handbags

Good things come in small Chanel-shaped packages



Top of my Spring-Summer 2012 fantasy shopping list is Chanel’s ‘package’ bag complete with chain ‘string’. Utterly impractical, utterly adorable. Alas, I don’t even know if it’s going into production. (more…)



Loewe Flamenco bag



When I first saw this ad on a computer screen the impact didn’t really come across, but in its rightful place on the shiny pages of Vogue, it jumped out. I love the colour combinations and cinematic lighting – although *yawn* does Mariacarla have to be naked? (more…)



Introducing Browns’ ‘Melissa’ handbag (and some other nan bags I’m eyeballing)




During my recent two-day residency at Browns, alongside the Club Monaco knits and Celine sunglasses, I couldn’t help cuddling a particular little lady-bag in pebbled grey leather. It turned out this classic, structured number is a new member of the Browns family – the very first own-label handbag. (more…)



Firenze4Ever part 2: Mulberry’s Tuscan tea party



Far too much fun was had at the launch of Mulberry’s coffee table book on day 2 of Luisa Via Roma’s Firenze4Ever, where we played with the giant gold Mulberry bag, got tangled up in bag-shaped balloons and decorated our own sponge cakes. (more…)