Sondra Roberts has been around for over thirty years, and over that time the company has become a mainstay in the fashion industry. Their years of experience give them an edge over the competition. They know what women like, and they deliver season after season. The designer bags they create are timeless, affordable, luxurious and versatile. They create bags for every occasion, so whether you need that perfect little clutch for your black tie benefit, or an oversized hobo for daily errands, you will find exactly what you need from Sondra Roberts. Here are just a few of the great handbags available from the label this season.

Designer Totes

The tote is a great everyday bag. The shape is modern without looking trendy, while the size is ideal for all your daily needs when running around town. The totes from Sondra Roberts are beautifully constructed, versatile and luxurious handbags. Each one has something unique, whether its a texturized pattern, soft leather trimming or subtle gold-toned hardware. One tote that is so beautiful is the square knotted lamb leather tote in camel. The quilted leather body with woven patent knot detail gives the bag a truly boutique look. For a more glamorous handbag, take a look at the Chevron woven patent tote in black. The patent leather is weaved together for a shimmery, textile look that instantly dresses up a pair of jeans. This is a bag that will take you from your day to day errands to a fancy evening dinner with no problem.

Bridal and Evening
Every girl needs at least one fancy, dressy clutch or designer handbag for special occasions. Sondra Roberts knows exactly what women want for just such occasions, and makes a range of really lovely clutches that range from the very glitzy to the more feminine, soft look. For an afternoon soiree, you might want to take a look at the chiffon roses evening clutch. This little clutch is constructed from an organza floral design for a lovely, soft, feminine look. If you are hitting the clubs for a fun night out, you might want to consider the color clock snake clutch. This little purse comes in a snake pattern with different metallic shades for a very glam-rock appeal.

SR Squared
If you love Sondra Roberts, but find the prices a little out of range, you will want to take a look at the more affordable SR Squared range. These designer bags feature the same great shapes, colors and designs you’ve come to love from the original label, but at a fraction of the cost. You’ll find everything from funky cross bodies to roomy shoppers to travel accessories and everything in between.

SR Lucky Magazine 2011

Sondra Roberts infamous Rose Clutch in pink.  You want one now!

Looking for the HOT biker handbag? Look no further...

Sondra Roberts Biker-style black handbag was recently highlighted in LUCKY magazine's October issue with Ellen Pompeo.

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Fall Fashion in FULL SWING

If you haven't visited Sondra Roberts website lately, it's definitely time. They've officially launched their Fall 2010 handbags line and are experiencing a flurry of media interest and retail inquiries.

Bridal Handbags & Clutches
Florals for Fall is an understatement.  Sondra Roberts bridal clutch collection are wedding inspired and beautiful.

Hobo Handbags

The hobo handbag style is preferred by many celebrities. Sondra Roberts beautiful hobo handbag line comes in many different colors, designs, and textures surely made to meet your inner celebrity.

Shoulder Bags

Fashion and function collide in every shoulder handbag Sondra Roberts puts out.  These bags are versatile and stylish for any occasion.

SR Hobo featured in Nordstrom

Sondra Roberts Hobo has been featured in Nordstrom September mailer

Opera Clutch, Seriously Chic

Sondra Roberts Satin Camelot Clutch was recently featured in LUCKY Magazine as a "going-to-the-opera clutch". We have to agree!

Sondra Roberts Floral Clutch featured in InTouch Magazine August 2010

Kate Bosworth Sports Camelot Clutch from SR Squared Collection

Kate with Camelot White Satin Clutch from SR Squared:

Olivia Palermo in Satin Pink Clutch by Sondra Roberts

Satin Rose Clutch - Pink (Fuchsia)

Olivia Palermo has amazing accessory inspiration. The City star was spotted making the rounds during Berlin Fashion week clutching standout satin pink Sondra Roberts clutch.

This petaled-clutch garnered the most attention on the red carpet. And for just $99, you know you want one!

Sondra Roberts Shoes - Spring 2011

Spring 2011 brings Sondra Roberts Shoes

More Magazine features Sondra Roberts under $100

More of Sondra Roberts, on More Magazine! Great handbags from Sondra Roberts under $100.

Destination Weddings

Destination Weddings July Magazine Issue features Sondra Roberts SR Squared Raffia Clutch

Sondra Roberts Handbags being Featured in Royal Pains Television Series

Be sure to look for Sondra Roberts handbags on the Royal Pains television series!

Whitney Port picks Sondra Roberts

On a recent episode of "The City," the editors at Glamour magazine challenged Whitney to create an outfit using only pieces under $100 to complement a skirt from her own Whitney Eve line. The final look can be seen in this month's Glamour issue (on page 96 to be exact). Her picks are actually cute -- girly, feminine and totally Whitney. We particularly like the Sondra Roberts studded lilac crossbody bag ($75). Just last week, we spotted Whit wearing a similar style at the NYLON Young Hollywood party. Clearly, crossbody bags with long chains must be one of her new faves.

