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Clutch Bags Review: The Mail Bag

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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge fan of Clutch Bags! The black suede lingerie bag is my trusted sidekick for escapades both basic and bombastic. After posting about my experiences with the black suede satchel, Laura suggested I write reviews about some of the other bags in the collection. Since I’m the happy owner of only one Clutch bag, Laura was nice enough to give me a bag to test out for one to two weeks. So for the past two weeks I’ve been that lucky girl strutting her stuff around New York City with the mail bag on her shoulder. And it’s been great!

My first adventure with the mail bag started on an afternoon after work. I was making my way from
Battery Park City to the East Village to meet up with a friend for lunch.

Screen Shot 2013-03-12 at 10.19.49 AMUsually I dread having to get on the subway with a bag packed with a laptop, a notebook, an umbrella–and the other usual suspects found in a woman’s handbag–but in my swift movements to slide passed or squeeze between people, the mail bag followed effortlessly. I didn’t have to give the bag an extra tug or push to find comfort, it was always where it was supposed to be. I was also impressed with the bag’s versatility. In being able to crossover my body, it took some weight off my shoulders. Something I hadn’t been too used to when my go-to-work-bag was my backpack. Continue reading →

Clutch Bags March On

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 Is imagesit just me or is time flying by? It seems like just yesterday I was packing my weekend bag for Winter vacation, wrapping Christmas presents, and drafting my New Year’s resolutions, and now, all of a sudden it’s the sixty-fourth day of 2013! If you, like me, are not totally sure about where all of that time went, use this post as a guideline as to what is memorable about March.

Transitioning from February to March doesn’t only mark a change of climactic and fashion seasons, but also a change of focus. Now, ladies, before you start worrying about updating your wardrobe with this Spring’s latest must-haves, remember that every Clutch Bag is versatile Adeleenough to withstand the trend of any season!

While the month of February celebrated the beauty of humanity’s products–such as fashion, film, and music– through events like The Grammy’s and Fashion Week, March celebrates the beauty of humanity itself. Through a bundle of holidays that commemorate doctors, saints, and women, this month stresses humanity’s most admirable qualities:

Clutch Bags Farewell to February

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February-1Is it me or is NYC’s February 2013 colder than February 2012? Last year my hair didn’t freeze in curls when I rushed out of my apartment right after taking a shower. And I don’t remember feeling the need to wear my jacket with the furry hood when it wasn’t raining or snowing. And I’m pretty sure that around this time last year, we were all shedding the layers as the temperature tiptoed to the high fifties. So, in this month of below average temperatures, what’s up with Feb ’13?

Though the chilly weather might not be your thing, don’t you love having your man wrap his arms around you to make you feel a tiny bit warmer? Wasn’t it great to curl up on the couch, sipping tea while watching Jessica Chastain accept the Best Actress Golden Globe in her Calvin Klein gown? And weren’t you excited to have a night in with your girls, drinking something bubbly while watching who wore what on the Oscar’s Red Carpet?

Well,  we at Clutch Bags feel that maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on this chilly month of February. Continue reading →

Clutch Bags says Happy Martin Luther King Day

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a nice piece we received from ShopNoCargo.com enjoy…Laura Dotolo at Clutch Bags NY.

 

I have a dream that people will start buying American.I have a dream that there will be less stress on our economy by raising money organically simply by supporting American businesses.I have a dream that there will be work available for all those that want to work.I have a dream that America will continue to be greatest nation in the world.

I have a dream today.

Spotlight on someone super cool…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Interesting info about MLK:

  • MLK and his father were both born with the first name Michael, but his father later changed each of their first names to Martin in honor of the German Protestant leader Martin Luther.  Continue reading →

Clutch Bags CHOCOLATE LOVERS

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Scout Bag in rich, supple almost edible Chocolate Brown Leather

For some reason, I am being drawn to colors.  Maybe it is better to say, I am attracted to accessories that all fall under the same color spectrum.  OK, how about accessories that live harmoniously together?  I give up.  It is really about accessories that MATCH!  Yes, I believe that it is. There is something about accessories and outfits, that when a few key pieces work together or match, the whole ensemble just  feels very right.  It feels very zen.

