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Clutching a style statement

A class CLUTCH act Aishwarya Rai

Clutch it and see your style quotient go up. You saw the Hollywood sirens clutching on to them at the Oscar hoopla. You find your local socialites serenading the party circuit clasping them. Even college girls have forsaken the capacious tote bags for a clutch for social occasions.

Check out the bags and accessories’ shops in the city and you’ll discover what we’re talking about. A gown or a sari, a dress or just jeans and a tee, a clutch looks good with anything and everything. With clutches in vogue this season, a mind-boggling variety is there at shops. They come in leather and faux and patent leather, satin and silk, even cane, tissue and denim, every versatile fabric that a designer can conceive of. A mixed bag of embellishments, trimmings and add-ons complete the look. There is an assortment of looks and shapes for this much-sought-after accessory. If you want to pick up a classy, elegant and tasteful clutch, zone in on Hidesign and various craft emporia, not necessarily the government-owned or NGO-controlled ones. You will find the prices quite astonishing too. Hidesign has them sober and stylish and surprisingly reasonably priced. And, it’s real leather. Neutral shades and sober pastels are part of this range. The handicraft shops, especially the privately owned ones, with their own in-house designers, have excelled themselves with paintings and tastefully done embroidery to complete the elegant look. If you’re the kind who would love to flaunt bright and bold, gaudy and glitzy clutches, venture into exclusive bags and accessories shops. Sequins and Swarovski, colourful stones and shimmering crystal, crochet, thread work and digital printing, metal studs and chains, beads, laces and pale gota, animal prints and abstract motifs, the options are aplenty.

The myriad hues include aqua hues and bold purple and orange, magenta, green and blue. Golden, silver and bronze are the chart-toppers. And the shapes go from squares to long, long rectangles. The cost ranges from a few hundreds to a lot many thousands. The bottom-line, however, is that there’s one for every woman.

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