boutiques, with only a small number of exceptions. These boutiques are usually located in upmarket shopping districts.

Louis Vuitton's biggest stores are in New York, Beverly Hills, Waikiki, Guam, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Kuala Lumpur, their flagship store is in Paris.

Louis Vuitton’s leather goods and women's handbags are of the highest quality, but its website is actually the worst website I have ever seen! It is a nightmare to navigate around and extremely irritating! Fortunately they don’t sell websites, they sell luxury handbags and other designer accessories.

Honfleur (current retail price $575.00)

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