 

Now, as a side note, the fashion trend is going very forward with patterns, patterns everywhere!  Even on your underwear!!!  Snooping around Soho yesterday, I noticed quite a few boutiques sporting the Spring ’13 trends…and those trends were full of “print” energy, so be ready for some crazy visuals crossing your eye path in the near future.

 

I digress now, so let’s get back to where I was heading.  So, on the flip side of this busy pattern trend, I am feeling very harmonious with colors and items that come from the same color family.  I am not saying that materials, accessories and ideas all mixed up isn’t great to look at and so very apropos for some occassions.  I am just saying that the blend of the same color  lightly accented or sprinkled on the clothed body can really bring the onlooker’s eye to focus on a “stunning” final result.

 

Eye Candy Accessories in Chocolate

 

 

This week  I have been obsessed by the color chocolate.  Maybe it has something to do with the holiday passing and all the nice chocolate candy I consumed.  I am not quite sure.  Maybe it is the thought of that candy combined with the feel of the chocolate tumbled leather that I make my handbags with.  I think that was the original attraction that drew me into that leather in the beginning, and why I chose to produce my handbags with that supple, smooth and very classically, handsome color.  It truly comes down to the richness of the leather.  And how, with that color and feel,  can one not almost taste my handbags.  Delicious!

It seems that once a woman gets a Clutch Bags NY bag in her hands, she is sold and cannot put it down.  If you feel the need to touch it, we offer a 14 day return policy.  Order a bag, receive it, touch it and then decide whether you would like to keep it forever.

Yummy! Envelope Clutch in Chocolate

 

 

 

Clutch Bags says: Happy New Year !!!!

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               Let me begin by wishing everyone out there a very happy, healthy and refreshing New Year from Clutch Bags NY!

What a great opportunity we have every year on this day to  transcend old habits into new ones.  I like to say, “Out with the old habits and in with the new vows!”  Or, as George Williams Curtis says, “The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.” That is some very nice winter imagery for us, isn’t it?

So, doesn’t that make us reflect on what our new vows should be? I know that I have been thinking not only about the habits I need to break, but also about the vows I need to begin implementing.  January 1st is the perfect time for the birth of new habits.

So, where do we begin with breaking some habits? Lets start with the definition so we can figure out what it is we need to change. Wikipedia says: “Habits are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously. Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to form because the behavioral patterns we repeat are imprinted in our neural pathways.”

So, habits are habitual and hard to break.  Possibly, we can break them by making some promises to ourselves with some new vows. Webster defines a vow as such: “a solemn promise or assertion; specifically : one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition. Okay, we have it.  Vows are a bound to an act.  Let’s start with that and bind ourselves to some acts.

What acts would we like to bind to ourselves with in this new year of 2013? After giving all of this some thought, I came up with the following list.

Laura Dotolo’s Vows for Clutch Bags NY in 2013:

1-Build Clutch Bags NY into a stronger brand for people to believe in

2-Write more blogs  so people can read  more about the workings  of Clutch Bags NY

3-Get the message out to the world that Clutch Bags NY are made right here in NYC…and America is a pretty cool place to have things made.

4-Tweet inspirational mentions from Clutch Bags NY daily

5-Always strive to be a better person 😉

So, my January 1st has begun in a productive way with some positive vows.  As Jim Ryun has been quoted saying, “Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.”  Here’s wishing that all of you are able to make a vow that becomes a very good habit for 2013!!!!


 

Happy New Year 2013!
kisses,

Laura

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Bright Designer Hand Bags : Clutch Bags says “Keep It Light”

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White is not just a color. It’s an attitude.  Take a look, open your eyes.  White is making its appearance in the form of hip and cool.  Yeh!  The color white has finally arrived!  It has taken quite a few years in the fashion journey for white to creep  down to this level;  the no frills street level that is.  Sure, white is nice.  It is pure. It is sweet. It is bridal, first communion,  innocence, purity  and cleanliness.  It is also bright, fresh, and blinding.  It is so very  healing and germ free.  Let’s face it,  it is the king of all neutrals. Continue reading →

New York City Dance Inspiration for Designer Handbags

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Great new video by Clutch Bags NY featured photographer and videographer Demetrius Fordham. Demetrius was instumental in helping us capture on film all of the great street scenes showing off all our collection of Designer Handbags and purses and all things clutch bags. What he also brings is such a great sense of street style that our readers have come to expect from our blog showing off all the latest trends being worn on the streets of New York.