A-Z types of Women’s Bags you find in the market

Bags are not just a necessity but also a style statement when you step out. Be it travelling, college days, a job or carrying a laptop, bags are something you cannot do without. The markets have now started designing bags and wallets for all the purposes these days and not only are they handy but also chic and elegant. Look out for the following ones when you step out to buy one.

22 Different Types of Bag Designs Every Women Should Know

1. Backpacks
2. Baguette Bag
3. Envelope Bag
4. Foldover Clutch
5. Clutch
6. Bucket Bag
7. Athletic Bag
8. Bowling Bag
9. Duffel Bag
10. Laptop Bag
11. Potli Bag
12. Hobo Bag
13. Messenger Bag
14. Minaudiere
15. Muff
16. Saddle Bag
17. Satchel Bag
18. Shoulder Bag
19. Sling Bag
20. Tote Bag
21. Wristlet
22. Wallets

1. Backpacks

Very popular with school going kids and college students, this bag has double handles that make the bag lie across your shoulders. Recently it has become a fashion pick for many young women as well.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: School, College, Travel, Picnics, Hiking, Work, Laptop Backpack, Casual Day Pack, Everyday Outings, Outdoor Activities
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Wear Resistant, Water Resistant, Stain Resistant, Anti-theft, Waterproof, Anti Sweat, Abrasion Resistant, Durable, Lightweight
Brands: American Tourister, Fastrack, Skybags, WildCraft, Gear, Safari, Wesley, F-Gear, Fur Jaden, Lenovo, Dell

2. Baguette Bag

Very much handy for a short party, this bag is smaller in height and is wide from side to side with a small handle.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Party, Club, Date, Sunday Outings, Shopping, Office Work, Everyday Look, Gala Events
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Embossed, Embellishments, Antique Finish, Matt Finish, Embroidered, Beaded, Sequins
Brands: Forever21, Shein, Mango, Aranyani, Baggit

3. Envelope Bag

These are square and flat in shape, just like an envelope with a triangular flap. These have become a big fashion hit with young girls. It often comes with a sling and is a party accessory.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Club, Date, Wedding, Gala Events, Fresher’s Party, Outing With Friends, Shopping, Casual Settings, Birthday
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Textured, Embellishments, Glitter
Brands: H&M, Aldo, Accessorize, Mango, Tarusa World, Diwaah, Caprese, Lino Perros, MIO Borsa

4. Foldover Clutch

Serving basically two purposes, its a clutch that can be folded when a clutch and unfolded to be used as a bag. It doesn’t have handle is not very spacious.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Casual Settings
Price Range: Low/Medium
Features: Compartment-Less
Brands: Gucci, Chanel, Dior

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5. Clutch

Perfect for parties, clutches are small rectangular bags without a handle. You have to clutch it and hence its name.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Gala Events, Night Outs, Party, Birthday, Date, Wedding, Gatherings with Friends
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Embellishments, Glitter, Gold & Silver Finish, Matt Finish
Brands: Diwaah, Parizaat by Shadab Khan, Anekaant, Tarusa World, Metro, Tooba Store

6. Bucket Bag

Shaped like a basket or a bucket, this one is a bag with good capacity, open at the top with short handles. Its perfect for a casual day out.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, College, Weekends, Casual Day Outs, Picnics, Travel, Vacation, Everyday Use, Care Taker, Seminars, Shopping, Dates
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Drawstring, Textured
Brands: Kanvas Katha, Addons Store, Ayeshu Store

7. Athletic Bag

As the name indicates, this one is usually used for keeping sports equipment and gym apparels and equipment.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Gym, Work Outs, Sport, Activewear, Fitness Club, Travel, Day Trip
Price Range: Low/Medium
Features: Collapsible & Expandable, Lightweight
Brands: Puma, Wildcraft, Gear, Nivia, Killer, Nike, Top Gator, Auxter Store, Samsonite Store, Harissons Store

8. Bowling Bag

Again as the name tells us, these were originally made to keep bowling balls, but now have become a fashion statement as short travel bags or cabin bags.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Travel, Day Trip, Vacation, Picnic, Casual Settings
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Textured, Embellishments, Grainy Finish, Prints
Brands: Adidas, Zara, Mango

9. Duffel Bag

Very popular as a travel and cabin bag, it’s a spacious long bag that is designed to keep a bare minimum during a short trip. The name originated from the place in Belgium, duffel from where the cloth was exported to make these. Get one that is waterproof so you can also bring it on your beach trip or use it even on rainy days to keep your stuff dry.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Travel, Vacation, Picnic, Weekends
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Water-Resistant, Breathability
Brands: Wildcraft, Puma, Tommy Hilfiger, Wrogn, Cultsport, HRX, Nike, Under Armour, F Gear, Skybags

10. Laptop Bag

As the name indicates, these are meant to carry laptops. These are usually horizontal with a laptop slot and has compartments for other things as well. Sleeves are simple laptop covers without handles most of the time meant to provide protection to laptops if you mean to carry them with luggage.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, College, School, Seminars, Travel
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Embellishments, Matt Finish, Graphics
Brands: Jaypore, Zivah, Caprese, Baggit, Dailyobjects, Toteteca, Chumbak

