I swung by Anya Hindmarch’s showroom to check out her resort collection this morning, (I think it’s because Abby’s trying to inundate me with wallets, but I don’t mind waking up to pretty things).

And trust me, there are lots of pretty things.

There’s a decidedly younger bent to this collection including cross-body bags with dainty tassels and a variety of shapes studded with the most delicate studs ever - gold dots subtly engraved with Anya’s signature bow.

The other story, layered leather clutches and bags with bone-looking locks, are a bit more sophisticated, but still fun and the rainbow glitter clutch at left had me biting my tongue so as not to squeal, “I die” in front of the other, chicer editors in my presence.

And as for wallets, Abby, that black studded one is right up my alley…

If you’re in the mood to shop this weekend, read on.

Start out at Tommy Hilfiger on West Broadway at Broome. Pick up some jeans to make into shorts and a new bathing suit maybe because the first five customers to spend $500 get a free Apple iTouch. The next twenty-five to spend $300 get an iPod Nano, the next twenty-five to spend $150 get a shuffle and the next fifty to spend $100 get $15 to the iTunes store

Then head to the Anya Hindmarch store, or online, to get one of her new seasonal totes for under $100. Swing by IHeart on Mott because they’re closing (sad) and having a major farewell sale. Then on Sunday make your way to Bergdorf for their Re-invent Shopping lunch. Becki Newton from Ugly Betty will be there and if you bring in something from your closet a Lucky stylist will help you re-work it — details here.

Or, if you’d rather get started today, you can hang out with Vanessa (Jessica Szhor), Amy Astley and Vivienne Tam at the Teen Vogue concept store in the Short Hills mall at 5pm. Consider it part of the Save the Malls Effort - and you can win a free computer.

And lastly, if you’re in LA, head to Barneys with your old t-shirts so that Loomstate’s on-hand artists can customize them into something amazing.

Otherwise, we’ll see you at the beach.

Who says the fashion people aren’t ahead of the curve?

Practically eons after the canvas tote became the normal gift-with-product bag for every editor under the sun, New York City is finally catching on.

Mayor Bloomberg announced today that he’s trying to push through a new plastic bag fee (or tax, depending on who you’re talking to) for the City Council to consider, which entails charging shoppers $0.06 per every plastic bag used at the register, following in the steps of Ireland, San Francisco, and Ikea.

No word yet on whether the cost targets only delis and groceries, since many clothes stores (Macy’s, H&M, etc) obviously use them, too.

We think it’s a great idea. Not only would it pretty much kill the use of them, but we’re totally prepared thanks to every event / party / fashion show / gift over the past couple years.

Did you catch this on Friday?

Vogue UK called out Keira Knightley’s Anya Hindmarch dustbag.

Instead of busting out one of her $1,000+ Anyas - which she had to have bought to get the free dustbag - she carried around the little tote one would be packaged in.

Now, this might go back to when everyone started carrying their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in designer shopping bags - apparently, it makes lunch a little more bearable when you pull a Chanel-bag lunch out from under your desk.

But now that public bag recycling has moved on to the shopping bag innards, we wonder what the next step in designer re-packaging will be. We predict we’ll get lots of Christmas gifts wrapped in Marc-branded tissue paper this year.

Maybe it’s the economy (could designer dustbags be the answer to the overpriced designer It Bag? Is this the official death knell for being seen carrying exorbitantly priced fashion goods at the moment?) making some stretch their designer purchases just one step further, or maybe they’re just so pumped to have that new bag that they want to remind the rest of us that we don’t have one.

Either way, we just thought we’d tell you about it.

—KYLE HAYES

Anya Hindmarch’s getting into the Halloween spirit.

No, her bags aren’t coming filled with candy, but they might be coming your way for free and then you can spend your money on candy.

If you go to her site and click on the Trick or Treat square in the bottom right hand corner, you can enter for a chance to win a handbag, purse, clutch or key ring.

When you do enter, because we already have about three times each, you’ll be emailed a trick. Like this, “Say this tongue twister five times as quickly as you can - ‘Inside Hindmarch handbags hide hellish Halloween horrors’.” Actual winners will be announced November 1st, so you’ll have to hold your breath until then.

It’s a shame, really, because I’m dressing as Mrs. Lovett and I could really use a black patent something to hold my faux human pies.

