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Stoney Clover Lane Bags and Pouches: What I'd Buy First
Stoney Clover Lane is the colorful travel-accessories label two sisters started from their bedroom floor in Palm Beach. I love that it makes organizing feel like dressing up, and this edit is what I would pack first.
Away Travel Bags: The Pieces Worth the Price
Away is a New York travel brand from Jen Rubio and Steph Korey, built around clean design and clever organization. I like the idea that a suitcase should be considered, and this edit packs the bags I would reach for first.
An Evening Clutch Can Change the Whole Exit
Shop evening clutches by texture and shape, from satin and braided designs to embellished jacquard and box silhouettes, and choose one standout detail.
Convertible Bags
One bag, several ways to carry it, from shoulder to crossbody to backpack.
Fortune Croissant Bag: The Lemaire Bag Shaped Like Its Name
The Lemaire Fortune Croissant bag is a curved, hardware-light shoulder bag in leather or wool felt, with just a strap and a zip. I go through how the two materials behave, the mini and medium sizes, and the version I would own.
Pura Utz
Anna Waller Andrés from Denmark and Bernabela Sapalú from Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, founded Pura Utz together, and the brand says it started in Bernabela's family home in 2018. The name means pure quality, pure good, and one beaded pouch takes two women three working days and 24,400 glass beads. This edit gathers the jewelry, clutches and pouches that come out of that workshop.
Emm Kuo Bags: Clutches and Handbags by a Parsons Trained Designer
Emm Kuo is the handbag and accessories label of Emmaline Kuo Ranzman, a Parsons trained designer who grew up between Taipei, Hawaii, New York and Hong Kong before launching her own line in New York after working for Catherine Malandrino and Stephen Burrows. The specific thing that makes it hers is the global material sourcing, with evening bags handmade in studios in the Philippines under sustainability practices like natural dyeing and water conservation.
Merlette
Marina Cortbawi, an Australian who had spent years running international sales for Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera, founded Merlette in New York in 2016 without any formal design training. She built the label around a gap she saw from the inside of those two houses, women who had evening wear covered but wanted seasonless, lightweight everyday clothes that traveled well.
Lié Studio: Copenhagen Jewelry and Bags From Twin Sisters
Lié Studio was founded in Copenhagen in November 2021 by twin sisters Amalie and Cecilie Moosgaard, former runway models who had walked for Gucci, Valentino and Prada before building their own label with business partners at Brand Institute. The specific thing that makes the brand what it is: a small set of core minimalist gold and silver jewelry pieces, designed by two people who by their own account were not natural jewelry buyers before they started making it themselves.
JW Anderson
Jonathan Anderson, a Northern Irish designer who trained at London College of Fashion and worked as a visual merchandiser at Prada, founded JW Anderson in London in 2008. The label made its name on a deliberate blur between menswear and womenswear silhouettes, an idea Anderson later called a shared wardrobe, and it built a cult following well before he was named creative director of Loewe in 2013.
Janessa Leone
Janessa Leone launched her eponymous hat line in Los Angeles in 2013, funded with personal savings from years of nannying while she considered law school. The origin story is oddly literal: on a trip to Paris she bought a vintage men's hat, opened the sweatband, and found the milliner's surname stitched inside, the same as her own.
Khaite Shoes, Bags and Accessories: Leather Pumps and Sandals
Catherine Holstein launched Khaite in New York in 2016 with backing from Adam Pritzker's Assembled Brands, after a first eponymous label she started as a Parsons student closed in the 2008 financial crisis and a five-year run designing for Gap, Vera Wang and The Elder Statesman taught her the parts of the business she'd missed the first time. The label opened on denim and cashmere knitwear before adding runway shows in 2019 and an in-house bags and footwear line the same season, and Holstein still designs under a name modeled on the Greek word for long, flowing hair.
The Boxy Bag Trend: Structured Totes, Buckets and Gold Clasps
This edit gathers structured trapeze totes, bucket bags, gold-clasp shoulder bags, box bags and mini totes with clean, boxy lines. I focus on useful proportions, sturdy details and easy ways to wear each shape this fall.
The Designer Bag Edit: Shoulder Bags, Totes, Minis And More
Two hundred designer bags, sorted by the way you actually carry them: on the shoulder, by the handle, as a tote, across the body, as a mini, a clutch or a bucket. I looked for the houses doing real work in leather, raffia and weave, and for the shapes that will still feel right in five years.
Bogg Bag Dupe: The Perforated Beach Tote Idea, From Other Labels
This Bogg Bag dupe edit gathers perforated, rubbery and waterproof totes from other labels that share the original's defining look. I would start with a firm base and tall handles, then add a charm.
The Quilted Croissant Bag: Soft Hobos, Crochet and Top Handles
This edit gathers quilted hobos, crochet bags, soft top-handle shapes, brown shoulder bags and mini bowlers. I focused on curved silhouettes, tactile finishes and practical details that feel right for fall.
Bottega Veneta Bag Dupe: The Woven Leather Alternatives Worth a Look
A Bottega Veneta bag dupe search usually ends at woven leather, a soft slouch or a knot, and this edit gathers look-alike bags from other labels in all three. I am walking through what each shares with the original and what to check before you carry one.
Balenciaga Rodeo Bag Dupe: Slouchy Hobos, Knotted Straps and Charms
This Balenciaga Rodeo bag dupe edit gathers slouchy hobos, knotted-strap shoulder bags, suede and soft totes that share the original's relaxed shape. I picked the ones I would want on my own shoulder this fall.
Tod's Shoes and Bags: Gommino, Ankle Boots and Handheld Styles
Tod's traces to a family shoemaking workshop Filippo Della Valle ran in Italy's Marche region, expanded by his grandson Diego Della Valle, who introduced the pebbled-sole Gommino loafer in 1979. This edit moves from boots through structured and slouchy bags to the Gommino family that made the brand's name.
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.
Someone Else's Closet: A Personal Edit of Shoes, Bags and Trousers
The personal edit has replaced the trend report as the way people find clothes, because a real wardrobe has logic that a trend list never does. What makes one work is inconsistency: the odd combinations nobody would put in a lookbook. This edit is built to be read as a closet rather than as a category page.
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.
The Woven Raffia Bag Has a Day Job
Explore woven raffia bags for everyday plans, from Coach’s straw shoulder bag to compact bucket bags and polished totes that work beyond the beach.
Serapian Bags: Mosaico Hand-Woven Leather From Milan
Serapian was founded in Milan in 1928 by Stefano Serapian, who in 1947 invented Mosaico, a technique of hand-weaving narrow strips of lamb nappa leather into a mosaic-like surface. I tracked that woven texture, and its plainer alternatives, across shoulder bags, top-handle bags and totes.