I’ve heard that there’s a girl who knows a girl whose second cousin has a brother that knows the number of a women I could call to throw a purse party.

They happen in the back rooms of bars.  Sometimes in the privacy of some girlfriend’s living room with a few bottles of merlot.  But nobody seems to know where to buy a trendy bag in the Southern Tier without cracking the purse party code.

(And let’s face it–some of these purse parties don’t WANT to be found.)

Enter Binghamton Bag Company (39 Court).

It’s a new business—downtown (YAY!)—that sells inexpensive bags to make you look just as hip and trendy as your best friend who always seems to have nicer clothes.

Billie and John are the owners of the company, so we shot them an e-mail to find out what’s the latest with their new shop.

What’s IN with bags now?  If a woman walks in and says “make me look current”, what’s the first bag you reach for?
Animal prints like girrafe, zebra, and leopard are IN with handbags today. The spy bags are very popular, smaller satchel type bags with flap openings.
If a woman came in and wanted the "current look", I would reach for the girrafe print with solid black handles. This bag is very in and chic.

You guys have some insane novelty bags.  Tell me about the weirder ones.
Our high heeled boots with gold chain handles zip up the front and hold alot of stuff (hot pink and white).
We also have high top sneakers that tie and zip up the top to hold your belongings (white, green, black, pick and camo).
There are the boustier handbags that are really funky (pink, blue, and pink/green polkadot). And I can not forget the coconut (real) that zips and has an interior lining and pouch for your personal items!

How much is somebody gonna spend for a bag in your store?
People will spend anywhere from $4.90 for childrens purses to $95.90 for adult handbags. All of our handbags are UNDER $96.00 and the average handbag costs $36.90! Its important to us that our prices stay low.

It’s called “Binghamton Bag Company”.  Sell anything BUT bags?
We DO sell other things besides bags! We sell jewelry, wallets, coin purses, luggage, brief cases, watches, and sunglasses.

Why’d you guys choose downtown Bing?
We chose the downtown Binghamton area because we envision in the near future more residential housing which will bring more customers. We also are impressed with the fact that the downtown Binghamton area is "coming back", there are so many wonderful places to shop and eat and its only getting better as time goes on!