AA would call this enabling, but I call it giving my friends another shove toward the precipice because they deserve to have purses that don't crumble right after the two-year mark. (I don't do gentle nudges, if you can't tell.) That's why these 10 standout bags come with my not-so-subliminal messaging, although you'll see they can do their own persuading just fine.
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Just describe it as a briefcase and write it off as a work expense. Kidding! (I'm professionally obligated to say that.)
"Intrecciato." Sound it out, 'cause you're going to get so many questions from all the other Sophisticated Gentlewomen who want to know the proper terminology for "braided leather."
It's like a purse made out of Matisse cutouts! Or a Wes Anderson movie! It's pink! You can carry tissues around in it! Add to cart now.
Paula Cademartori perforated leather handbag, $2,430; modaoperandi.com.
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On nights you're not hobnobbing with foreign dignitaries, this would make a more than satisfactory book end or lovely objet d'art. So practical! (Buy it.)
