Anya Hindmarch

Valorie! We meet again! But this incarnation is unlike her glittery and leather sisters. Putting the über-popular clutch in matte rubber is the newest genius idea from Anya Hindmarch. What do you take poolside at your favorite resort? Certainly not your precious crocodile or delicate nubuck. Semi-transparent rubber will look chic and sleek on vacation, [...]

The word “preppy” tends to have a very specific connotation. Somehow, eighties imagery of Lacoste alligators, Nantucket Reds, and Sperry topsiders (not that they’ve even left preppy dudes’ closets) still hover. But I’m noticing a freshly cut crop of clean-cut bags that put the “hip” in “prepster,” if you will. Whether you carry yours with [...]

‘Tis the season to get a little free with your style – we all get a bit looser in the spring, even maybe slightly bohemian. But not too free, please! I’m all for a bag with some whimsy to it, but these five overly embellished examples show that sometimes more is too much, whether you’re [...]

Summertime requires you to lighten your load: maybe because you have a lot of other things to carry, maybe it’s the “swipe of lip gloss and go” mentality. For me, when the heat is on I just want to be breezy so I can take long walks without dragging the entire contents of my bedroom [...]

< Forget any old associations with the term “goth.” Once used to described alienated teenagers who wore too much Wet ‘n’ Wild black eyeliner and listened to Marilyn Manson, all that has changed. With the rise of designers like Riccardo Tisci and Haider Ackermann, as well as mysterious fashionistas like Kate Lanphear and Leigh Lezark, [...]

When it comes to bags, I’m not so sure. I wouldn’t find Trouvé’s brazen imitation to be so startling if it weren’t for the fact that I used the Nadja just the other day. Years after buying it, Anya Hindmarch’s clutch is still one of my favorites, just because it’s so smartly designed (sadly, it’s [...]