Another New York Fashion Week has come and gone, and as we prepare for the Fall 2014 collections cross the Atlantic to roll through Europe for the next three weeks, it’s important to take stock of what happened in Manhattan and what it tells us about where our accessories dollars are headed in the second half of the year.
First, designers are putting their biggest emphasis ever on exotics and fur, so you should either get ready to spend $20,000 on a handbag or get ready to buy a $2,000 consolation prize. For top-tier designers; there’s little downside to courting the ultra rich; not only does it enable them to move five-figure handbags, but it makes the brand’s more accessible designs all the more attractive to regular luxury customers. Beyond the clear texture trends, many collections had another thing in common: plenty of blue accessories, from powder to navy.
[Images via Vogue.com, NOWFASHION and Tory Burch]
Rag & Bone
Tory Burch
Jason Wu
Reed Krakoff
Rebecca Minkoff
Proenza Schouler
Diane von Furstenberg
Michael Kors
Victoria Beckham
Proenza Schouler
Narciso Rodriguez
Jason Wu
J. Mendel
3.1 Phillip Lim
Marc by Marc Jacobs
Reed Krakoff
Loving the MBMJ plaid bag!
The PS looks like some happy mix between PS and Celine.
Im loving the 3.1 and Rag and Bone!
the rebeca minkoff looks like something i could find walking into those cheap handbag shops (when i say cheap i mean compared to designer prices) and i bet its been marked up quite a bit :/
I really like all of them!
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J. Mendel looks like a simplified Fendi 2Jours..
The Reed bucket looks like the new Louis Vuitton Noes..
The Reed Astrakhan looks like a YSL Roady
the 3.1 looks like the SLP Betty
the Narciso looks like the Bulgari Serpenti bags
The Tory looks like a trying hard Versace
The MK looks like an old lady bag
the RM looks like an Akris
i feel like the Rag and bone, PS, and MBMJ are the only ones who really did their assignement and showed fresh exciting ideas