11. Potli Bag

Inspired from Indian tradition, potli is a small pouch made up of beautiful fabrics with a thread that serves as a knot on the end. These are very popular with wedding outfits these days.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Wedding, Ceremony, Party, Festive-Celebrations, Garba Nights
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Embellishments, Drawstring, Multicolors
Brands: BagaHolics, FeelOrna, Anekaant, A Clutch Story, Diwaah, Tjori, Chumbak

12. Hobo Bag

A very spacious bag with just the main compartment and a zip, it’s a crescent shaped bag that hangs loosely on the shoulder. These are large in width rather than in height.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Office, Work, Care Taker, Casual Settings, Day Trip, Weekend, Picnic, Everyday Use, College, Friends Outing, Shopping
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Embellishments, Prints
Brands: H&M, Baggit, Roadster, Wildcraft, Lino Perros, Tommy Hilfiger, Caprese, Lavie, Reebok, French Connection, Hidesign

13. Messenger Bag

Actually these came up with Postmans, but these soon became a fashion hit. These have a wide strap that rests on the chest with the bag coming at you hip at the back. This one is usually popular with the men.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Office, Work, College, School, Casual Settings, Day Trip, Travel, Shopping, Everyday Use, Outing, Shopping, Hobby Classes, Delivering Goods, Gym, Workouts
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Prints, Graphics
Brands: Wildcraft, Hide Sign, Roadster, Puma, Bombaytrooper, Leather World

14. Minaudiere

Its a small evening bag, mostly for very formal luxuy occasions and is embellished with expensive jewels and stones. Its usually made up of metal and is very small in size.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Gala, Club, Night Outs, Party, Birthday, Red Carpet, Wedding, Gatherings with Friends, Celebrations
Price Range: Medium/High
Features: Embellishments, Glitter, Gold & Silver Finish
Brands: Anekaant, Diwaah, Tooba Store, Inovera

15. Muff

One of the very interesting creations, its a bag that is usually made up of fur and has a zipped or open compartment for your hands to keep them warm. It became a sensation in the coldest of places and has kept its place when it comes to coats and woollens.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Casual Setting, Winter, Outings
Price Range: Medium/High
Features: Solid, Multicolor- Fur
Brands: Fursource

16. Saddle Bag

Originally the purpose of this bag was to be hung with a saddle for keeping basic things along horse riding. Later on many designers inspired by the intricate leather works formed a huge fashion statement from the idea. Saddle bags are now used more of a style statement rather than with saddles now.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, Casual Setting, Shopping, Date, Wedding, Gatherings with Friends, Day Trip, Travel
Price Range: Medium/High
Features: Matt Finish, Gold-finish
Brands: Goatter, Fossil, Caprese

17. Satchel Bag

It is a good capacity bag with two handles or a single handle and a rigid rectangular body with a flat bottom.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, School, College Lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Business, Everyday Use, Casual Setting
Price Range: Medium/High
Features: Water-resistant 
Brands: Jaypore, LLB, Hidesign, Leaderachi, CraftShop, Rustic Town

18. Shoulder Bag

It is a casual bag with a shoulder strap.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, Casual Setting, Shopping, Date, Outings, Gatherings with Friends, Day Trip, Travel, Everyday use
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Matt Finish, Embellishments, Detachable Shoulder Strap
Brands: Lavie, Mammon, Caprese, Baggit, Nelle Harper, Hide Sign, Diana Korr, Lino Perros, Esbeda,  Astir Colleen

19. Sling Bag

It is very similar to shoulder bag, but this bag is a lot smaller than the shoulder bag.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, College, Clubs, Party, Birthday, Night outs, Casual Setting, Shopping, Date, Wedding, Outings, Day Trip, Travel, Fresher’s Party
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Embellishments, Prints, Solid, Textured
Brands: Jaypore, Veromoda, Label Ritu Kumar, Caprese, Adisa, Lavie, Luluandsky

20. Tote Bag

A basic shopping bag, it is a large bag with two handles and is usually very spacious. A tote bag is usually open from the top and does not have closed compartments.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Beach, Shopping, Work, Everyday Use, Casual Settings, College, Hobby Classes, Workshops, Travel
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Durable, Light-weight, Easy to Wash- Canvas Totes
Brands: Lavie, Giordano, Caprese, Kanvas Katha, Dailyobjects, Elle, Marks & Spencer, H&M, Mast & Harbour, Aldo,  Mammon

21. Wristlet

Very similar to a clutch, this just has a wrist loop attached with it so as to hang it on your wrists for your comfort.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, Picnic, Weekend, Travel, Vacation, Business, Banking, Everyday Use, Shopping, Party, Charity Functions, Wedding, Exams, College, Casual Settings
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Wrist Loop, Durable, Light-weight  
Brands: Coach, Hidesign, Immri India, Chumbak, Mammon, Forever21

22. Wallets

Wallets have been an important part of almost every man’s life. Earlier these were a part of men’s accessories to keep money and credit cards or so. Later on wallets came to be designed for women as well.

Now, these have become multi-purpose with slots for currency, coins as well as mobile phones.

Ideal For: Girls, Women
Suitable For: Work, Office, Picnic, Weekend, Travel, Everyday Use, Shopping, Party, Wedding, Birthday, Day trip, Casual Settings, Night outs, Club, Gathering with Friends, Date, College
Price Range: Low/Medium/High
Features: Durable, Light-weight 
Brands: Women Marks, FabIndia, Shopmantra, Dailyobjects

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