The Best Bags are from Milan...

Bags complete the whole look of a person. Apart from shoes and belts, having a great-looking bags would elevate your style sartorial into a new heights. In recent Milan Fashion Week FW11, there're so many varieties to choose from: tote bags, gym bags, briefcases, holdalls and weekenders, as well as iPad cases... there're plenty. And the material also varies - leather, pony skin, cowhide, suede, exotic skin, wool and tweed, and even canvas - they're definitely in dire need to be lugged around with you.

Bottega Veneta FW11

The house of Bottega continues with their intrecciato collection of woven leather, and luscious buttery material, some with peasant-like stitching on the edges. Love the clutch...

Burberry Prorsum FW11

Those wool holdall in navy, moss green and red looks amazing, though the vertical line reminisce Bally and Gucci quite a bit. The envelope-lookalike briefcase is a creative addition to the collection.

Emporio Armani FW11

I love studded bags and EA FW11 gives me that. The bags which looks like being made of wool/felt have handles that merged to be part of the main body.

Etro FW11

Ponyskin, cowhide, suede and croc; Etro really ticks all boxes when it comes to the types of material used. I love the zebra/tiger stripes on the first two, as well as the ponyskin tote in off-white. Delish...

Gucci FW11

One innovative collection at Gucci is the foldable briefcases: fold it, then it'll look like a clutch; open it as normal then it'll be a briefcase. A great hybrid indeed.

John Varvatos FW11

JV gives you the iPad sleeve in croc for some luxe take to keep your fav tablet in place. There's also lots of tote bags to choose from with the adjustable handles, and some appear like in mesh/perforated leather look.And oh, I love the skull on the chains...

Trussardi 1911 FW11

There's a carryall in croc leather in which the design reminds me of Louis Vuitton Alma bag. And there's also somewhat woven-like leather tote that I think quite similar to Valentino SS10. Yet, I love the fringe holdall in dark brown leather that somehow feel quite wild west.

 

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