a special bag request

This week my friend Addie put in a special request for me to help find her a new bag.  Like many of us she has been going the route of buying a cute inexpensive bag but finding it falls apart after a few months.  A couple years back I bit the bullet and spent a chunk of change on my Marc by Marc Jacobs bag and I have loved it and used it everyday since.  While it may seem silly to spend a couple hundred dollars on a purse, I firmly stand by it to get a bag that will last for years to come.

Addie wanted something for $180 or less (I may have been a little loose with that) and something that was like the Kate Spade Karen or Stevie or the Coach Swing Hobo.  Here are the bags that I found that I thought might work.  For anyone in a similar situation I highly recommend using polyvore.com which is basically the google of shopping.  Let me know if anyone else has requests and I will do my best!

Kate Spade - Mott Street Whitney Hobo $221.25
Coach - Poppy Cinch $198.00
Topshop - Black Frame Zip Top Leather Bag $150.00
Kooba - Hunter Small Zip Pocket Cross Body $123.75
Kooba - Austin Tote $191.75
All Saints - Freya Shopper $147.50