So the first part of research which I have carried out is on WGSN (Worth Global Style Network) a trend website, which keeps up to date with all the latest trends, from women's wear, men's wear and kids, to accessories and branding.
I have searched under the "Design and Product development" section, and searched under "accessories". It then came up with a range of different areas in which we can research. One of the first things I looked at was an article called "Worn Traveller; Tokyo: Bag Inspiration"
The link below will take you straight to the page.

http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/Trend_Analysis/Accessories/2011/February/worn_traveller_mensaccessoriestrendanalysis.html

The next interesting thing I found on WGSN was about young girl's accessories, what is coming into fashion for Spring Summer 2012. The pictures below are examples of this trend.

The final thing I looked at on WGSN for the time being was the trend for Spring Summer 2012 Women's bags: Key Shapes - the link below will take you to the page in which it shows this trend.
It talks about:

• Neat Fringing
• Portrait Portfolio
• Sophisticated Sports
• Slim Envelope
• Hobo Sack 

http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/Design_Direction/Accessories/Spring_Summer_2012/SS12womens_accessories_keyshapes_bags_shoulder.html