What Your Mom’s Bag Says About Her, Mother’s Day 2017 Edition

Is your mom a secret Harry Styles fangirl or an intimidating presence at the neighborhood association? We can tell just looking at her bags.

Amanda Mull

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Choices don’t come from nowhere, especially for moms. By the time a mom has kids old enough to understand designer bags as a concept, she’s probably settled into her perspective on the world, and by extension, her own stylistic choices. The two aren’t unrelated–bags are a sizable purchase for most women, after all, and how we see our day-to-day lives and ourselves has a big impact on any significant purchasing decision.

So, in our continuing celebration of Mother’s Day, we’re here to read our handbag tea leaves and identify the characteristics of the moms who just might carry these popular bags.

Prada Bibliotheque Bag
$3,080 via Neiman Marcus

Your mom has at least one graduate degree and two assistants.

Hermès Kelly

There has been, at some point, a group of two or three people somewhere in the world talking amongst themselves about where your family got its money.

Chloé Faye Bag
$1,950 via Net-a-Porter

She may not do it herself, but this kind of mom definitely birthed a daughter who has tried out multiple Instagram decor trends, including jauntily splaying a sheepskin rug across some kind of stiff, modern chair.

Louis Vuitton Neverfull Tote
$1,340 via Louis Vuitton

There could be anything in there: a full-size bottle of Advil, a small blanket, a hunting knife, some medium-size Tupperware. No one knows. Not even mom. But if you just hold her coffee and give her a second to look, she’ll find it.