If you ask me, riding the subway at rush hour is a great time to go bag shopping. You can see a variety of handbags within a short span of time, and you can vicariously test-drive them before you purchase. As a sea of bags parade before you, rush past you and jam into you, you can see how various shapes 'wear' when they are stuffed and overstuffed, and how they look in action. In-store you can see a lot of theoretical trends emerge; on the subway you can see how these trends play out in actuality, with the customer.
On the V train last night, I counted over 15 bags that were soft and slouchy, yet structured and elegant, like the examples pictured above. Softer details included leather covered buttons, leather handles, leather zipper pulls, and plenty of pleats.
Clockwise from left [images from respective Websites]:
- 'Angie' shopping tote by Linea Pelle, $414 on goldyn.com
- 'Carly' slouchy hobo by Kooba, $595 on saks.com
- Dr. Q Hillier Hobo by Marc by Marc Jacobs, $495 at eluxury.com
- Village shoulder tote by Cole Haan, $395 on colehaan.com
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Update, 3.28.08
Neat. This post was selected as featured content on Coutorture this week!
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