If you worked on a TV series as fashion-forward and as clothes-centric as “Sex and The City”, then it can’t be helped that some of that fabulous style will rub off on your personal taste as well. Take the show’s main star Sarah Jessica Parker for example, whose off-cam candid style has over the years become as enviable as Carrie Bradshaw’s, her “Sex and The City” persona:

Sarah Jessica Parker’s cool and breezy attire for a publicity event

Sarah Jessica Parker’s “walk-kid-to-school” outfit

The first picture is from the launch of Sarah Jessica Parker’s new show “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist”, held at the Paley Center for Media in NYC on April 8. She wore a cool and breezy flowing silver dress for the red carpet publicity event, pairing it with blue Nicholas Kirkwood heels and a giant gold heart pendant.

Paparazzi caught Sarah Jessica Parker again the very next day, this time without the glamour and on full mom-duty. The unusually warm New York weather called for a floral tank top, grey jeans and open toe sandals, a simple and comfortable getup for Sarah Jessica to bring her 7-year old son James Wilkie to school.

These two events – a red carpet photo op and walking your kid to school – couldn’t be more different from each other, could they? But Sarah Jessica Parker looks so effortlessly stylish in both of them, not even minding that her pictures will show her using the same bag:

Close-up of Sarah Jessica Parker’s chain strap envelope cross body bag

I love it when celebrities use clothes more than once like regular people, especially a style icon like Sarah Jessica Parker.

The bag is very striking, a gorgeous snakeskin-textured black material folded into an envelope clutch and set off by a long silver chain strap. I would use a cross body bag like this for both a formal and a casual event too as the not-too-big yet not-too-small dimension works for both types of occasions.

I went looking for chain strap cross body bags that could go from day to night like SJP’s and these are 3 of what I found:

Felix Rey Bow Mini Messenger Bag, $175.00

Rebecca Minkoff Heartbeat Bag, $495.00

Charlie My Love Mini Studded Cheyenne Bag, $300.00

Purchase these bags through Shopbop.com.

Looks like this week is a Miley Cyrus week for Crossbodypurses. And it’s all about her love of pom pom bags too.

Just a few days ago, we featured Miley and her Balenciaga Giant Pom Pom Bag (click here to read article).

Today is all about her Simone Camille Tier 1 Carryall Tote.

She was spotted sporting this very colorful and very eclectic looking piece  last March 22,  and it has been much talked about since.

Miley Cyrus Wears the Simone Camille Tier 1 Carryall, March 22, 2010

In case you haven’t noticed, the Simone Camille Tier 1 Carryall also features fluffy pom pom balls all around the bag apart from the rich embroidery, colorful fabric, mirror and stone embellishments, and metal disc decorations. It is quite a busy and bright piece and definitely not for the faint hearted.

However, for some reason, it looks good on Miley and I think I know why. First of all, she has the personality for it. Secondly, she matched the bag with a colorless outfit (black and neutral) – definitely the ONLY appropriate way to wear this flashy and ornate looking arm candy.

Actually it is no surprise that Miley loves this bag. Simone Harouche, the creator of the Simone Camille line, is Miley’s stylist, so it is just natural for her to wear one of her stylist’s rare creations.

In fact, I have a strong suspicion that the Tier 1 Carryall on Miley was especially made for her because I could not find the exact same color in the designer’s website  (made to order bags is a special service also offered by the Simone Camille line).

If you have eccentric taste and you are digging the Simone Camille Tier 1 Carryall, you may purchase it from the Simone Camille website for US$1,860 (visit www.simonecamille.com).

But if you don’t have bag full of cash to spend for this elaborately decorated piece, you can opt for any of the following colorful crossbody purses instead:

Fossil Capri Crossbody, US$78

Carlos Falchi Handbags Small Microfiber Grafitti Satchel, US$314

JADETribe Safi Bag, on sale for US$215 at Shopbop.com

I love shopping for bags at eBags.com because they always have special features on their current handbag stocks. The features save you time when you’re searching for something specific and they also show you the other bags on other parts of the website where you wouldn’t normally look.

Today, their feature is on “Pretty Prints and Lightweight Fabrics”. The feature not only directs you to fabric handbags but also lists the cutest colorful prints that are just the thing for spring. How’s that for a topic-specific search engine?

I’ve gone ahead and picked out the cross body styles from the lot. There are many beautiful designs on there but I found myself drawn to the bag designs from Fossil. I think Fossil has done a really good job on their spring collection and all the prints they’ve created and the colors they’ve chosen are attractive and soothing to the eye.

So without further ado, here are 6 Fossil bags in cross body styles to help your wardrobe cross over to spring:

Fossil Camden Top Zip, $88.00. This one is the tomato color.

Fossil Marlow Large Top Zip, $88.00. The print on this bag can lighten your mood.

Fossil Capri Crossbody,$78.00. This is a little smaller than the first two (maybe that’s why it’s cheaper), but how much more springtime can you get than butterflies?

Fossil Camden Crossbody, $78.00. Similar to the first bag on this list except this one has an extra zipper on the side.

Fossil Talita Crossbody, $78.00. Don’t like butterflies? How about birds?

Fossil Marlow Small Crossbody, $58.00. Looks small but this holds a lot. Just the right size to keep you organized.

Check out more Fossil bags and springtime bags on eBags.com.