A few weeks ago, we brought you an in depth look at the new handbag brand Senreve. The brand let me pick a bag out to try for myself, and I opted for the Maestra. The designers behind the brand put a great deal of focus into usability and functionality of their designs, and since … Read more
For how much luxury brands love to talk about quality, workmanship and the legions of highly skilled artisans they employ, most of them keep their manufacturing processes and factory employees as hidden from the public narrative of their brand as possible. Newer brand are perhaps less beholden to these old narratives around fantasy and reality, … Read more
I’m on the record as not being a major fan of of novelty bags, and that’s only become a more solidified opinion as the trend has worn on. We, the great handbag-buying populace, seem to have beaten it back in almost all situations, and the novelty purses that makes it through now are generally pretty … Read more
If you’ve been following along in the last few months, you may have seen J.W. Anderson bags pop up here and there, and if you’re a big fan of what’s trending in fashion, then you’ve already seen the ever-popular, Instagram-worthy Pierce Bag. The Pierce Bag is the definition of downtown cool, with its foldover front … Read more
With each season, handbag brand release a mix of old, new and old-but-new. Getting the balance right is important; brand need to tend to each design’s lifespan by updating it in ways that make it feel new but not unfamiliar while still making standard, well-loved versions of those same designs and moving the brand forward … Read more
The trend no one wanted or asked for continues to gain steam: fanny packs as crossbody bags! Nevermind it’s been so long since fanny packs have seen the light of day that we could’ve had a bonafide fanny pack revival! Celebs have decided to try something even more weird. Of course, the vast majority of … Read more
Somehow here we are already, in the last month of summer. I know, I know: summer isn’t technically over until the end of September, but the way I’ve always seen it, August is it. You guys have been quite the little social media mavens this summer, tagging us in your posts, showing off your best … Read more
Excuse me while I date myself for a moment: in my day, you could get most high-profile designer bags for around $1,500. The Chloé Paddington, for example—the biggest It Bag of all time!—was around $1,300. Even the Céline Luggage Tote, released years later, was $1,750 at its debut before the brand realized what it had … Read more
Sometimes I know I love a bag as soon as I see it in lookbook photos, but other times, seeing it carried by a random, stylish woman makes all the difference. I’ve always liked the Céline Trifold Bags, but it was mostly the tote I saw out and about, and on a personal level, I’m … Read more
My handbag-loving tastes are kind of all over the place, and just like my tastes in guys, I really don’t have a “type.” Sometimes I fall for a bag and I really can’t even tell you what it is about it that I love, but someway, somehow, I just know that it’s beautiful and that … Read more
Often, fabric trends in accessories don’t stick around for a full year. Most materials that aren’t already a mainstay of high-end handbags are only appropriate for one season of the year, weather-wise, and fashion customers forget about them in favor of the next big thing by the time particularly warm or cool weather rolls around … Read more
Last month, Jessica Alba announced that she is expecting her third child with husband Cash Warren, and in true celeb fashion, she has scaled back her public appearances a bit so she can experience all the morning sickness and feet swelling in peace. (One would assume.) But as these fairly recent pics from the last … Read more
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