Earlier in the year, Jen Garner was photographed all over Boston playgrounds toting a Jansport backpack. While Jansports are fine with the middle school crowd, someone as cute as Jennifer shouldn’t be photographed with it relentlessly. I’m quite glad she left that bag behind and opted for a more grown-up, more elegant Lanvin Hero. This bag fits her style nicely — unfussy and sweet. It’s even on sale (in the black version) at Barneys for $699!

Have Birkin, will travel! New parents Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony surfaced in Milan accompanied by a very prominent brown crocodile Hermes Birkin purse. As striking and sophisticated as the handbag is, I’m not won over by the odd color combination going on with the brown Birkin and the olive-meets-Dijon green dress Jennifer is rocking. Perhaps a black leather model would have been more appropriate?

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This image raises soooo many questions. 1) Why would Amy Winehouse wait until she’s surrounded by paps to search for buried treasure in her nose? Haven’t those nostrils been through enough? 2) Will she be wearing that Blake hair pin until her incarcerated hubby gets out of jail, and, if so, can we make a special plea to the judge? 3) Who designed that wild leopard-print handbag she’s carrying? 4) And am I delirious for thinking it’s almost so wrong that it’s (gasp) right?

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Oh, that Dita certainly is the von Teese; she rocked the red (er, black) carpet in this intriguing red clutch and didn’t bother to whisper the designer’s name in my ear. I have my suspicions, but I want to know what you purse experts think. The clutch itself is pretty ornate and lavish, thanks to its criss-cross embroidery and that doorknocker of a hanging tassle (very 1920s, methinks). And though mono-hued outfits usually rub me the wrong way, Dita looks positively rashing in red.

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“Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively is lucky enough to wear some jaw-droppingly fabulous designer duds on the set, and it looks like she likes to take some of her work home with her. The starlet chose a very au courant Chloe Saskia purse to jazz up an otherwise basic (okay, kinda drab and very short; guess those “Traveling Pants” must be with America Ferrera or something) beige dress. Dog-sitting isn’t the most glamorous chore in the world, but the Saskia, with its chic pastel patches of croc, adds a fashionable, just-off-the-runway panache. Serena would definitely approve.

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Forget about those divorce rumors…take a gander at Madonna’s handbag! While I’m so not impressed by Madge’s yoga-on-the-top-couture-on-the-bottom outfit and hair, I am enchanted by her Louis Vuitton purse, which comes from the special-edition Richard Prince ‘Jokes’ collection. The funky, graffiti-essque distressed effects look hip and envelope-pushing…sound like anyone you know?

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Now I know this isn’t the most flattering pic of Ms. Hudson, but it was the one that most showed off her massive hobo bag that appears to be made of an exotic skin. Now maybe it’s embossed leather, but do you think the girl who just launched an eco-friendly line of hair products will continue to carry leather after the brand has launched? I know Hudson is a great friend and supporter of Stella McCartney, the cruelty-free high end designer. I wonder if Hudson will ever catch the bug.

Any ideas on who designed this bag?

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Kiki is strolling through Soho in a print dress (easy and breezy for summer), a hat (gotta keep that fair skin…well, fair), and a black handbag . She looks so lowkey and cool, it’s a little painful. There’s something refreshing about a girl her age who doesn’t try to slap on every waking trend. That said, the hat looks a little small for her head, no?

Can you name the designer of her bag?

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Mischa looks great leaving a London club a few nights ago. She’s wearing the Chanel flap bag from the Punk collection from a few seasons ago. I was eyeing the timeless clutch version of this bag, but with it’s whopping 3k price tag I had to let it slip by. The purse was a seasonal offering from Chanel, but if you’re young, I think you can rock the bag for some time to come. The black distressed lambskin and gobs of hardware add an edge to a day look, and looks perfectly appropriate at night.

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Lindsay Lohan certainly has a hankering for snakeskin lately. First it was Pauric Sweeney’s python purses; now, it’s this bold and beautiful multicolored snakeskin handbag from Dolce & Gabbana. Essentially the handbag equivalent of Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat, this vibrant purse impresses me more than the small tiles of the label’s similar patchwork bags. It’s splashier, edgier, and less restrained (kind of like Lindsay). And hey, it’s summer - why not wear rainbow-hued snakeskin?

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