Last week, we told you that Anya Hindmarch would be trumping Target by making the full collection of her bags for the super store available on her site starting tomorrow, a full four days before the line was supposed to hit Target stores, up until Sunday.

But now, we’ve found out that the whole line is already on the Target site, ready for pre-order, today.

Guess they heard the news loud and clear.

Happy clicking.

Good news for those of you that missed the pop-up Target shops, and are way too excited for Anya Hindmarch’s Target line to wait until it hits the super store October 12:

Anya’s decided to sell the line on her own site a full four days early.

They’ll be available only on her site, until the 12th, then only on the Target site and at Target stores starting October 14.

Could go pretty nicely with this $20 Richard Chai vest, no?

We’ve been waiting not so patiently for this one - Nylon has a first look at Jonathan Saunders’ collection for Target.

There are, of course, lots of colors - from Mondrian like blocking to classic ombre - poured over skirts, coats, jeans and belts. The jackets, however, one Victorian, cropped, black with brown leather trim and one that looks like rainbow tinsel, stand out as two of the strongest pieces we’ve seen from Target’s Go International collaborations.

Lucky for us, Target’s opening a pop up shop in midtown next week to sell this collection as well as their Sigerson Morrison and Anya Hindmarch accessories a full month before they hit stores all over the country.

Which means we can have those jackets before Paris - which makes us very happy.

You know how Fashion Week makes you insane with wanting to shop, but all your money’s going to cabs and coffee, so actually buying clothes is kind of impossible?

Well, Target heard us. And they’ve responded.

On September 11, Target’s opening up four pop-up shops in Manhattan, in Soho, Union Square, the East Village - and Midtown, hopefully within a block of the Tents.

The shops will include Jonathan Saunders’ line just after it comes out, Richard Chai’s, Anya Hindmarch’s bags and Sigerson’s shoes.

And if we can score a cute top for under $20, you’ll probably see us with smiles at some of those 10am appointments.

It’s been a while since the last time we came across a spoof of the Anya Hindmarch “I’m Not a Plastic Bag” tote, but we think this one really beats them all.

Despite the bag’s popularity, and the good things we know came from it, we couldn’t help but burst out into laughter when we came across Fashion Indie’s “I’m Not a Douche Bag” tote on Cafe Press.

So seventh grade, and yet, so on point - we’d love to swing this around the Whole Foods salad aisle while enunciating our plans to offset the bag’s carbon footprint using only macrobiotic beets.

We’re starting to think London may be super fashionable but really unsafe, because we have no idea how a band of burglars is still getting away with storefront smash-and-grabs.

Once again, Anya Hindmarch, this time the one on New Bond Street, was robbed late at night. The thieves broke through the front door using a sledgehammer (who gets away driving around on a moped with a sledgehammer?) then made away with thousands of dollars worth of bags.

Even though the police know the thieves were two men wearing silver hoodies and light-colored helmets, they still didn’t catch them.

In fact, from all the store robberies over the past few years, and all of the arrests the police told us they made in December, so far only one person has actually been put in jail - for breaking into Mulberry and Louis Vuitton - and for just 26 months.

Here’s a tip - don’t do any late night window shopping in London.

The year 2007 practically glowed green with environmental concerts, initiatives and celebrity spokespeople taking over the world.

The fashion industry followed suit with an influx of recycled/recyclable, organic and vegan designer bags: Anya Hindmarch’s caused a stampede in Union Square; Lauren Bush’s hung from her shoulder at every red carpet event; Marni’s $800 “grocery tote” was made for some seriously gourmet shopping.

Now, we’ve noticed that other constant accessory, the water bottle, changing shape around town: Poland Spring, Ethos (the Starbucks’ water), Deer Park and and Evian (whose website features an environmental link coming soon) are all packaged in newly shaped bottles that use significantly less plastic than the older models in an effort to reduce their awful effect on the environment.

Not only is this a great idea, but we’re hoping designers catch on to it soon, too. Couldn’t you just see an Evian/designer collaboration?

We envision a doll shaped bottle covered in flowers from Luella , an inappropriate, but colorful, shape from Marc or maybe a regal vase-like bottle etched with feathers from Alexander McQueen.

We just hope they wouldn’t charge more than three dollars!