The luxury handbag is the ultimate fashion statement, it is a major status symbol of today. Uniqueness and the use of rare exotic skins, has driven the market demand for the ultimate personal bag even higher. Use of luxury, and ever novel materials, is another constant trend in bag products. Louis Vuitton bags have lots of studs and a visible designer address logo plaque, as do the latest Dolce and Gabbana bags. Textured leather skins, snakeskin, metallic effects, crystal studs, spike studs, buckles, pockets, printed suede, woven leathers, leather flowers, plaiting, shirring, ruching, ruffles, studs, chains and mesh are just some of the surface effects to look out for on bag and shoe accessories right now. Rutching, tassels and fringe add texture. Roberto Cavalli and Prada are both favoring deep fringe on garments and bags this season. Burberry statement clutch bags, with their deep square jewel studs, and woven handles are very fashionable. Designers have been perforating leathers to achieve interesting new looks for some time. One of the newest bag trends in textures, and hot this season, is the more extensive use of laser-cut leathers to create softer more feminine, lace look patterned surfaces. Other trend are craclled leather effect. The broken nature of the material texture creates a lightness missing from solid leathers. As alwayes glossy patent leather is glamorous and chic. Quilting of course is often used for bags, and Marc Jacobs has had a roaring success with his Stam and East West bags. The leather Bay bag left from Chloé uses linear quilted channels of topstitching to create a fresh but classic pattern. Fabric bags are still going strong. Prada showed desirable satin rucksacks in deep jewelled tones. Metallic will be around most of 2007. The Yves St Laurent did a gold muse bag this year. Snake and reptilian skins or patterns are featured everywhere. Designer bags are quite certainly works of art. Desirable designer luxury bags include both the Yves St Laurent Fauve bag and the Marc Jacobs Christina, a chain strap bag of the moment. Currently still holding their own, are the Marc Jacobs Stam, bags by Chloe including the Edith and the patent Betty. High-end designer bags are very expensive and are not the only ones sporting unique luxury details that everybody is coveting this days. Smaller designer houses from Italy feature the same high quality craftsmanship and attention to detail as their more famous cousins. Guia's bags can be easily mistaken for Yves Saint Laurent or Prada bags depening on design. Roberta Gandolfi bags have the same over the top feel as Versace bags. Francesco Biasia bags are making a name for themselves in American market and righfully so. A less know brand of Maurizio Taiuti bags will remind of Marc Jacobs bags without sacrificing quality. Cromia bags are so opulent that you will not regret not bying a Chanel bag. B. Makowsky bag still features designer signature fabric and fabulous detail but will not set you back like a Coach bag. Hype bags are smart and stylish bags for a practical girl in all of us. DJ Pliner bags are becoming as well know and like as their shoes. The line ranges from sporty designs to quite chic purses similar to the more expensive Prada.