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Debenhams Collection orange bowling bag

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Bowling bag is a term used loosely on this Debenhams version, but whether the name's right or not, this is a bag with plenty of style. From their own brand Collection line, this faux leather shoulder bag is a classic in the making.

The structured style of the body gives this bag a timeless appeal, while the bowling bag style straps give it an everyday wearability. The burnt orange shade (it's brighter in person, we can assure you) is a perenially stylish sixties and seventies option. It fits here perfectly with black accents to give this a subtle retro sports feel.

It's available online or in the shops from Debenhams for just £20.

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Marc by Marc Jacobs Airliner bag

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Messenger bags have taken on various guises over the years, but the well designed classic always prevails. This Airliner bag from the new Marc by Marc Jacobs collection has vintage looks and enduring design.

Available in both 'earth' and "midnight' shades of leather, this cross body bag is simple but stylish. With two buckle fastening and a sturdy woven strap, it will wear well and look every bit the vintage treasure. It's a truly unisex accessory too, unfettered by needless overstatement by the often flambuoyant Jacobs.

The bag is available online from Bluefly for $250.

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Tory Burch Alize mini bag

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The riviera style glamour of the 1970s has been much maligned in the years hence, but it wasn't all Margo from The Good Life (though that's no bad thing either). Design classics with a splash of colour were a great part of the big design houses' output, and it still influences today.

This Tory Burch Alize Mini bag has classic lines in block coloured leather. It very much looks like a timeless accessory given some flair via the colour palette, which is no bad thing. With an understated branding, it's chic and not over the top, while the chain link strap gives a little bit of glitz and glamour.

It's available online from Net-a-Porter for £276.

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Adidas vintage three-stripe airline bag

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Looking for something old school for your everyday bits and pieces, or indeed as hand luggage on a plane? Adidas just might have it with the vintage three-stripe airline bag.

Very much the vintage sports bag, it offers up plenty of storage space, a long shoulder strap, zip top and those coloured stripes and Adidas logo on one side of the white bag.

Available online, you can pick it up for just under £30.

Find out more at the Schuh website

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Classic Penguin book bag

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Show the world you're well read with the classic Penguin book bag.

Yes, based on the original Penguin cover art (dating back to the 1930s), the bags feature a choice of classic literature (one per side) and colours, as well as the option to go for a canvas bag or PVC, should you want something better in bad weather.

Perfect as an eco-bag for the supermarket shop, you can pick one up from £15.

Find out more at the Objects of Design website

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Poppy Treffry “Flower Power” range

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Poppy Treffry makes and sells tea cosies, bags, purses and a host of other things featuring shabby chic style appliqué images. Those are all rather lovely, but perhaps more interesting is the Flower Power range.

This range includes a bag made from eclectic recycled fabrics, a tea cosie and purse featuring a camper van and a purse featuring green peas and the pun “Give Peas a Chance”. There is also the “Make Tea, Not War” cosie which is showing its support for the CND movement and tea drinking, sentiments with which I wholly agree.

Prices start from £14.95 for egg cosies up to £85 for a bag. Visit the Poppy Treffrey website to see the whole range.