Designer Inspired Handbags - Inspired By Bottega Veneta

Designer Inspired Handbags - Inspired By Bottega Veneta

About The House Of Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta was launched as a family business providing luxury leather accessories in Venice, Italy in 1966. Today the label designs both a men's and women's line.

At $3,000 each for a bag, you can expect only the best. Clean classic lines, the softest leathers, and an eye toward classic colors and looks instead of pop-trend designs.

Bottega is most known for its hand-woven leather bags, belts, and shoes. The look of woven leather is clean and classic. Their ready-to-wear women's line posses the same luxurious look.

2001 was also an expansion year for the Gucci Group as it acquired percentages of not only Bottega Venetta but also Di Modolo, Balenciaga, and formed a partnership with Stella McCartney (The House of Gucci, which is also known by the simple yet iconic name "Gucci", is a major Italian fashion and leather products label. Originiall founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence in 1906. Gucci is considered one of the most famous, prestigious, and easily recognizable fashion brands in the world.)

Tomas Maier, born in Germany, took the helm in 2002 and gave the brand a more modern feel by reworking the traditional woven leather designs and adding a few colors to the basic blacks and browns.

During Fashion Week in February of 2004, Tomas Maier presented his Bottega Veneta Fall Collection. The collection consited of tweed coats, cardigan, geometric prints for A-line skirts and cashmere. The full 60 garment collection was displayed by models clustered on podiums in his showroom.

The company currently has boutiques in Italy, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, Guam, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

In the U.S. Bottega Veneta can be found in:

* New York * Beverly Hills * Waikiki * Ala Moana Shopping Center * Las Vegas * Boston * San Francisco * Carmel, CA * Houston * South Coast Plaza * Bal Harbour * Chicago

While there are hundred or perhaps thousands of companies that manufacture designer knockoffs ( mainly designer knockoff handbags ) - fake designer merchandise violates copywrite and is illegal. There are many reputable companies that manufacture what are known as "designer inspired handbags" or simply as "designer inspired accessories". These are not exact replicas of the original, and as such, do not violate copywrites. They give you the designer look of the original, without the $3000 dollar price tag. Consign And Sell ( http://www.consignandsell.com ) sells handbags and other accessory items that are designer inspired.