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Céline Sticks with Very Simple, Soft Bags for Fall 2016

I’ve been covering the accessories industry for long enough that I don’t often look at a collection of handbags from a major brand and wonder who buys them–even if I personally hate it, I can almost always imagine who the consumer for a particular bag would be. I’ve had some time to look at the Céline Fall 2016 bags, though, and I’m still a bit stumped.

The most wearable bags in the collection are an ain’t-broke-but-let’s-fix-it take on a traditional saddle bag, and the big change is attaching the shoulder strap to the top flap instead of to the sides of the bag in order to make the whole thing much less functional but marginally more visually counter-intuitive.

Other than that, most of the collection’s bags are soft and simple, and although they were rendered in what I’m sure are beautiful materials, they felt like mock-ups of designs that would later be refined and perfected into something far more luxurious and expensive-looking. As they were, I can’t imagine anyone paying a premium for them, even though someone surely will.

You can check out all the runway bags below; personally, I’ll be waiting for Céline’s seasonal lookbook, which is always where the brand hides the good stuff.

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