Bags, microclatches and trunks: 25 bags of the season
Text: Artyom Pliss
Someone does not release the bag from the hands, someone easily does without it, and someone rarely uses it. When choosing, many still approach the case with special care, assuming that it will last more than one season and even more than one year. After long Russian colds and depressive gray landscapes, I want a variety of changes - in the wardrobe in particular. The very time to get a forgotten accessory from the top shelf or search for something new. When, if not in spring, to start walking with a very fashionable woven bag? About this and other current models are described below.
Bauls
Bags one to one like Chinese checkered trunks are a fashionable hit of the coming spring. Judging by the new collection of Demny Gvasalia for Balenciaga, they will remain with us next season. This is not only practical, but also a conceptual subject: the designer deliberately transfers the everyday thing to the podium, placing it in a new context and destroying stereotypical ideas about the “beautiful” and “ugly”. However, in the latest collection Gvasalia showed bag-trunk, which certainly will not cause questions even among fans of minimalism. This accessory is useful both in the city and beyond - this is a convenient option for a weekend in nature and travel.
Microbags
A microbag can hardly be called a practical thing, but it will definitely attract attention to itself. In the spring-summer season, designers showed a variety of options: for example, robots on a chain of Chanel and bags in the form of bracelets and pendants at Loewe. Perhaps the most remarkable were Valentino's - just like toy ones, resembling small opening mirrors on chains. Chloé's models were a little more: leather, with a metal handle-bracelet and a fastening strap. In such something hardly fits, but they can be worn as decoration or paired with another bag more capacious.
Bags with a wide belt
Some of the most convenient among others are bags with a wide belt, as in the first collection of Maria Grazia Curie for Christian Dior. Trussardi made similar ones from bright metallic leather, as well as Versace and Michael Kors Collection. Best of all, these models will look with simple shirts and T-shirts or emphasized romantic things with frills and ruffles. Almost all belts are now made removable, so you can keep several different ones for one bag and change them depending on the case and image.
Woven bags
Wicker bags are returned from year to year every spring and summer season. There is a reason for this: they are light, they support the course for responsible consumption and are combined with everything in the world. The entire mass market will probably copy a trapezoid model with a wooden handle, like the Michael Kors Collection - an example of the classic spring-summer collections. The brightest wicker options - in Emilio Pucci, multi-colored and fringed. Our favorite is the ascetic Lemaire shopper made from wooden beads, similar to "massage" covers for car seats.
Bags
Bags-bags - not a new trend, which for several seasons in a row does not lose ground. As a rule, these models do not have a lock, they are simply tightened with a cord. The most interesting options for the spring-summer 2017 season were Marni: the first handle was a lace, and the second was a metal ring through which the base of the bag was slung. It seems that such a "bag" is appropriate everywhere: on a walk, and at an important meeting, and at a party.
Photo: Topshop, ASOS, KM20, SVMoscow, Mango, Net-A-Porter, H & M, Need Supply Co., Massimo Dutti, Zara, Marni, Aizel