3 Hot Bags We Can’t Wait To Get Our Hands On

You may have noticed, we have a thing for handbags. Always on the hunt for the latest and greatest release (or re-release), here are three bags we’re currently lusting over. —Noa Nichol

gucci bamboo 1947. This beauty is distinguished by a curved bamboo handle, whose hand-crafted nature makes each bag unique. (Some history: amid Italy’s post-war era, in which traditional raw materials were difficult to come by, the enterprising founder, Guccio Gucci, with the help of the visionary Florentine artisans, decided to use the lightweight and durable bamboo for the handle of a purse.) The bamboo top handle also ushered in an expansion of the House’s artisanal expertise, as there is a highly technical process behind crafting the curved stalk. A craftsman first selects the most unblemished pieces of bamboo, which are then softened and worked over an open flame by hand to manipulate the material into a semi-circular form. Once shaped, the handle is coated in multiple layers of lacquer, after which it is baked to achieve a shiny golden-brown finish. Due to this meticulous process, not a single bamboo handle is ever the same. Indeed, the “Bamboo Bag” became a fixture among Hollywood’s leading ladies and the international jet set … and we want one, too.

ba&sh swing bag. Everyone loves the Swing bag, and we’re no exception to this rule! Modern yet timeless, it is made from high-quality split leather and features braided detailing on the sides and asymmetric metallic rings, allowing it to quickly go from shoulder bag to bucket bag! We love its rounded, sheathed handle. (And, doesn’t it look a little like a fortune cookie to you?!) Adopt it for a day at the office or a night out! Bonus: when you buy this style, you help make the leather industry more ethical through the Leather Working Group.

reformation vittoria bag. Finally! One of our fave fashion brands is launching a brand-new category: handbags! Made in true bovine leather from Italy and Germany with sustainability and longevity top-of-mind, our fave from Reformation‘s fresh range is the roomy and super-relaxed Vittoria—pretty much the perfect bag to carry your wallet, keys, phone, 17-step skincare routine, snacks and all those unresolved emotions from 2017. Made from traceable leather with a magnetic closure, cute tie detail and inside zip pocket, this baby comes in two sizes and four colours.