Designer handbags are, just as the title says, the new black! Women seem to collect them the way young boys collect comic books. From playful to flirtatious to adventurous to conservative, from pensive to furtive to expensive, your every mood has a handbag to match it! Designer handbags all have unique traits that distinguish one brand from another. Designers purposely create unique symbols or details to accentuate the differences between themselves and other designers.