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Rivkie Baum

Everyone else is shopping Black Friday, but I'm considering my next investment purchase and the best designer handbags are a great place to start

3 designer handbags from Saint Laurent, Mulberry, Loewe.

It's not that I don't like Black Friday fashion deals, but there are just some items, like the very best designer handbags, that just never go on sale and I've made peace with that. The truth is for the creme de la creme of leather goods, there is no need for the brands to entice you with big discounts, as these designs don't go out of style and are staples of the fashion eco system.

They're what stylists and those in the know call 'investment purchases', and that can be for one of two reasons. Maxing out their cost per wear til you're practically in minus figures (yes I have used this fashion maths formula far too often), the best designer handbags are timeless buys that you can wear season in, season out. They're often some of the best quiet luxury handbags, they go with everything and their design is such that they just don't date. Many of these bags are staple products of their particular fashion house, with the occasional tweak and new colourway the refresh tool of choice.

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