KARA Backpack

Introducing KARA Handbags

We’ve long lamented the dearth of reasonably priced handbag lines with a modern look, and lately, our prayers have begun to find answers. First Mansur Gavriel came along, with its elegant, understated line of functional handbags and totes, and now we’ve found KARA Handbags, a young line that just got picked up by ShopBop. If … Read more

The Many Bags of Katy Perry

The Many Bags of Katy Perry

By now, I’m betting most of you have heard the new Katy Perry song. It’s called “Roar” and it came out on Monday, the same day that Lady Gaga’s new single hit the Internet, and it is unquestionably better than Gaga’s. (As much as it pains me to say that, being something of a Gaga fangirl at the beginning of her career.) With Katy doing so much press over the past few days in support of the new single, it occurred to me that we’ve yet to profile her handbag collection. Today, we fix that.

Katy’s style is something we’re probably all well familiar with at this point – boisterous, bright, the opposite of serious and conservative. Her bag choices are far more mainstream, for the most part, which just goes to show you that hardly anyone can resist a little Celine or Chanel here and there.


Let’s start with a bag that’s very Katy Perry, just in case any of you guys have been in a coma for five years and just came to and wanted to check on the latest in handbag news first thing. The Lulu Guinness Lips Clutch more or less epitomizes are cartoonishly feminine style. Buy through Lulu Guinness for $465.

The Many Bags of Katy Perry (5)

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Adidas by Stella McCartney Leopard Print Taffeta Bag Wide

I’m Seriously Craving an Adidas by Stella McCartney Gym Bag

I never really understood why anyone liked “designer” activewear until I started going to the gym regularly about a month ago. After I caught the exercise bug, I immediately went out to try and find some cute workout duds to encourage the new habit and prevent me from sweating on every black tank top in my closet. What I found was…uninspiring. If I see one more cutesy workout top with a contrast paisley print on it, I’m gonna barf all over the place. Now, an Adidas by Stella McCartney Gym Bag? That’s something I can get behind.

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Bentley Handbags (2)

And Now For Something Completely Different: Bentley Launches Handbag Line

It’s long been clear that everyone from reality TV stars to the privileged daughters of billionaires thinks that they can design super-expensive handbags, and now it’s time to add another name to the non-intuitive list: Bentley Motors. That’s right, the world-famous maker of ultra-premium autos has decided to try its immaculately gloved hand at the … Read more

3.1 Phillip Lim x Target Handbags

Check Out All the Bags from 3.1 Phillip Lim x Target

Generally speaking, high-low designer collaborations have seen better days. They were all the rage for a while – Lanvin x H&M, anyone? – but at some point, they jumped the shark. I’m not sure whether that moment was the Missoni x Target online ordering fiasco or the Neiman Marcus x Target x Every Designer In America three-way flop, but it happened, and ever since then, our expectations have been low, if not nonexistent. 3.1 Phillip Lim x Target is here to restore some of our faith in high-low.

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Belstaff Catherine Box Leather Shoulder Bag

Second Time’s the Charm: Belstaff Gets Handbags Right

Belstaff, a British brand founded in the 1920s that recently expanded on its tried-and-true collection of outwear to include women’s ready-to-wear, handbags and shoes, stumbled a bit out of the gates when it launched bags last season. The branding was too obvious, the details didn’t feel as luxurious as they should have and the prices were, to put it blunty, high. Creating a handbag line from whole cloth is difficult, though, so we were hopeful that Belstaff would learn from its errors and come back with a second effort more befitting of the brand’s heritage. Thankfully, that’s exactly what they brand has done.

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