What color bag should I carry?

What color bag should I carry? The dress I am wearing is a knee-length, lace dress, deep plum with black baguette beading that outlines the lace.

You can wear a black beaded bag that will pick up the black beading on your dress. Black shoes sound like a great choice. Experiment with a variety of earrings to see what works best with your deep plum, lace dress. Deep plum is such a rich, luxurious color. Your dress  sounds so chic!

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Evening Bags 101
Traditionally women have worn evening bags to dressy events. They are perfect for cocktail parties, dances, weddings, formal, or black tie occasions. An evening bag is also appropriate when you go to a nice restaurant for dinner, the theatre, symphony, ballet and opera. However they are just as chic with a pair of jeans.

Is a leather clutch appropriate for an evening bag?
A leather clutch is appropriate for an evening bag. The most important features in an evening bag are 1. size, something small and 2. something with room enough to hold your basic necessities (lipstick, comb, glasses, keys, phone and a credit card). That being said there are many different styles of leather clutch bags. When choosing a leather clutch for evening think simple style. You might want to have several clutch bags in your wardrobe that you can use for different evening events. Silver, gold and black leather clutches are basic and will work with almost any evening outfit. You can have a simple black bag with some black beading or sequins if you want something that looks more dressy. A colored leather clutch will add a POP of color to an outfit. Simple style clutches will work day or evening so they are great investments.