Bags

Bags Under 500 Dollars: Totes, Shoulder Bags and Clutches

Bags under $500 where restraint pays off. Shop totes, shoulder bags and clutches that hold what you carry and suit more than one outfit.

Best Embellished Bags

Embellished bags are the answer when an outfit is technically correct and still missing a point of view.

Straw Bags: Totes, Shoulder Shapes and BTB Los Angeles Clutches

The straw bags edit is about texture with a job to do. Shop 40 totes and clutches from BTB Los Angeles, Coach and Olga Berg.

Bags Under $300

Bags under $300 where I look for personality. Shop totes, shoulder bags and small bags chosen for the outfit, with honest capacity.

Shoulder Bags Under $500

Shoulder bags under five hundred dollars are the workhorse category with the most room for taste.

Tote Bags Under $500

Tote bags under five hundred dollars are the rare practical purchase that can still have a point of view.

Bags Under $250

Bags under two hundred and fifty dollars are where I look for personality without making the accessory responsible for the whole outfit.

Straw Bags Under $500

Straw bags under $500 are useful because they bring texture to an outfit without demanding a complicated colour story.

Shoulder Bags Under $300

Shoulder bags under three hundred dollars are where I look when I want a bag that participates in the outfit but still does the carrying.

Shoulder Bags Under $250

Shoulder bags under $250 for the everyday test: they finish the outfit, hold the essentials and have a comfortable strap.

Coach Brooklyn Bag And The Quiet Coach Revival

The Coach Brooklyn bag has the relaxed proportions people want from a daily shoulder bag with the polish of a proper leather accessory.

Designer Bags Under 1000 Dollars

Designer bags under 1000 can look considered, useful, and special without reaching four figures.

Alaia Bag: Le Teckel, Le Coeur And Daily Shapes

Alaia's bag shapes keep reappearing in different materials, from mesh to raffia to smooth leather, which makes the house's point of view easy to spot across an outfit. The Le Teckel and Le Click shapes anchor the range, offering a base silhouette that gets reworked season after season. This edit looks at which of those shapes are actually easy to live with day to day, not just striking on a shelf.

Staud Purses: A Plain Guide to Beaded, Mini and Shoulder Bags

Staud purses range from the Demy beaded shoulder bag to the Harlow bag and a mini. I sort them by what they actually hold and which one you will carry.

Stella McCartney Bags: How Vegan Leather Holds Up

How the vegan leather holds up: 32 Stella McCartney Falabella bags, priced $695 to $1,595.

Pre-Owned Designer Handbags: Chanel and Louis Vuitton Picks

Pre-owned Chanel and Louis Vuitton handbags: why Chanel holds a price floor and Louis Vuitton canvas keeps entry low. Shop 15 bags, $675 to $9,200.

Pre-Owned Hermes Birkin And Kelly: Sizes, Leathers and Closures

A pre-owned Hermès Birkin bag or Kelly can differ on size, leather and construction far more than most people expect. The number in a Birkin's name is its width in centimetres, and the Kelly splits into Sellier and Retourné builds that wear very differently. This edit breaks down those choices so you know which bag suits the way you carry.

Secondhand Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene Or Damier Azur

Secondhand Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene and Damier Azur are the same coated canvas in two colorways, but the market treats them as two products. I sort the pieces by print and shape.

Secondhand Gucci Marmont, Ophidia And Soho Bags

Gucci runs three handbag lines side by side, and the secondhand market prices them by material, not by prestige.

The Clutch Bag Edit

The clutch bag is back, in carved shells, beaded edges and evening pieces that take a strap. Shop the best clutch bags.

How Fall 26 Actually Reads

Season guides usually flatten a whole autumn into three trends and a colour of the year. What is actually happening is narrower: a decisive return to structure after several years of clothes designed around comfort. This edit is a short, high-conviction reading of where the season landed.

Animal Print Goes Handheld

Animal print has moved from statement to staple, and the bag is where it landed hardest. Leopard, python and croc embossing are now being treated as neutrals, worn with plain clothes rather than as the centre of an outfit. This edit is entirely bags, sorted so you can see how differently the same idea reads across silhouettes.

Small Bags, Big Year

Small bags have outlasted every prediction that they were a passing joke. The reason is practical as much as aesthetic: phones got bigger, but nobody wants to carry more than they have to, and a tiny bag makes an outfit look finished. This edit is a broad run of minis, from structured top handles to evening minaudieres.

ALAÏA Shoes and Bags

Azzedine Alaïa trained as a sculptor in Tunis before he ever cut a pattern, and it shows in everything the house has made since. He worked briefly at Dior, then Guy Laroche and Thierry Mugler, opened his own atelier in a Paris apartment on rue de Bellechasse in 1979, and built a body-first vocabulary that the industry has been borrowing ever since.