1. Cross-Body Bags
Given that the recent fall/winter collections were all about adventures and relaxation, sprezzatura looks and careless catwalking, what other handbag style could better accomplish the whole craze than perennial cross-body bags? Just let your bag cross your body and hotfoot it out of town, with the most necessary items in and with feelings of extreme protection. More importantly, you can do it in so many ways, in so many sizes and shades.
Start from Prada’s vagabond girls going bananas over worn-tightly-across-the-body waist-level leather bags with some knick-knacks hanging down and end at ballet-inspired Valentino show filled with blackest black super short cross-body bags nigh reaching the armpits. But dare not miss those reptile skin cross-body bags for fall 2016 with top handles as spotted at Givenchy, those color-blocked ones at Burberry, fold-over spacious stunners at Barbara Bui and a coquettish bubblegum pink charmer we have been so enthused to spot at Gucci. Or else go further and let the cross-body bag touch your back, an engrossing variant seen at Chanel and Chloe recently.