Since teaming up with Tod’s, designer Derek Lam has done a great job of breathing fresh new trends into a classic handbag brand (see the new ads with Sienna Miller for proof). For his own line of designer purses, Lam doesn’t shy away from innovative or avant garde designs either. This Guinivere Saddle Grande Bag certainly isn’t boring or predictable. Made with dark brown madras pebble-grained leather, this geometric handbag has a futuristic-meets-Western vibe that makes it a truly ...
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The esteemed house of Fendi has produced scores of iconic handbags throughout the decades. The bags aren’t outrageous, not avant-garde, but they always seem to set the bar for the fashion industry (and knockoffs) year after year. The beautiful silver leather of this Fendi Crackle Leather Satchel bucks the flashier metallic trend with the more crackled texture. It gives it more depth, and looks richer. The reinforced contrast stitching has a subtle graphic effect, but more ...
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Think of Chanel and one envisions prim, ladylike boucle suit jackets and skirts. And that’s just what they got at Chanel’s Paris couture show, where plaids in every color strutted down the runway. But the effect was less ladies-who-lunch and more youthful, thanks to shorter (as in, where are her bottoms?) lengths and shiny black leggings underneath. Many ultra-short dresses and tops came with a black patent belt wrapped around them and very mod ...


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