The Tote: This is a no brainer, everyone should have a nice selection of totes to choose from for work and for play.

The Travel: A functional bag to travel with is essential when you have kids. Staying organized is key!

The Treasure: This is the special bag that you pull out when you want to feel glamorous, it can be a $20 seashell bag with sentimental value or a 5 figure croc birkin.

The Trend: All women, no matter how classic, want to be stylish. This is the bag you can have fun with each year or each season, depending on your budget and how often you buy bags!

The Clutch: Clutches are no longer for evenings, I love an oversized clutch for day!

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Did Vanessa Hudgens think that all the zippers on her JJ Winters Multi Zipper Bag ($439) would distract from the fact that she wearing barely -- if any -- pants? Well, she kind of succeeded actually! There is way too much going on with this bag. It's like Christian Louboutin's Pillow Medium Softy Satchel and BCBG's Urban Rock Zipper Clutch on steroids. The multiple zippers are headache-inducing; I don't like the contrasting colors and not only does the bag not zip closed, it's wide open on the top. My vote on this one is a slob.

What say you? Snob or Slob?

It was a bit of a Bagsnob reunion in Beverly Hills last Thursday, as Tina and Kelly (fresh back from Asia) and Liza (fresh back from the grocery store) convened at Bottega Veneta on Rodeo to check out the trunk show for Spring 2010. Liza spent much of her time in the dressing room trying to wrestle her way into samples of the chalky silk, Karate-influenced dresses (which were gorgeous, inventive and ingeniously constructed), but from what she could see through cracks in the doors, Tina and Kelly found plenty to add to their ever-growing Bottega wish lists. Of note: An insanely beautiful, bright blue crocodile doctor's bag ($24,000). Made from impeccable skin, the color strikes an ideal balance of electric vibration and aquatic depth. To ground the brightness, the bag is structured, simple, timeless, with a rigid top and double handles. The overall effect pulls focus from fifty feet away but somehow remains serene, drawing the eye with an almost centrifugal force. There are no images of the bag in that color, so you'll have to go see it in person for yourself (or jump to see the Twitter shot Tina took).

The Orchid Esperanza Ayers clutch (above left- $1,980), with brightly contrasting chartreuse zipper pull lends lightheartedness to the usual Bottega sophistication. The Ebano Intreccio Nuance Bag (above right--$1,480) is reminiscent of the Hermes Picotin, but much more supple and intricate with functional interior pockets. There is a larger size in perky yellow and white (Tina's note: but we think the smaller is much cuter).

The signature Cabat bags (which, in the large size, are truly ample enough to carry a large baby or medium-sized dog) come this season in a light straw color leather (Paille shiny calf $7,800) which was ingeniously treated by leather craftsman to sound (crinkles and crackles to the touch) and feel like... straw (except it's leather, kind of the reverse Stella thing). Come spring, it will be a nice stand-in on those days when you just don't feel like taking your Birkin to the farmer's market. Call Bottega in BH to order- 310-858-6533! Bottega bags also available at Net-a-Porter.com

I'm a little upset with Gossip Girl at the moment; not only have the story lines gotten increasingly unrealistic (and this is coming from someone who grew-up going to an Upper East Side private school and graduated from college just a few years ago), but Blake Lively's character Serena keeps wearing the most RIDICULOUS outfits! Slutty cocktail dresses in the middle of the day!? No. Just NO. Given this you can imagine my surprise when, in character, Lively was photographed on set in the above outfit sporting the Mulberry Bayswater suede bag ($995). Versatile, age-appropriate, and well-priced, my only beef with the bag is the crocodile-stamped suede which I think cheapens it a bit.

What do you think about Serena's Mulberry? Snob or Slob?

Staying focused on Heidi Montag's bag when she's wearing THAT outfit and THOSE boots -- not easy, let me tell you! Here goes though. Montag is sporting the Chloe 'Sally' Flap Bag ($1,995), which doesn't strike me as a very convenient travel bag, but rather a perfectly sized day-to-night one (at least for those that don't have hugely over-sized wallets like myself). The bag definitely has a vintage feel to it especially given the turn-lock closure and textured leather, and I like that it can't immediately be recognized as a Chloe (like say the Paraty). That said I am surprised at the price-point. I would put this bag at a few hundred dollars less. 

What do you think about Montag's Chloe? Snob or Slob?

We loved Adriana Castro Python Meissa Hobo when it debuted a few seasons ago and it's now become a classic shape for the brand.  For Fall, it's updated in a range of gorgeous colors and matte python skin: Black, Brown, Anthracite, Royal Blue, Natural Matte.  Many celebs are discovering the charm of Adriana Castro's bags as well-- the Meissa hobo is a fave of Jennifer Lopez!  $1900.00 is a bargain for such a luscious bag and what an amazing gift it will be for the bag snob in your life!  Bummer for those who live in California as python is prohibited by state law, you'll have to sneak it across the border like Kelly does.

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