Bags for spring: Stylists and fashion editors advise
Perhaps this spring is the most difficult to decide on accessories: designers are betting on huge bags, and string bags, and already familiar straw baskets. We asked the experts what was on their wishlist - and what bags they put on this season.
Text: Anya Krotikova, Daria Knyazeva
Masha Popova
chief editor of Vogue Russia
Bags are going through hard times. Bloggers and instagram blogs have completely discredited the concept of the “bag of the season,” throwing dozens of awesome accessories to subscribers every day. On the one hand, I don’t want to spend a whole salary on a bag, which was simply presented to many, on the other hand, I still want to find something cool. For example, I really like Bottega Veneta's “clutch-dumpster”, but I will not spend 1,900 euros on a bag that does not make me special.
I think many people want to buy "their" bag, which meets daily needs. I still prefer the bauls on the shoulder on two comfortable handles. I already have Céline, Burberry, Stella McCartney, Off-White, Helmut Lang, but the coolest are Prada nylon. You can go with them even for a meeting, even to the store, even for a short business trip - I want to believe, the animals suffered minimally during their production. At the same time, I understand those who can not resist the "maluskami" Jaquemus with a fringe.
Paata Patcheria
stylist
This season, I would advise you to pay attention to comfortable shapeless, baggy bags. As a base case, models like Loewe Bow or Prada, made of satin with a leather string bag, are perfect. My favorite - Attico from satin with feathers - not to part with the party. Look good with jeans and a white T-shirt. I would also not forget about retrostyle: Ratio et Motus has a great double bag that looks like a grandmother's reticule.
I do not think that interest in expensive leather bags will disappear in the near future. At least, I do not see such a trend. Of course, everyone chooses what suits him in terms of budget and position in life, but, in my opinion, bags and shoes must be of high quality and visible. Leather is an excellent material for this. Here are just a very rare types of skin, I would refuse.
I myself will wear a Loewe belt bag, which was presented to me for my last birthday. Belt bags are super-easy, I would not write them off.
Elya Gaevskaya
stylist
For several seasons in a row the direction in the field of accessories has been set by young brands. In the last stream-reports, the amount of heavy luxury and niche brands of average cost was equal.
I notice such trends: a complex architectural form, combined materials (for example, a marble piece of furniture), various combinations of color and texture of the skin. Strict geometric bags are popular - cylinders or cubes with a rigid frame. Still relevant bags-buckets in different versions and sizes. Bags woven from all sorts of materials - beads, leather nets, using macrame or crocheting techniques, such as those of Loewe, Ulla Johnson, Cult Gaia - are also at their peak.
At the last shows, there were often combinations of two bags at the same time — useful for those who are used to carrying everything with them. I have already bought several models with different types of weaving: a bag of geometric shape Gianni Versace and belt.
Ira Firsova
stylist
This spring you can grab a lot of models from last season. "Marni" buckets are still relevant, belt bags, wooden bead models, and any woven bags. Brand designers from Rochas to Chloé and Celine also offer a return to logmania in accessories. You can keep an eye out for a small bright bag as if from zero - this trend is reinterpreted in the spring by several designers, for example Prada. You can search for a budget version on eBay or Avito. If you want a completely new, you can pay attention to the microbags like Jacquemus.
It seems to me that it is not necessary to spend money on fashionable bags today: you can search for them in the mass market or support conscious consumption and look for similar models on the same Avito and in vintage stores.
Julia Vydolob
The Blueprint Editor
Big bags and backpacks are becoming more and more popular in the city: on the one hand, the number of girls who move around the city with a laptop is growing, on the other - people began to think more about posture and health of the back.
For the same reason - because of laptops - I think that the new “two bags” trend will be more and more popular: big for the computer, and small because it is convenient to put a phone and a trifle in it. And also because walking every day with only a backpack or a huge shopper is very annoying. So, Jacquemus microbags that have become a meme have every chance to sell off perfectly!
Interest in expensive bags does not disappear, but prices for high-quality materials and labor increase every year, and accordingly, prices for bags of big brands also grow. On the other hand, they are crammed with young brands - ideological followers of Mansur Gavriel, who come up with simple, understandable everyday models with characteristic details and a good choice of colors. These are Danse Lente, Wandler and a dozen more names, and from domestic ones - Fetiche or imakebags. They are more affordable and their quality is good.
I myself plan to finally find the perfect backpack - like Prada nylon in the 1990s and the Japanese Porter and Wander. And I will continue, as before, to carry a laptop and the rest of my life in a big shopper.
Tanya Reshetnik
editor-in-chief of the "Beauty" section of the Poster Daily
In my opinion, it's time to forget about bags of straw and raffia - last summer there were so many of them that, leaving the cafe, you can easily confuse your basket with someone else's. At least a summer alternative - weightless "cobwebs" like Jil Sander. There are no secrets to hide in them, but there is a chance to confine ourselves to the most necessary - the back will be grateful to you.
Opponents of minimalism and cleaning for the precepts of Marie Kondo designers have prepared a huge bag-bags. A good option for those who like to get out of town for a weekend or for short trips abroad. Look for them from Acne Studios, Kwaidan Editions or Rejina Pyo, and alternatively for lifting money - from Mango and COS.
Personally, the lightweight versions of backpacks are closest to me - bags, bags, like those in which we wore a school shift. A good option for the publication, and for going to the grocery store. She found her in the Korean brand Curetty and managed to test the strength of three packages of hummus and a bunch of bananas.
I carefully watch the nostalgic trend - baguette bag from the 90s. If mules on heels-glasses, flowered dresses and short cardigans evoke fond memories, it's time to go through the mezzanine and mother's closet looking for a long bag (with special luck - Louis Vuitton) or go to one of the vintage stores. And for busy there is always Zara.
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