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Handbag Designs: Football, Sports Jersey, Vera Bradley Sugar Cookie?

Marie Marra — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:30:01 +0000

Wholesale handbags come in every color, size or material (cloth, leather, nylon, microfiber, suede, quilted, plastic) that a fashion accessories reseller can stock. Many styles push the product category “handbag” to its edges . . . tote, carry-all, duffle, gym bag, book bag.

Search a wide assortment of handbag wholesalers – from designer collections to off-price liquidation lots – at WholesaleU or Top Ten Wholesale . Or Off Price Network .

Now, where do you find unique handbag designs? What if you need to stock handbags shaped like megaphones, footballs or licensed school jerseys this fall? I thought there was something awfully Fashion Designer about an artistic sugar cookie I found in a gift basket; I’m sure I saw it in a Vera Bradley collection. Keep reading: Top Ten Wholesale and WholesaleU found unique handbags, from sports locker to fashionista chic.

College Handbags is the #1 Licensed Collegiate Handbag Manufacturer. It’s official . . . here are their seal and logo:

Licensed Collegiate Products seal

Collegiate Licensed Product logo

Search for Handbags By College Logo and Colors

· By Athletic Conference (ACC Atlantic, ACC Coastal, Big 12 North, Big 12 South, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Other School, PAC 10, SEC East, SEC West) OR

· By Collection from an Alphabetical School Drop-Down List. OR

· By entering a handbag / school name keyword into the Quick Search Box

You’ll find Handbags … Totes … Wallets … Cell Phone Holders… Checkbook Covers … Clutch Bags … Denim, Cloth, Quilted Handbags … Men’s Wallets. All customized with collegiate insignia and in school colors. Stretch the concept of “handbag” to cover large totes and styles that mimic duffle or gym bags.

Samples from Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, North Carolina Wolfpack and Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

New Line: Football Jersey Handbags
Specialty handbags cut to look like sports team number jerseys . . .

Alabama Jersey Bag . . . Appalachian State Jersey . . . Duke Jersey in School Colors.

Plus a Duke Quilted Handbag. Guess which is the Texas Quilted Bag. (Black, gold and longhorn?)

Suit Up, Sports Fans

Alabama Megaphone Shoulder-strap Handbag, embroidered with school logo.

Or Football Handbags.

College Handbags will customize specialty handbags with their designs or yours, such as team logo or school mascot. (Custom Order Minimum is 120 of same style.) And they offer drop shipping to resellers.

Here’s How To Brand a Designer Handbag, Sugar.

I read about a small specialty company whose annual sales increases earned it a spot on Inc. Magazine’s list of 5,000 Fastest Growing Companies in the country. And they made the list with lots of butter and shortbread cookies that are hand-decorated for holidays, special occasions (wedding, birthday, graduation), special event displays and gift baskets. Oh, and branding campaigns.

Logo cookies?

You betcha. That cookie bouquet you bought online – the one with race car shortbread cookies for your nephew and edible tulips or gerbera daisies on Mother’s Day – probably came from Corso’s.

But you’ve never heard of them because Corso’s cookie creations don’t show in local stores. Most of its sales are online, and 90 percent of those online sales come from third-party sites (resellers).

Like Vera Bradley Designer Handbags, where Vera stretches the “handbag concept” from a Jet Set Nylon Duffel Tote in the color of wine to backpacks, laptop cases and even diaper bags.

Vera Bradley Bags

Corso’s “icing artists” and fast-growing specialty sugar cookie business is now doing a tie-in to brand handbag designer Vera Bradley. Cookie designs will exactly mimic the colorful designs and textures of Vera Bradley bags. Delicious handbag branding!

Groovy Is Back: Clothing, Jewelry, Accessories Wholesalers and Retail Suppliers Celebrate Peace Signs and the Summer of Love … 40 Years Later

Marie Marra — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:08:11 +0000

If you’re searching for trendy niche market merchandise to sell this summer and fall, then look backward, savvy sellers. Look back to a Nostalgia and Vintage Fashion Trend in clothing, jewelry, hats and accessories: Summer of Love Update 2009.

Would apparel and accessories buyers for Macy’s worldwide lead you astray?

