Our metaphorical cup runneth over with celebrity handbags. We’re still sorting through pics from the hours preceding the Met Ball, and people’s pre-Ball handbags were sometimes more interesting than what they wore later that evening. And yes, you’re right, the Met Ball was last week, but there was so much to look at that we thought a tour through the pre-party looks we missed might be in order, plus some top-notch celebrity looks from the past few days. You can see the best bags from Ball itself right here, but some of the attendees’ pre-Met Ball handbags were just as exciting.
Amber Rose
Moschino Pool Float Tote
$650 via Shopbop
Amber Rose seems like such an obvious Moschino fan, I can’t believe we’ve never seen her with one of the brand’s bags before. Here she is at LAX with an extremely fun Moschino Pool Float Tote. (Yes, this is a photo of someone simply walking through an airport, not blithely strolling through a professional photo shoot. I’m as envious as you are.)
Elsa Hosk
The Row Market Bag
$3,900 via MATCHESFASHION.COM
Elsa Hosk has gotten a lot of love from the paparazzi ever since she got signed as an official Victoria’s Secret Angel just a few weeks ago. Here she is running around NYC, carrying yet another bag style from The Row that I don’t really care for. This Row Market Bag is a lot more distinct than the completely nondescript The Row Leather Satchel that celebs love so much, but I’m still not feeling it.
Iggy Azalea
Céline Phantom Luggage Tote
Here’s Iggy strolling around in Beverly Hills with her favorite Céline Phantom Luggage Tote. Iggy has had this bag for a while; we first saw her carrying it back in September of 2014. By celebrity handbag standards, it’s practically ancient.
Kate Mara
Valentino Logo-Go Crossbody Bag
$1,975 via Saks
Here’s Kate Mara, running some errands in NYC before the Met Ball with an attractive little Valentino Logo-Go Crossbody Bag. Kate has popped up a lot lately, and she seems to be pretty married to compact bags that are approximately this size. Here she is last week with a little black bag from Kenzo.
Kerry Washington
Lee Savage Space Clutch
$3,676 via farfetch.com
Kerry Washington recently attended an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences FYC Event in LA with a beautiful metal clutch from Lee Savage. I love Lee Savage’s designs, but their price points seem a tad on the high side.
Lady Gaga
Balenciaga Le Dix New Cartable S Bag
$2,075 via Balenciaga
Here’s Lady Gaga in a most Lady Gaga-like ensemble, doing Met Ball prep like everyone else in NYC last Monday. Her Balenciaga Le Dix is actually very similar to her beloved Hermes Kelly Bag, which she has almost literally loved to death.
Minnie Driver
Givenchy Pandora Box Bag
$1,790 via mytheresa.com
Minnie with a mini alert! Here’s Minnie Driver, headed into a doctor’s office in LA with a teensy Givenchy Pandora Box Bag. Minnie’s NBC sitcom About a Boy is officially kaput after two seasons. Won’t someone please give her the premium cable drama role she deserves?
Miranda Kerr
Mansur Gavriel Bucket Bag
Shop Mansur Gavriel via MATCHESFASHION.COM
Miranda Kerr checked in at the Carlyle Hotel before the Met Ball last Monday with a beautiful black Mansur Gavriel Bucket Bag on her arm. How is it that a bucket bag looks exponentially more elegant on Miranda Kerr than it does on anyone else?
I want to know more about that pool float bag, is it actually inflatable??
The pool float bag looks like the cheapo floats I used to buy and was happy if they made it through a couple of weeks of floating in the old apartment complex pool (fun memories–thanks Moschino!).
I’m honestly so over Jermey Scott and these tacky Moschino bags.
I don’t know who Amber Rose is, but she has tremendous style to pull off such an electric outfit. She looks amazing and makes that Moschino bag look chic!
Amber Rose was always fashionable and she is not “trashy”. I always like her pop electric looks, I can’t do bright colors, nor blonde hair and pull it off
To be completely honest, even those who know her don’t know what she is, she’s just another Kim Kardashian.
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Um. No. Black and Brown women are not interchangeable. Amber Rose is a recording artist, fashion designer, model and actress (via Wiki), she’s a business woman and probably better than you in every conceivable manner. Stay mad.
Don’t forget stripper.
Liiike… yes? And? I suppose you think being a sex worker is shameful, you dusty, boring ass fuck?
Why are you trying to make this about color? Amber Rose is just tacky trashy period.
The only thing tacky and trashy here is whoever raised you to think that way, boo boo.
Really, her dress is too tight and the bag is ridiculous.
The many bags of Amber Rose?
YESSS.
Dear god no!!
amber rose looks amazing here and she makes that bag look so young and fun!
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Amber is so beautiful!! She looks amazing, and I’m sure a lot of people wish they could pull this look off. I find it ironic how so many people choose to attack her and not that horrible thing Lady Caca is wearing, wtf is that? Why does she try so hard? Why is she dusty? Why is she a cake made of mayo and crackers? We just don’t know.
please dont feature amber rose. just dont.
Starting with a high note. Kerry Washington looks classically stunning even if her bag choice is meh.
I don’t “get” (and don’t want to get) Lady Gaga. It’s like she gets a pass on being the queen of tacky land. Her shtick is so beyond tired and she doesn’t have any true style.
And I agree, Elsa looks homeless with the water waif hair and ugly bag. A fashion model could do much better.
Amber Rose is a beautiful girl who looks plastic with that pool floatie and too tight dress. She can do better. Maybe she and Elsa can share the cost of a stylist. ????
That hideous Pandora Box Bag is fuglier than anything on this blog, even that ridiculous Moschino toy.
Amber Rose looks so so so beautiful here, I love that bright, young, fresh outfit and that bag is adorable. Kerry Washington is… just so stunning, like always. I really love Kate Mara and Miranda Kerr here, too. Classic and gorgeous.
Lady Gaga looks like she just climbed out of a clown car whose other passengers left her 8 months pregnant.
Both Amber Rose and lady Gaga have recording contracts and both are tacky. This is just proof you don’t have to be very talented to get a recording contract. Personal opinion aside, I to think that Amber Rose does rock what she wears. Having said that she is just like Kim Kardashian and many others before her. It’s doesn’t Matter your ethnicity . A color is just a color, black, white, brown red and yellow.its not the color that defines us. At the end of the day people are people and they are all the same. Kerry Washington looks flawless, she looks beautiful as always.
This was 8 months ago. seriously? I’m on here to talk about handbags. Not to argue.
Lady Gaga is immensely talented are you kidding? She’s not my cup pf tea aside from a few songs, but she is an excellent singer and musician!
…A color is not ‘just a color’. Thanks for erasing the individual struggles of people of color. Next.
All of them are nice!