Vera Bradley Handbag News

Vera Bradley handbags continues to expand their line of bags, as well as retiring older purses. Some of the coming retirements are the Little Travel Case, the Kensington Hobo bag, the Metro, and the Tie Tote. Retiring colors include the citrus, hope toile, piccadilly plum, and new hope.



Did you know that Vera Bradley bought the Baekgaard Collection back in 2003? This company was born about 50 years ago and was sold to Barbara Bradley, co-founder of Vera Bradley. The product line consists of quality travel cases in microfiber with leather trim and a signature check lining. Also included are colorful leather accessories such as eyeglass cases, passport holders, and jewelry boxes.



Some of the new handbag designs are the Super Tote, the Tall Zip Tote, and the Libby. Her newest fabrics consist of the Pink Elephant, and my personal favorite, the Yellow Bird.

The "Libby" in Yellow Bird fabric

New Spring 2007 Line for Vera Bradley Handbags

Vera Bradley has added 5 new Spring colors to her handbag fabric line for 2007! The new colors reflect the happiness that Spring can bring after a dark winter with brighter colors and bolder prints.

The 5 new prints are as follows:

• Capri Blue - contains a mixture of violet and lavender with turquoise, yellow, and kiwi green in a paisley design


• Capri Melon - bubble gum pink and geranium mixed with turquoise, yellow, and kiwi green in a paisley design


• Pink Elephants - My personal favorite. The motif is small pink and white elephants and for each Pink Elephant item sold, 10% of the net proceeds go to the Foundation for Breast Cancer


• Botanica - Fabric with a black background and pink and green flowers


• Peacock - kiwi green, turquoise, teal, aqua in swirls.

Five Vera Bradley colors will be retired as of Spring, 2007. These are:

• Piccadilly Plum


• Chelsea Green


• Alpine Black


• New Hope


• Bermuda Pink