Note, please, the knit caps … gauzy blouse-on tops … distressed and ripped denim jeans …paisley and tribal patterned clothing … jewelry dangling beads, shells and large chunky signature beads. All flash the Peace Symbol, butterflies and plump – sometimes misspelled — Peter Max-inspired typefaces: Love. Luv. Summer of Love. SOL..

Here’s how Gucci saw it in a Gypsy (i.e., Hippie) Collection last year in Milan Italy, as retro fringed handbags …

Timing is right:
· The universal symbol of Peace is having a 50th birthday this year.

· The big Hippie Summer of Love – epicentered in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco – kicked off in 1967 at the first “Human Be-In” in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Though the media “officially” declared SoL over at year’s end, it continued in fact as a cultural, political and social movement straight through to the end of the sixties.

· Kept alive by anti-war protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam, plus an impromptu gathering in 1969 on a small farm outside Bethel, New York (Woodstock Music & Arts Fair), plus youth political/social activism that rocked governments the world over … all extended The Hippie/Youth/Flower Child Era to the end of the 1960s decade.

· The official San Francisco Summer of Love hit 42 years ago. But peace imagery, styles and mindsets extended thru 1969. Now, 40 years later in 2009, they’re baaaaack.

See other items on this season’s revival of Peace Symbol jewelry and Nostalgia Clothing styles at the Top Ten Wholesale Blog:

1. Peace Sign Turns 50 Years Old. Peace Signs Blooming in Retail: Jewelry, Clothing, Accessories.

2. Wholesale Trendy Jewelry Compliments Back to School Sales

Including coverage of a Peace Necklace Collection from jewelry wholesaler Cool Jewels . What’s going to be hot this season as teens and young adults gear up for another school year. And, what’s selling in wholesale fashion jewelry .

A Glance at Summer Shoes and Footwear – From Designer Catwalks to the Beach

Marie Marra — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:39:04 +0000

Fashionising Trend Blog stalked designer shoe collections, paced fashion show catwalks and snapped famous feet to predict Summer 2009 footwear trends. The Fashionista Forecast? Shoes as Statement Pieces. Exotic Influences. Architectural Elements. Details, Details, Details (like laces and lace ups, fringe, buckles and straps). Gladiator Sandals are baaaaaack, for women and men. And the High-Fashion Fetish Shoe has arrived.As Fashionising Bloggers summed up Summer 2009 shoes:

One thing is for certain: Boring just doesn’t cut it.

Take a glance at the trendy “not boring” edge of footwear. Then scroll down to the ultimate Summer & Beach Sandals and Shoes from Star Bay Group.

Gladiator Sandals
As the must-have trendy summer shoe of 2008, the gladiator sandal is reaching critical mass (adoption) this summer. For Men: Raw Leather Gladiator Sandals to match rustic accessories: Explorer travel bags in leather and canvas or leather and string; Rustic techno sandals.

For Women: Laced up to the knee.

Lace Up Boots
Part of a Tie-Ups Trend toward lace-up shoes, ankle straps, criss-cross laces and ballerina ribbon ties. From: Dio, Lacoste, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs. These demure lace-ups were spotted on London celebs …

And, now for something slightly fetish …

Walking the Line between Fetish Shoe Trend and Exotic Detailing, the above Runway Shoe Trends feature studded booties and chain-detailed heels … “bondage details” … Anna Sui’s Egyptian-inspired sandals … lots of jewel and beading embellishments.

Welcome to Star Bay Group

Star Bay Group imports and exports footwear, specializing in sports sandals, beaded and sequined sandals, summer beach sandals, moccasins and popular EVA clog shoes. For women, men and children. In various colors and detailing.

Here is a quick look at selections from the women’s, men and children’s summer collections. (Note the tie-up sandals –- v. trendy this year — at Square One.)

You can catch Star Bay Group at Value Price Expo in Atlantic City from May 17 to May 19. (Booths #217, 219) … timed to Summer and Beach Wear buying on the East Coast.

Or, check out Star Bay Group at the Off-Price Show in Las Vegas from August 28 to September 1 (Booth #822) … where the Off-Price motto is: You Have To Buy Right to Sell Right.