Some trends are impossible to miss or ignore (remember when everything was neon in, like, 2012?), but others are so understated that they might slip right under your radar unless you spend as much time looking at bags as we do. That’s probably the only way we would have ever noticed that things in the bag market have been looking especially round lately.
Circular hardware is never exactly rare when it comes to bags–curved pieces are often used as handle attachments in particular because they help straps move naturally with the body of the person carrying them. Lately, though, hardware rings and other circle embellishments have taken a more prominent–and often primary–role, including handles, closures and non-functional embellishments. The trend started up after The Row released a series of bags with ring handles and is now particularly popular with directional or up-and-coming labels like JW Anderson and Brother Vellies, so its fashion pedigree is impeccable.
In the current market, most high-end bags exist at one end or the other of the aesthetic spectrum: either they’re in the vein of Céline minimalism or Gucci maximalism. Almost all of the circle-adorned bags fall to the minimalist side of things, which makes sense–circles are a neat, clean, unassuming way to add visual interest without making a bag feel cluttered or purposefully decorated. After all, the shape is something that occurs naturally in bag design in the first place, even if it’s usually in a supporting role.
Below, check out 15 examples of the trend that you can shop right now.
Brother Vellies Shearling Crossbody Bag
$895 via Nordstrom
Chloé Kurtis Saddle Bag
$1,790 via Neiman Marcus
Diane von Furstenberg Love Power Saddle Bag
$298 via Shopbop
Elizabeth and James Finley Courier Bag
$495 via Nordstrom
JW Anderson Pierce Bag
$1,825 via SSENSE
Little Liffner Ring Tote
$685 via Net-a-Porter
Loewe Joyce Crossbody Bag
$1,698 via MATCHESFASHION.COM
Madewell O Ring Saddle Bag
$178 via Nordstrom
Marni Leather Shoulder Bag
$1,879 via mytheresa.com
Michael Kors Skorpios Market Bag
$1,090 via Nordstrom
Saint Laurent Eddie Besace Serpent Bag
$1,590 via Neiman Marcus
See by Chloé Mini Tassel Bag
$295 via SSENSE
Simon Miller Bonsai Mini Bucket Bag
$390 via Net-a-Porter
Stella McCartney Medium Ring Bucket Bag
$1,245 via Nordstrom
The Row Classic 5 Tote
$4,500 via Net-a-Porter
The St. Laurent is the best of the bunch. And why is that Row bag $4,500??
I have the Simon Miller Bonsai bag!! It is super cute!
Chloe started it. I see the JW Anderson bag EVERYWHERE. It looks like a nose ring to me and I just can’t with that bag. How can people like carrying a bag with a nose ring around? A huge giant nose ring? Ugh. Apparently lots of bloggers are carrying it and calling it the “most popular” bag. I thought I was over-reacting, went to the store to check it out, it looks as bad as in photos. Everyone is copying Chloe. The roundish features give these bags a feminine effect that is hard to resist.
I just went back and looked at that bag and you are right–yuck. I have rings on a couple of old, non-designer bags that I love and I have considered sawing them off (or whatever would work to get rid of them).
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Wow! Love it!
Madalina from Sinestezic
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