Mesh bag: shopper model, in straw, crochet

C‘it was once the shopping bag. In perforated cotton, crochet or crochet, perhaps slipped absentmindedly into the weekend bag. From beach accessory to symbol of an effortless and cultured style: the mesh bag in Spring Summer 2026 changes not only its connotations, but also its intended use. And it rediscovers itself as the protagonist of metropolitan looks, thanks to the catwalks and street style.

In woven or perforated leather, or even in assembled beads or in rigid straw, in addition to the now accepted mesh. But still very light, I can’t see a fishing net effect. Not only maxi shoppers, but also small shoulder bags and even ladylike ones: the season’s top models in terms of fishnet bags they make you dream of holidays, but are worn in the city.

Mesh bag, the trend at the Spring Summer 2026 fashion shows

A trend that catches the eye at the Spring Summer 2026 fashion shows. Designers reinterpret the classic perforated bag, each with their own style. Among the most visible models, the woven leather shopping bags by Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors Collection, discreet and elegant, equipped with scarf or soft nappa linings to conceal the contents.

The versions in woven sailor rope effect canvas by Bottega Veneta are more transparent, showing books and newspapers with a radical chic taste. Between the most original fishnet bags spotted on the catwalkthe version decorated with pearly applications by Erdem and the one adorned with metallic details by Tory Burch.

From Prada to Balenciaga, a trend that comes back to the surface

Dolce&Gabbana go further, re-editing the classic crochet lady’s handbag. The ploy is revived this season by Pradawhich proposes the Re-Edition 2005 in mesh and mesh effect leather. On the other hand, the Italian brand was among the first to transform the classic shopping bag into a luxury accessory, anticipating the idea of ​​the internet as a metropolitan and sophisticated language, far from just seaside imagery. Between 2021 and 2023 the brand consolidates this intuition with the crochet totes and perforated shoppers that have gone viral on social media: light, handcrafted bags, but combined with severe skirts, minimalist blazers and city looks.

If Prada made the web chic, Balenciaga accelerated its urban transformation. In 2023 Demna brings mesh bags to the catwalk with a deliberately raw and industrial aesthetic, closer to the technical and utilitarian world than to the holiday one. The fishnet bag thus loses any residue of summer folklore to become a conceptual, almost anti-luxury accessory: an everyday object reinterpreted through a glamorous filter. Which, needless to say, is the most copied example today in the sector of accessible and low-cost mesh bags, from Zara in Mango.

Not just for shopping and reading from an umbrella

And it is precisely here that the real turning point of the trend takes place. The fishnet bag today is no longer worn only with bikinis, caftans and beach outfits, but with basic outfits, summer tailoring, total black dresses, clean denim and light trench coats. At a time when fashion seems tired of ultra-polished quiet luxury and is instead looking for more lively, tactile and imperfect textures (crochet, fringes, handmade weaves, perforated surfaces) the fishnet bag becomes the perfect symbol of a more relaxed and cosmopolitan luxury.

An accessory that continues to evoke the sea, but without drowning in cliché. The new fishnet bag can still contain sunscreen and umbrella readings, of course. But today it works just as well worn with a dress shirt, under the arm, in city traffic, during the summer in the city. A trend that absolutely needs to be brought back to the surface.

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