High style and ease of use have not always been happy bedfellows – a lot of couture can be uncomfortable and many luxury accessories are deeply impractical. Fendi is addressing that with the new Touch, the latest of the Italian luxury label’s much-loved leather bags, released as part of its autumn/winter 2021 collection.
The deal here is that the classic FF buckle, which has offered a wide variety of renderings of the brand’s logo over the years, is transformed into the centrepiece of the design, thanks to a clever new mechanism that allows the bag to be opened with a single touch. A practical shoulder bag with a clean, unfussy silhouette, it comes in a range of five colours: black, camel, brown, grey and white. The collection is the work of accessories creative director Silvia Venturini Fendi, and Kim Jones, who took over as women’s artistic director last year.
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The Swalk II, the new bag from Maison Margiela’s autumn/winter 2021 collection, takes its name from a film of the same name shot by fashion photographer Nick Knight to accompany the brand’s spring/summer 2021 collection, in which the bag was introduced. A charming retro frame clutch bag, it features a curved brass handle inlaid with calf leather, a silk-lined crochet raffia clasp and a separate chain strap. It comes in two sizes and two colours – red and black – in reference to the colours in the tango scenes that feature in the film.
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Maison Margiela was founded by the highly deconstructive, famously anonymous, cult Belgian designer Martin Margiela. He left in 2009, but the current creative director is an equally legendary fashion figure: John Galliano. Among the changes he has brought: the brand used to eschew labels bearing its name, but the Swalk II comes adorned with a leather Maison Margiela tag, so your bragging rights are secure.ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tK%2FMqWWcp51kuqKzwLOgp52jZMC1xcueZpydnJqvs7XTsmaaqqSesK2xjmxobmpgbIZwtM6tq56rpGKxpr%2FIoKWeql2drq%2BwwZqerGWRqsG2uc1maWlqYWK3prrNop2eql2hvLGx2aw%3D