The number of black-owned handbag designers has multiplied and continues to grow. toggle menu. ... Pictured: Bossy Classic Metallic Patent Forest Green Reptile Embossed Leather $600 .

Coachtopia’s patent Ergo bags, made with at least 50 percent recycled leather scraps, have become ultra-popular since the brand segment’s launch in April of last year.

Patent leather continues to popular in women’s fashions in sandals, handbags, belts and other accessories. Let’s take a look at some of the hottest patent leather shoes, bags and belts for summer.

From 19th-century military caps to Mary Quant’s swinging ’60s designs, Chanel’s 1991 dominatrix-inspired trenches to Richard Quinn’s oil-slick bodysuits, patent leather’s chameleonic qualities are ...

The Queen reportedly owns more than 200 Launer bags and according to Town & Country, her favourite styles are “the black leather Royale, black patent leather Traviata and a third custom handbag”.