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The army green hue of this hobo-style handbag from Le Château ($20, lechateau.com) taps into this season’s military trend, but the tassel and slightly slouchy feel are more boho chic. And now you don’t have to go all the way to the mall to pick it up: The Montreal-based retailer launched their e-commerce site yesterday.

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We have a bit of a crush on Zane Aburaneh, otherwise known as the Zane in A2zane (a2zane.com), the online store he started back in April. It’s also the name of a Queen Street pop-up shop (1040 Queen St. W., 416-803-7754) that opened its doors last month and that will run until March 2011. The affable and charming Aburaneh stocks a selection of chic handbags from hard-to-find French and UK, as well as Canadian, labels, along with a selection of wallets, watches and scarves. It’s no surprise that the styles he gravitates to are those that seem to be missing from other stores each season: Aburaneh spent a good portion of his decade in the fashion industry as a handbag specialist at Holt Renfrew, hearing just what customers were always looking for.

We asked Aburaneh a few questions about his shop, sourcing international finds and supporting Canadian talent.

This patent tote ($98, canada.frenchconnection.com) is a good option for the upcoming holiday season. It’s large enough to schlep your work gear around in but still chic enough to dangle from your arm at cocktail hour.

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I’ve got a thing for satchels and all of their utilitarian details–I am absolutely obsessed with the Proenza Schouler PS1–so it’s no surprise that I’m in love with this boxy version from Zara ($70, zara.com). I love the versatility of the bag and the mixed materials used. Perfect for both work and play.

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While I absolute love the smallish frame bags that have been everywhere this season, there’s nothing like a big tote for carrying your files, lunch and laptop around. This roomy bag from H&M ($35, hm.com) is the perfect mix of form and function.

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Maybe it’s all the red carpets we’ve been looking at all weekend, but the shade of this Zara shoulder bag ($70, zara.com) is very appealing. We can’t wait to sling it over our shoulders for a bit of extra colour.

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Yesterday, Gap unveiled their new Canadian web store (ditto their sister shops, Banana Republic and Old Navy) and since yellow is our favourite colour this week, naturally, the first thing we glommed on to was this waxed canvas tote ($40, gapcanada.com). Bump up your order to $50 and the shipping’s free until October 31.

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A structured handbag fits perfectly with fall’s return to ladylike luxe. See our picks! See all our fall favourites in the Fall Trends Guide.

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Arm yourself with some ’70s soft slouch. See our picks!

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New York-based designer Jess Rizzuti‘s (jessrizzuti.com) love of rich textures and cool prints mixes beautifully into this Fiona clutch ($300, farashastyle.com)–a yellow cork and burlap bag cut through with a swoop of stripes that reminds us of multicoloured sand art (but so much better). While the shape is certainly vintage-inspired, the result is definitively modern.

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This basket-weave bag from Aldo ($21, aldoshoes.com) covers of a couple of the season’s trends–namely drawstrings and tassels–handily and is roomy enough to tote all your essentials for a summer day in the city.

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Rebecca Minkoff‘s bags are often seen swinging from the arms of Hollywood’s twenty-something set. Bijou Phillips, Rachel Bilson, Hayden Panettiere and pretty much everyone on Gossip Girl has carried one of the New York-based designer’s creations. (Samantha Jones also brought one of Minkoff’s Market Totes along to Mexico in the first Sex & the City movie.) But Minkoff’s most rabid fans are the denizen’s of web forums who show off their latest acquisitions, discuss what’s their bags and dish about the latest celeb sighting. The designer was in Toronto recently to launch her spring line at Holt Renfrew (holtrenfrew.com) and we caught up with her to talk favourite bags, motorcycle jackets and the benefits of internet fandom.

So you started out in clothing and expanded into bags. What inspired the move?

“It was unexpected; I was at a dinner with Jenna Elfman who was on the TV show Dharma & Greg. She said ‘I’m doing a movie coming up and this bag is an important part of my character’s experience. Will you design a bag for me?’ And I was like ‘Sure, I’d love to!’ I was like ‘I have no idea how I’m gonna do this right now!’ The first bag was canvas and leather and I still have it. FedEx mis-delivered so it did not get into the movie. Then the movie went straight to DVD so it didn’t matter anyways.”