Straw Bags, Hobo Bags, Tote Bags & Summer Handbags

Fashion Tidbit: Straw basket bags have been a basic summer accessories for years. Modern straw basket bags use hand loomed abaca or raffia to give a soft cloth-like texture. Most basket bags are designed to express the colorful and warm colors of summer. Woven straw bags are an ideal summer accessory because they can work well in both a casual and a semi-formal setting. They also make a great beach accessory.

Another Fashion Tidbit: Wicker comes from different natural materials that handbag manufacturers converts into the most sought after items of fashion and design. Some of the most common wicker raw materials include reed, rattan and bamboo. The word wicker is believed to be of Scandinavian origin. "Wika" which means to bend in Swedish, and "vikker" meaning willow. By definition wicker means any sort of hard woven plant fiber formed into a useful object. Wicker also refers to a construction technique where slender flexible branches or twigs are woven around a coarser frame.