When did it become mandatory for fashion designers to have eponymous handbag lines? While it does make sense in the same way a makeup or perfume line does, only on a pricier level...after all, for the same $1500 a ready to wear item you wear a few times costs, you can have a handbag to carry daily.
Derek lam is proof that the idea can fall flat.
Take this Jutta bag as an example...

There is nothing singular ...