Sondra Roberts Handbags

Are you tired of driving all around town looking for that perfect Sondra Roberts Handbag?

We have found that their online store has a wider selection of bags and accessories than other online vendors.  Sondra Roberts is also of high quality and at the same time a very affordable bag brand.

Some of our favorite Sondra Roberts handbags are:

• Sondra Roberts Pleated Hobo
• New York Leather Shopper Chevron Handbag
• Sondra Roberts Whip Stitch Hobo Bag

Other favorite bags are:

• Sondra Roberts Snake Satchel
• New York Textured Leather Turnlock Hobo
• Porthole Shopper Purse

Top 3 Sondra Roberts handbags:

• Ruffle Snake Satchel
• Croco Trim Raffia Clutch
• Sondra Roberts Leather Shopper Bag

Make you shop at www.sondraroberts.com for the best prices.

Spring Totes

Whether large or small, over-the-shoulder or clutched, handbags for spring and summer offer something for everyone, for every occasion and for every use.  This spring/summer, get your look-on with a Sondra Roberts Tote handbag.

Essence of SR Squared Clutch

Sondra Roberts SR Squared Pink Clutch featured in Essence Magazine, June 2010 Issue.

Canvas Satchel for Spring/Summer from Sondra Roberts

This Spring/Summer head to the beach or family picnic in fashion. This functional satchel handbag can be used for anything and anywhere! Double-handles for easy carrying on shoulder or in hand.

Bridal Fashion - Sondra Roberts

What every bride, bridesmaid, and mother of the bride love to buy -- bags, bags and more bags. Sondra Roberts has been designing evening bags for more than 30 years and now they are turning their attention to bridal -- in a big way. Go checkout their website for the variety of bags they offer!

They even designed one bag that could actually stand in for a bouquet of white roses that the bride could hold as she makes her way down the aisle. We especially loved their evening bag take on the wristlet (center photo), which we all agreed would make great bridesmaid gifts. Lastly, let's not forget about the moms. Remember: They need to accessorize, too. This purple bag (third shown) has been proving to be a very popular choice with them. I just hope they remember to bring their tissues for the ceremony.

Get a Jump on Sunnier Days with Sondra Roberts

Featured in Life and Style Magazine, Sondra Roberts SR Squared Satchel and Shopper Collection is everywhere.

A Tee, Jeans, and a Sexy Handbag from Sondra Roberts

Sondra Roberts Hobo handbag was recently featured in Glamour Magazine with Lauren Conrad.  Click the Hobo handbag to grab it.

Gun-Metal Grey Handbags are Bad Ass

Be a Bad Ass

This faux leather hobo is ruched at the top with a thick round cord that forms the handles. Discreet, vertical pockets along all four sides of the bag are topped with large chrome zippers for a simple, sleek look.

• Faux leather shell with colorful paisley-print satin lining.
• Zippered pockets along the front, back, and both sides of the bag.
• 6" handle drop.
• Detachable adjustable shoulder strap.
• Chrome hardware.
• Zipper closure.
• Two main interior compartments with a middle zipped compartment.
• Interior zipped pocket and two accessory pouches.
• Bag measures 14" high by 18" wide.

Get her here: Gun-Metal Handbag

Bridal Guide Magazine Features Sondra Roberts Clutch Purse

Give your next wedding gown a fresh spin with touches of gold and deep jewel tones with this Sondra Roberts gold clutch!

Turqoise Clutch from Sondra Roberts

Stylish and earthy, this clutch is great for both day and evening wear. The quilt-stitched canvas shell has a glossy glaze, adding a fun contrast to the natural wooden frame top. Light and summery, this fashionable clutch has an optional strap for easy carrying.

Glazed fabric shell with quilt stitching and a wooden frame top.

• Fabric lining
• Magnetic latch closure
• Interior zipped pocket
• Optional strap has a 12" drop
• Bag measures 12" wide by 5" tall

View this Clutch at SondraRoberts.com

5 Handbag Tips

1.  “It’s all about quality and craftsmanship.”
The first rule is the most important to keep in mind when shopping for a bag you’ll carry for the long haul.  You really do get what you pay for when it comes to the quality.  To ensure a lasting investment, seek out fine materials such as leather and crocodile only get better with age.

2.  “Look for a classic shape.”
A handbag is a functional accessory, so you must remember to choose one that really works.  “Are you a clutch woman?”  If so, invest in a classic clutch.  If not, go with a top handle, a shoulder bag or whichever shape suits you best.  After all, the perfect bag isn’t really perfect if you find it too large, too small or too uncomfortable. 

