With its rich chocolate finish and classic leather embossed “GG” finish, you’ll want to spoil yourself for many seasons to come with the Gucci Guccissima Hobo ($1,400).
We’re going to see looser handbag silhouettes on the Spring 2010 runways, so as long as you pick a seasonless color like black, brown, soft gray or cream, you’ll be set. A soft, neutral metallic that can neither be classified as gold nor silver will also give you plenty of mileage.
Getting Purse-onal – Drawstring Bags, a Fall 2009 Trend Worthy of Your Wallet
Purse-onally Yours,
Pamela Pekerman
But when the wallet is tight, a bagista needs to become resourceful and choose her investments wisely.
There are many handbags to fall in love with for fall — Alexander Wang’s Coco Duffel, Chloé’s Paraty Medium Tote, Be&D’s Garbo Portfolio Bag.
Pamela Pekerman is the founder of BagTrends.com
A less costly, though still worthwhile, take on the trend is the supple, pebble leather Elliott Lucca’s Zooey Drawstring ($268).
Gucci’s Guccissima Hobo with drawstring closure. Photo: Saks.com
Since the drawstring look is big this season and is also a classic style (read: will be around for awhile), I’d splurge on a good quality version. My preference is leather, over say suede or other overly trendy materials which are less likely to stand the test of time.