Cherry bag charms and fruit charms from Coach, Kate Spade, Chloé, Tory Burch and Susan Alexandra, from $12 to $530. Where the cherry trend starts and which ones to buy.
Cherry Bag Charms: Cherries, Strawberries and Lemons for Your Handbag
Cherry bag charms, from $12 to $530
Cherry bag charms are the charm that made everyone else's charms look like copies. Coach's DIY Cherry Charm is $35, a small pair of red cherries on a clasp, and its Crochet Cherry Bag Charm is $75 with a soft knitted finish. For less, Chelsea28's Cherry Bag Charm is $13.49 and BP.'s is $12. The four here are the cherries I would hang first, and they all go on a bag in under a minute.
Cherries and strawberries from the designer houses
The designer houses took the cherry and turned it into leather and enamel. Chloé's Symbols Cherry Bag Charm is $530 and is the quietest of the lot. Tory Burch's Strawberry Leather Bag Charm is $130, Kate Spade's Charmed Strawberry Crochet is $62 and its Charmed Chocolate Strawberry is $48. If you like the red but do not want to carry a cherry, a strawberry is the next step along.
Lemons, fruit chains and clusters
Cherries are not the only fruit. Kate Spade's Lemon Bag Charm is $46.80 and its Fruit Chain Bag Charm is $58.80, with small fruits hanging along a chain. Chelsea28's Fruit Cluster is $30, and Indego Africa's Lemon Fruit Slice Bag Charm is $38. Yellow on a black bag is the easiest color pairing I know.
Fruit with a sense of humor
Susan Alexandra's Grape Slushie and Twin Strawberries are $48 each and look hand made, made of tiny beads. The SABREMOJI Fruit Charm from Maison de Sabré is $59.25, and Old Trend's Avo Mini Leather Bag Charm is $55. These are the charms for someone who wants the fruit to be a joke on the bag.
What I would buy
I would start with Coach's $35 cherry and add a lemon only if the bag is dark. The designer strawberries are worth it only if you love the maker.
