Visits: 24 A bag designer at Hermès has the fun and formidable challenge of creating a new icon. No presh. Priscila Alexandre Spring, who was appointed the creative director of leather goods at Hermès in 2020.Maxime La for The New …
A Tote Bag for $120?
Visits: 19 Emily Mariko, best known for her viral salmon bowl, draws online criticism for peddling a pricey canvas bag. Picture a tote bag. A really big tote bag, cut extra wide to fit your entire farmer’s market haul, with …
Can Coach Get Shoppers to Buy Bags Made From Waste Scraps?
Visits: 24 Coachtopia, a new sub-brand from the American fashion house, uses waste or recycled materials to make new products. Will it catch on? During an interview in late March, Stuart Vevers, the creative director of Coach, stood by slivers …
Your Pristine Hermès Bag, to Some, Looks Tacky
Visits: 20 As a growing resale market has made the brand’s handbags available to more people, some say the image that they convey depends on their condition. Jenny Walton had coveted an Hermès bag for years before finally buying one …
Subverting a Preppy Classic
Visits: 23 Customized L.L. Bean tote bags have become blank canvases for a contemporary sense of humor. When Gracie Wiener ordered a canvas Boat and Tote bag through the L.L. Bean website in July 2021, she filled out the “add …
Who Will Repair Their Birkins Now?
Visits: 31 June 30 will mark the end of era for a particular set of New Yorkers. That is when Artbag, the go-to store for ladies who lunched (when lunch was a verb) and who needed their choicest handbags repaired …
The Once and Future Handbag
Visits: 32 In a case of truly unfortunate timing, the week before the Victoria and Albert Museum’s blockbuster show celebrating all things bag related — an exhibition over 18 months in the making, one of the largest ever in a …