Bags

LSPACE Swimwear and Beach Bags: Where to Start

LSPACE is the Costa Mesa swim label that started with reversible triangle bikinis and a real obsession with fit. I like it for the bright coastal mood and the clothes that carry you from the water to dinner.

Liffner Handbags: Scandinavian Clutches, Totes and Shoulder Bags

Liffner builds handbags around the Scandinavian idea that restraint can still have a pulse. Founded in Stockholm in 2012 by Paulina Liffner von Sydow, the brand pairs expressive minimalism with Italian craftsmanship and small-batch production. Croc effects, calf hair, raffia and tassels add a little mischief to shapes that remain remarkably composed.

Red Bag: The Unexpected Red Theory, Carried on Your Shoulder

This red bag edit covers shoulder bags, crossbodies, top-handles, totes and clutches in true red, from Gucci and Loewe to Coach and Staud. I would start with the one that looks most like my coat and keep the rest of the outfit plain.

Lake & Skye Perfume: Which Scent to Buy First

Lake & Skye is a New York fragrance and body-care label that Courtney Somer named for her daughters. I like how it treats scent as a small daily pause, so this edit is about which one to start with.

Dragon Diffusion: Craig Wright's Woven Leather Bags

Craig Wright's Dragon Diffusion began in 1985, built on basketry techniques borrowed from the South Pacific, Japan and Europe. I go through the woven leather totes and how they age with use.

Cross body

Crossbody bags for everyday, from structured leather minis to slouchy suede buckets. Made for anyone who wants her hands free and her outfit to look finished.

Call It By Your Name Totes: Hand-Finished Bandana Print Bags

Call It By Your Name turns the cotton bandana, a familiar print with no fashion pretension, into totes and pouches finished by hand. Colombe Campana started the label making bandanas for family and friends, and a South Carolina mill still supplies the cloth. The edit is built around that tension between an everyday textile and a personal, handworked object.

BTB Los Angeles Bags: The Pieces Worth the Price

BTB Los Angeles is a travel-minded bag label that began with straw totes and a shared love of accessories. I like how it makes a sundress or a very plain outfit look decided, and this edit is my packing list.

Best Handbags 2025: A Buying Guide

Best handbags 2025 come down to a few checks you can do from the product page, and everything else is preference. I sort the picks by everyday carry and by what actually decides a good bag.

Best Embellished Bags

Embellished bags are the answer when an outfit is technically correct and still missing a point of view. I like them because the decoration does the talking, but only when the underlying bag has a sensible shape. A crystal or beaded surface is fun; a bag that cannot hold a phone

Best Designer Shoulder Bags

The best designer shoulder bags in this edit start with Cult Gaia's Zoella, Lola and Cosette, then move on to leather and mini sizes. I wrote it around the bags I carry on repeat and why each shape earns its place.

Bags Under 500 Dollars: Totes, Shoulder Bags and Clutches

Bags under $500 are the category where restraint pays off. I want one that holds the objects I actually carry, sits comfortably on the body, and has a shape that will survive more than one kind of outfit. A small bag can be useful, but only if it is not pretending to be a tote. A

Bag Edit: Everyday Totes and Evening Clutches in Woven and Suede

This bag edit moves between generous, everyday totes and small-scale evening clutches. Pieces from Loewe, Coach, Tory Burch and Chloe lean toward woven and suede totes built for daily use, while Carolina Herrera, Alaia and Saint Laurent supply the going-out counterpart. The range is less about one shape than about the return of texture, whether raffia braid, jacquard or hand-finished leather.

B-Low the Belt Belts and Bags: The Styles Worth Buying

B-Low The Belt is the Los Angeles label that treats the buckle as the main event. I think a belt changes an outfit faster than a new dress, so this edit is mostly belts, with a few fringe bags for company.

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.

Abbode Pouches: The Travel Pouches Worth Buying

Abbode is a New York shop that embroiders names, initials and small private jokes onto pouches, tea towels and pillowcases. I am a sucker for anything with a note stitched into it, so this edit is about picking the one worth giving.

Bottega Veneta Medium Andiamo Outfit: How to Style the Bag

A Bottega Veneta medium Andiamo outfit starts with the bag's woven intrecciato leather, a weave the house has made in Vicenza since 1966. I go through the Andiamo in every size and as a clutch, then the house's other bags and the clothes to wear with them.

The Tory Burch Charlie Bag Is Quilted Quiet Confidence

Tory Burch is best known for a medallion, so a bag that leans on stitching instead is a shift. The tory burch charlie bag is built on quilting and a chain-and-leather strap, with the branding pushed almost entirely into the hardware. It is the quietest line the house currently makes.

Ashna Mehta Jewelry: The Designer Behind Bag Bijoux

Ashna Mehta is a third-generation diamantaire from the Rosy Blue family, one of the largest diamond manufacturers in the world, and she founded her own jewellery brand in 2022. Her signature is Bag Bijoux, diamond charms engineered to clip onto a Birkin or Kelly and convert into pendants, developed with her sister Aria.

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.

Fauré Le Page Flagship Collection: From Paris With Love

An exclusive first look at the numbered Scale Canvas collection marking the opening of Fauré Le Page's flagship at 352 Rue Saint-Honoré, plus the heritage bags that built the house.

Phoebe Gates Office Picks: Toteme Tailoring, Knits and Skirts

Phoebe Gates office picks cover how I dress for a room of people, from tailoring that travels to tops, knits and skirts. The edit leans on Toteme.

Toteme

Elin Kling, a Swedish fashion journalist, and Karl Lindman, an art director who had worked with Interview magazine, founded Toteme in New York in 2014, the same year they married, before moving the company back to their native Stockholm in 2016. The name started as Totem until Kling suggested softening it with a final e, and the label built its identity on pared-back Scandinavian tailoring: poplin shirtdresses, boxy bouclé jackets and a signature fringed scarf detail.

Toteme Bag: Which Style Works As A Daily Carry

Our pick here is the Belted textured-leather tote...