Brands know what they’re doing when they use quilted leather. They know the risks, and they take them anyway. Valentino is the most recent big name to make a foray into quilted leather bags with its brand new Valentino Rockstud Spike Bag. The Spike has finally found its way into celeb arms, and while we can’t promise that you’ll love it, we do think it’s one of the more intriguing new designer bags for Fall 2016. Beaded bags are also making a splash this week, and their colors really pop against dark fall hues.
Ava Phillipe
Chanel Beaded Flap Bag
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Ava Phillipe (Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe’s daughter) carried this gorgeous beaded Chanel bag to an NYC Chanel party celebrating the brand’s new fragrance and their newest celeb face, Lily-Rose Depp (Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’s daughter). The newly famous daughters of 90s celebrity super couples have to look out for each other.
Jennifer Garner
Chloé Faye Bag
$1,950 via Net-a-Porter
Jennifer Garner carried this black suede and leather Chloé Faye Bag to church in Pacific Palisades, along with a couple of homemade pies. I smell a potluck.
Jessica Simpson
Balenciaga Belted Tote
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Paps snapped Jessica Simpson carrying this eye-catching black and white Balenciaga Belted Tote outside of her hotel in NYC. This style was one of our favorites from last summer’s round of Resort 2016 collections, but we never saw it anywhere in stores.
Karlie Kloss
Valentino Rockstud Spike Bag
$3,195 via Neiman Marcus
Here’s Karlie Kloss, heading home after a little shopping spree at Bed Bath and Beyond and Proenza Schouler in Soho. She’s carrying the aforementioned, Chanel-esque Valentino Rockstud Spike Bag.
Lupita Nyong’o
Les Petits Joueurs Alex Top Handle Bag
$1,410 via Neiman Marcus
Lupita Nyong’o has a new movie to promote, so she’s very visible to paps at the moment, and we can’t complain. Here she is heading to an NYC press appearance to promote Queen of Katwe with a beautiful beaded top handle from Les Petits Joueurs.
Miranda Kerr
Christian Dior Lady Dior Bag
$1,489 via Vestiaire Collective
Here’s Miranda Kerr, having a supermodel moment as she heads into LAX with a quilted black leather Christian Dior Lady Dior Bag.
Rihanna
Louis Vuitton Frank Gehry Twisted Monogram Bag
Ri-Ri has been carrying her favorite Louis Vuitton Frank Gehry Twisted Monogram Bag pretty consistently for a few weeks now. Here she is leaving an afterparty for the Global Citizen Music Festival in NYC with her favorite collab bag in tow.
Rowan Blanchard
Chanel Frame Bag
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Finally, we’ll pop back to that Chanel party to admire actress Rowan Blanchard’s fantastic tweed Chanel jumpsuit and red quilted leather Chanel Frame Bag.