3.  Choose “classic hardware”.
Often, the smallest details – a clasp, a chain – pose the biggest questions when it comes to this decision.  Clarify the matter in one simple sentence:  “Many times in fashion, you’ll find metal finishes that come and go with the trends, but classic silver always looks right, [or] certainly a classic gold detail.”  In other words, think long and hard before spending a mint on bronze or copper or other passing fancies.

4.  Color is key.
“Many times, the color of the moment is just that,” instead gravitate toward bags in shades that will stand the test of time.  Favor black, chocolate, tobacco and natural leather tones, but even bone, navy and “the pop of a brilliant red” can be considered basics. 

5.  “Buy a handbag that you are passionate about.”
Finally, a handbag must not only check all the right boxes in order to qualify for your collection – it must also quicken your pulse.  If you’re truly passionate about the bag the day that you buy it…you will love it forever.

SR Squared Totes are IT.

Read about SR Squared in Oprah's Magazine - 2010 April Issue

A Casual Summer Tote

This casual summer tote has a colorful woven raffia upper with a spacious interior. The long faux leather handles make for easy toting, making this a great everyday bag for shopping, the beach, or even worn to the office.

• Woven wicker/raffia shell wit fabric lining
• Faux leather handles have an 8" drop
• Zipper closure
• Interior zipped pocket
• Bag measures 19" wid at the top by 12" tall

Designer Handbags by Sondra Roberts

Bags of Style

Kate Moss is sitting on the bed, surrounded by bags: zebra-patterned purses to fortify her “wild girl” reputation; shoulder bags to match her ever-youthful, hip look; and a sturdy tote, appropriately named Gloucester, for her oh-so-English country home.

“I am not doing it for different personalities — it’s what I like,” says Ms. Moss — or Kate, as she is known. At age 36, she has taken another step in her second life, as a designer rather than as a supermodel using her pretty face and sensual lips to promote other brands.

Her new collaboration with the bag company Longchamp grew from the advertising campaigns that she has done with the French leather house for eight seasons. The range has her personal label “Kate Moss for Longchamp” and uses images of the model at her most sultry, with end-of-a-long-night poses, hair tumbled and clothes misplaced as she cradles the bags.

The real Kate is funny, witty, down to earth and with a clear vision about this next step in her career. “I know bags, and I always want a bag to be functional and comfortable to hold,” she says, flipping the practical double handles of a small shoulder purse.

“As a woman with a lot of handbags, they have got to have a bit of flair, not too ‘Lady,’ with a bit of an edge,” she adds. “And it’s really important that Longchamp is an old family company — old school. They know how to make bags.”

First came the dreams. As with the clothing range she designs for TopShop, she turned to the favorites in her closet, “like a kind of dream world — you can perfect things you had in the past.”

Another dream for the rock ’n’ roll model is being in the 1960s and ’70s, “hanging out with Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan and Rod Stewart, when the men dressed so well — Brian Eno, that look he had was major.”

There is also the romantic Kate, the one who fell in love with the bias-cut dress that John Galliano gave her for her 21st birthday.

“I would have loved to have been a flapper girl in the ’20s and ’30s, dancing around with Cocteau and Scott Fitzgerald in Paris,” she says.

The reality of being a mother of a 7-year-old daughter, Lila Grace, and of working and traveling is that the Moss collection needs more than the elegant shagreen purses inspired by the antique boxes she has collected.

Sophie Delafontaine, creative director of Longchamp and granddaughter of its founder Jean Cassegrain, explains how a visit to Kate’s London home helped them to develop the wide range of bags that is intended to be a continuing project with the company, rather than the one-season collaborations it has had with the artist Tracey Emin and the architect Thomas Heatherwick.

For Kate herself, the inspiration might be a vintage object, like the zebra Gucci travel bag that she saw in Los Angeles for $55,000 and which her partner Jamie Hince finally tracked down in San Francisco, enabling her to imagine the glam world of Elizabeth Taylor, when luggage was carried by porters and “didn’t touch the floor.”

Flaunt Your Lighter Handbags

The weight of women's handbags (checkout some of these killer handbags at Sondra Roberts) have been reduced in the last two years, courtesy new technology such as the iPhone and Blackberry. The weight of handbags has been reduced by more than 50 per cent in the last couple of years.

The study observed that the weight of an average handbag has reduced from about 3.5kg in 2006 and 2007 to 1.5kg last year.

Two years ago, women were carrying around 7.3lbs, the equivalent of three and a half bags of sugar, everywhere they went. Thanks to new technologies, women do not have to carry heavy weights with them.

However, the study found that make ups, mirror, purses, tissues, perfumes, sanitary products, brushes, toothpaste, receipts, address books and headache pills still make up the greatest percentage of weight in women's purses.

