I need a new handbag

[PhDPepper]

Please can anyone recommend any handbags?

I've had a pretty rough ride lately and I want to treat myself to a new bag. I'm using a bag that I got bought in 2007... it looks awful! Handles peeling off etc.

Are Cath Kidston bags nice? I need it to be biggish and funky looking :) any brands really but I definitely need help!

Brands mentioned on here a lot:

Modalu (available at john lewis, whose own bags look ok actually)
Osprey
(The marmite) Radley (my sister has had a few, have lasted well)
Scaramanga for battered authenticity...
Fossil for preppy vintage turnlock stuff
et cetera

I've had a few from Benetton (plastic, of course) that have lasted well and had interesting shapes/colours. Will say though that they only refund defective items, in the shop anyway it is exchange or voucher only...

My mum has a Cath Kidston oilcloth (?) bag that she quite likes, seems to have lasted ok.

Of course, txmaxx have their bargain bin mentality of all sorts of interesting things to rummage through, either in real life or online

Enjoy the bag hunt!

Coach bags are nice, as are liebeskind depending what you're looking for.