What Your Holiday Holy Grail Says About You

When it comes to bags, we all have our preferences, and rightfully so. Our needs (and wants) can be general or hyper-specific, but given how much money we spend on them, we have every right to be particular.

We’ve often discussed how our bags are an extension of ourselves, revealing a little bit about who we are and what we like. After all, handbags, like most branded items, are designed with a certain consumer in mind. Different brands will attract different types of people, and that’s the beauty of all of this—there really is something for everyone!

Today, we’re here to unpack some of the handbag world’s most-wanted items to see what each one says about you. All in good fun, of course!

Prada Nylon Re-Edition 2000

You’re really excited about getting your first designer bag. You’re either 21, buying it with the money you saved from interning in New York over the summer, or you’re 14, living on the Upper East Side, and your Mom can’t wait for you to open it on Christmas morning.

Prada Re-Edition 2000 With Crystals

You are either an influencer or aspire to be one. Your Instagram bio says you live in the West Village, but you actually live in Union Square. Your ideal Friday night includes one too many espresso martinis at Jac’s on Bond while simultaneously texting every hookup in your contacts who could possibly get you into Zero Bond.

Dior Saddle Bag

Your friends are sick and tired of hearing you justify all of your actions with, “Well, I am the Carrie of the friend group!”

Coach Brooklyn Bag

You need a big bag to tote all your English-lit textbooks to the NYU Library. Or, you’re Bella Hadid.

Miu Miu Aventure Bag

You also need a big bag to carry all your textbooks to the NYU Library, but you’re rich.

Anything From the New Louis Vuitton X Takashi Murakami Collab

If you’re a millennial, you were obsessed with Paris Hilton (or Jessica Simpson in her Newlyweds era). The current Y2K comeback fills you with nostalgia. While you’d never actually wear low-rise jeans again or a Juicy Couture tracksuit, you could totally pull off a Multicolore Speedy (at least you think so).

If you’re Gen Z, you’re TikTok famous, but your real claim to fame is that your boyfriend won the Timothée Chalamet look-a-like contest.

Chloé Bracelet Bag

You’re a preschool teacher who hopes to one day make your handmade flower-crown Etsy shop your full-time job. You strictly wear clogs year-round, no matter the weather, and you refuse to leave home without a bottle of Kombucha in your bag. Your style icon is Sienna Miller, duh.

Balenciaga Le City

You live in a fully renovated Bushwick loft, surrounded by plants and whatever art project you’re working on. You’d die without your morning hot girl walk, which is only made complete by a full listen of Charli XCX’s Brat (the deluxe version, obvi) and a matcha from Variety Coffee. You’re a frequent flier at Brooklyn Paramount and drink your weight in orange wine at The Ten Bells every weekend.

Even though you’re a starving artist and “have no money,” you’ll want the new Le City, not vintage, because contrary to what you tell your friends, your apartment is not rent-controlled. It’s paid for by Daddy. That jig was up when you posted the tinsel-lined foyer of your parents’ home to your Instagram story last Christmas!

Saint Laurent Le 5 a 7 Bea Bag in Pony Hair

Hailey Bieber is your style icon. Or you live in New Jersey and drive a G Wagon.

The Row Margaux

You’re either a Pilates-going, Alo Yoga-wearing, Odeon-dining TriBeCa mom who’s “always too busy” but is somehow always out to lunch, or you’re a fashion market editor at Vogue. There’s no in-between.