Making purses lighter so they won't be a pain in the neck

Shelley White is shopping for a handbag that's stylish but – literally – isn't a pain in the neck. The handbag needs to be lightweight and compact but still roomy enough for her iPhone, twin toddlers' toys, snacks, diapers, lipstick, keys, wallet, even a netbook.

“It's the issue of my back and my neck,” says Ms. White, 37, a TV producer in Toronto. “I find there's some strain. I want something that's going to feel good.”

The shift among women like Ms. White, who have suffered neck and back pain from lugging about chic, oversized handbags, are giving manufacturers and retailers hope for a comeback in sales in a sector pinched by the recession.

The purchase of a new purse was something that could easily be put off, particularly in an economic slump. But smaller and lighter gadgets, such as smart phones and netbooks, and a shift among celebrities such as Victoria Beckham to smaller bags, is giving the purse a new feel.

“Designers are definitely working toward lighter bags, with lighter materials as well as hardware,” says Eileen Lewis, fashion strategy director at Zappos.com, a giant online seller of shoes and bags in Henderson, Nev. “Designers are making bags that are compact, but that carry a lot and have lots of organization.”

New British research highlights the shift. Debenhams PLC has found that the weight of handbags has dropped 57 per cent to 1.5 kilograms over the past two years.

That's with phones, keys, wallets, etc. included.That's roughly the equivalent of two loaves of bread, compared to a peak of 3.5 kg, or the weight of more than three bags of sugar, in 2007.

Debenhams, a department store giant, found that the introduction of multipurpose devices, such as the iPhone and BlackBerry, has helped lower the weight of what's inside a handbag.

“Finally, the burden placed upon working women is falling,” says Sue Tebbitts, handbag buyer at Debenhams.

Residents Sentenced in Designer Handbag Scheme!

Eight people from McCreary County have been sentenced in a designer-handbag scheme, the United States Attorneys Office and United States Postal Inspection Service announced Tuesday.


The scheme involved stealing designer handbags and reselling them to others and online. They shipped the bags through U.S. mail to buyers in various locations, including Hawaii and California.

In 2007, Richard Lynn Williams II, 28, and Brandon Theodore Stephens, 27, broke into the Le Sportssac distribution center warehouse in McCreary County and stole at least 2,100 bags worth more than $300,000. Stephens, who had previously worked at the warehouse, and Williams were sentenced to 17 months in jail.

Stephens and Williams sold nearly 1,000 bags to other defendants, who supplied bags to others who sold them on eBay, an online auction Web site. Other defendants in the case have been sentenced for various roles.

DIY Leather Handbags

How many women would love to design their own high quality leather handbag exactly how they want it?

Do-it-yourself is a pretty popular concept these days, but have you heard of do-it-yourself custom leather handbags? Well, two entrepreneurs are helping ordinary women become accessory designers.

Laura Kofoid, co-founder of Laudi Vidni said, “The reason it took us three and a half years to start the business is the first two years were spent being told no, that it couldn't be done."

But the two founders of Laudi Vidni proved the naysayers wrong. After buying the idea from another entrepreneur for one dollar, they changed the name, expanded the options, and added high end leather. And Laudi Vidni was born.

Co-founder Grace Tsao said, “We did find factories in China, but we decided at the end of the day to come back to Chicago because we had great handbag manufacturers in the United States."

in fact, they make the leather bags in Chicago at a family-run factory, the store is actually online, there you can pick which bag you like, then you choose the leather, lining, and the hardware.

Customer Rose Lizarrago said, "American women like what we like and now we can get it in a handbag." So she decided to host this handbag party as a fundraiser for the Illinois Education Foundation.

Ester Viti -- a customer – said, “I picked out the shape of my bag and then I got to pick out the different materials and it was really cool because with her help I designed a really cool bag."

Customer Stephanie Thompson said, “Actually I went online when they first launched and I fell in love with a bag and I just for some reason I wanted to feel the fabric."

There are eight silhouettes and counting all the fabric and hardware choices there are literally 10,000 different options.

Tsao said, "These bags are the same quality as a $1,500-$2,000 dollar bag, so our customers are really pleasantly surprised at how well-priced they are."

"I had a woman say to me, I asked her, 'What do you think about the price?' and she said, 'It's what you have to pay to get a good quality leather bag," Kofoid said.

Storage: If Purses Are Your Weakness

Storage: If Purses Are Your Weakness

I am a purseaholic. I admit that my addiction to purses has made my closet unmanageable. I believe a purse closet would help. Walk In. -- Laurel Ennis

Those of us without a walk-in purse closet (or a purse room) still have a wide range of storage options. Let's start with the Spencer and Rutherford handbag holder, from Australia, which seems very similar to the Handy Hold All from Simply Sarah Shaw.

Another product - not as lovely - is the Jokari Purse Rack.

For a basic back-of-the-door option, there's the Hang 'N Hold from Evriholder, available from a number of vendors.