Sing it, Ella.
There's nothing quite like a well-accoutered bag (or a peek inside it, for those voyeurs among us) to reveal delightfully good taste and the opportunity for some Freudian analysis. Look inside the imagined contents of Joan Holloway's purse and you'll get the idea. Herewith, a few ways to get started on your own self-mythologizing.
So what if you don't smoke? Can you honestly find a reason you don't need this leather and metal match safe from the Cooper-Hewitt Design Shop? I didn't even know what a "match safe" was, and I'm already obsessed.
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| Heinrich Vom Hofe's Match Safe |
A few handmade leather accents stuffed inside your clutch/satchel/vintage vanity case can elevate the bits and bobs blossoming out of your bag. No one need know what's at the bottom of your bag with these bad boys.
Channeling Sam Spade.
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| Detective-style notebook on Etsy |
For writing love notes and math homework, and maybe, hopefully, completing the crossword puzzle. Filled with Le Pens, natch. As many different colors as will fit.
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| Fahrney's four-slot leather pen case with flap |
Traversing international borders was never so chic.
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| Leather passport holder (with monogram!) on Etsy |
Another member of the why-would-you-need-it-but-you-somehow-really-do category: the lipstick case. Navy would contrast quite nicely with some shocking pink NARS Schiap.
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| Navy leather lipstick case from Leatherology |
Extra credit if you fit everything into this wiggly-jiggly-giggly little thing from quirkmaster Christopher Kane. A real lady can dream about a $790 clutch, right? Particularly when it's basically a glorified excuse to play with a grown-up version of the $6.50 water wiggly.
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| Christopher Kane aqua-gel filled PVC clutch |
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