If you’ve ever wondered what a pair of retro basketball sneakers would look like if they were flayed and then restructured into a fancy designer bag (and if you have, why?), then I have, somewhat implausibly, some good news for you: that’s basically the gist of Alexander Wang’s Spring 2015 runway bags.
Bags That Are Bags But Also Another Thing has surfaced as an unlikely trend, and the clutches, satchels and backpacks that graced Wang’s runway even had rubberized soles on their bottom corners, accented with the kind of clear air bubbles that shoe designers used to use as a visual signifier of their brand’s superior cushioning. So if you want to chuck these bags on the ground, go right ahead. They’ve got excellent shock-absorption!
While the designs are clever, in a way, they also lack the refinement that would makes this kind of translation a success. The combinations of suede, leather, nylon and rubber are too on-the-nose to feel expensive or as clever as they might be, if only a little bit of editing had been done. Check out all the bags from the runway below.
[Images via Style.com]
Deeefinitely passing on this. Not into the gym aesthetic at all.
I like them…they look durable and easy to clean
Terrible.
defnite NO
Pass. They look heavy empty I could just imagine how much heavier it would feel once it’s full.
LOVE the gray bag.
My mind automatically goes to this place where I don’t want to touch the bottom because it’s dirty…
Not into it.
I look forward to a future Nelly song about this line!
Designer bags today come in 3 styles either “inspired” by Celine, Hermes, or Valentino studtasticity. In a sea of copycat, overpriced minimalist designer bags, it’s refreshing to see a designer make something that is highly original, fun, and still true to his identity.
I will give him the originality, but they are horrifyingly ugly! I almost feel like if you open one, it will smell like sweaty gym shoes inside. Yuck!
The design is quite original and fitting to the brand’s aesthetic. This will probably be more popular with the street style crowd. I find the top handle bags adorable, though they are not something I would purchase.
Seems like he is riding on the chanel sneaker bandwagon from winter 2014.
Almost looks like he could have collaborated with Nike in the same way Givenchy did recently. The bags could be cute on people who wear urban fashion well, a la Rihanna in a pair of Jordans. 5,6,10 match the right pair of Jordans perfectly. But beyond that…
I don’t have suede bags and even less would I have suede sneakers. Way TOO dirty. I know, they made it in grey so it won’t show the smears but even still it would only take two seconds to look grimy. PASS.