December 2016 - Page 2

The 20 Best Bag Deals for the Weekend of December 23

Dec 23, 2016 by Amanda Mull

The time for online holiday shopping is basically done, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to find a little treat for yourself that will arrive next week. If that sounds tempting, let us take it a step further which a bunch of super-covetable bags, all on sale, all specially selected while sitting on my … Read more

The Many Bags of Pamela Anderson

Dec 22, 2016 by Amanda Mull

Last week while getting my hair dyed, I came across a Vogue.com post that blithely mentioned TV star Pamela Anderson avoids all animal products, including leather. That struck me as an odd thing to claim; although Pamela is a longtime PETA supporter and animal rights advocate, she’s never once wavered in her love of leather … Read more

Bags with Patch Embellishments Might Just Be the Next Big Bag Trend

Dec 22, 2016 by Amanda Mull

Patches have had kind of a slow burn when it comes to their appearance on handbags. Raf Simons showed interest in them from the beginning of his now-ended tenure at Dior three years ago, but other brands were slow to pick up on the look. Then, Anya Hindmarch came out with her super-popular leather stickers, … Read more

The 12 Most Ridiculous Things You Can Buy on Hermès’ Website Right Now

Dec 21, 2016 by Amanda Mull

When I really sit down and think about it, it seems like being very wealthy would be, among other things, super weird. It would be great in a lot of ways, of course–for instance, I could command someone to grill me a medium-rare steak for lunch, and I would surely enjoy that. As it is, though, the best way to thought-experiment your way into what it’s like to be wealthy is probably to take a deep-dive into the rabbit hole of Hermès‘ online store.

20 Hobos That Prove the Bag’s Return Wasn’t Just a Single-Season Trend

Dec 21, 2016 by Amanda Mull

Trends, by their very nature, go one of two ways. In many instances, something that comes into fashion lives for a single season because it either becomes over-saturated quickly and consumers tire of it or it never catches on in the first place. Sometimes, though, trends grow slowly and stretch out over seasons, which is … Read more

Celebs Party and Protest with New Bags from Louis Vuitton, Proenza Schouler and More

Dec 21, 2016 by Emily Anderson

Celebs are gearing up for a long holiday hibernation and stockpiling cookie dough. (Okay, they brought like one tube of cookie dough. But that should feed like eight Hadids, right?) Hollywood pretty much shuts down between Christmas and New Year’s, so the Eva Longorias and Jasmine Tookes of the world are all doing their final … Read more

A Trick for Them, A Bag For You: Treat Your Loved Ones and Yourself to Prada for the Holidays

Dec 20, 2016 by Amanda Mull

The holidays are a celebration in many different ways. First and foremost, they’re an opportunity to come together with friends and loved ones to spend time and exchange tokens of affection that will hopefully be used and treasured by their recipients throughout the coming year and beyond. I also think of the holidays as an … Read more

Céline’s Holiday 2016 Lookbook is Full of Beautiful Photos of Even More Beautiful Bags and Accessories

Dec 20, 2016 by Amanda Mull

As someone who spends a big part of her job looking at stock photos of handbags, I have a lot of opinions about them. Most online retailers and brands do a pretty disappointing job depicting their wares, especially when you consider how much work goes into making them and how much shoppers are expected to … Read more

Love It or Leave It: The Loewe Elephant Shoulder Bag

Dec 20, 2016 by Amanda Mull

Loewe‘s animal-shaped coin purses and pouches have long been popular with shoppers, and it’s not rocket science to figure out why: not only are Loewe’s leather goods uniformly well-made, but the pouches take something that’s normally pretty boring and make it a lot more fun without impacting its practicality at all. On top of that, … Read more

12 Things Amanda Would Love to Find Under the Tree This Christmas

Dec 19, 2016 by Amanda Mull

For this year, my Christmas (and birthday, which is Christmas Eve) are a little predictable: I already got my big present, which was a new and much-needed MacBook Pro. I can still dream, though, especially on the Internet, where loading a shopping cart full of stuff you love doesn’t cost anything. It won’t even attract … Read more

Fendi Debuts a New Bag Along Favorites Both Recent and Familiar for Pre-Fall 2017

Dec 20, 2016Dec 19, 2016 by Amanda Mull

Fendi‘s accessory strategy is smart: the brand creates a relatively small number of simple, structured bags that look expensive because of their sharp, modern finishes, and then it uses those pieces as a jumping-off point for texture, embellishment and variation in size and scale. The approach combined familiarity and novelty, and based on how hard … Read more

A Certain Mansur Gavriel Style Continues to Gain Steam with Models

Dec 19, 2016 by Emily Anderson

As the old saying goes, two is a coincidence but three is a trend. As of now, we’ve recently spotted two lovely models carrying the exact same Mansur Gavriel bag. Last week, it seemed like the random whim of Gigi Hadid, but this week, Karlie Kloss is also carrying the Lady Bag. This might be … Read more