TOput aside the summer canvas and raffia bags for a while at least, your wardrobe needs an equally iconic accessory to elevate the looks of Autumn-Winter 2023/2024. From fashion shows to Street Style: the macro trend of the season is luxury, even apparent luxury. Sophisticated outfits, with whispered elegance, need the most trusted companion of good taste: the crocodile bag.
Don’t worry, for the luck of your wallet and the animals, we are not talking about real leather but about a print that replicates its texture. Capable of making even the most basic of looks look expensivehere are the trendy nuances, silhouettes and shapes for FW 23/24.
Trendy shapes, volumes and silhouettes
Popular among ladies of a certain age as well as Gen Z, the crocodile print bag is the only imitation worth investing in. Proudly made of fake leatherwhat gives it character are the shapes and style details that designers update season after season.
Leather goods brands have indulged in models in a bucketothers from shoulder and still others to Crescent moon. But the real protagonist of this winter 2023 2024 is the classic 50s silhouette. A little sciura and a little nostalgically vintage, it beats the competition thanks to its timeless charm. Her identikit of her: lines touched with the knife, small metallic hardware and a semi-rigid handle to carry it on the forearm.
Fendi Autumn Winter 2023 2024
From Maisons to the most sought-after brands: the 2023/24 crocodile bag
Everyone loves her, desires and proposes. One was witnessed on the catwalks great variety of designsfrom the trapezoid ones of Fendi to the soft shapes of Dior. If the comparison with the mother of all these crocodile bags, the Hermes Kelly, is impossible, there are still alternatives that know how to defend themselves with class. First of all the Manhattan of Saint Laurentfollowed by the impeccable sculptural and essential model of Ferragamo. Going down in price, but without showing it, JW Pei ride two trends with a single accessory, with a crescent shape. The Parisian brand Sézane turns on a practical and capacious bucket while the Polish brand Chylak bets on an accordion design with a sophisticated rigid gold clasp.
A Street Style look with a coconut hobo bag. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)
The new luxury palette
With an accessory that screams exclusivity like this, as well as a hymn to quiet luxury, It comes naturally to think that the trendy color palette is neutral. But, although black represents a safe option, the autumn winter 2023 2024 trends suggest a reversal of direction. Brown is the new black, in all its nuances, from chocolate to caramel. While red dyes all the seasonal it-bagsincluding the crocodile bag, super feminine in burgundy.
Rectangular bag in crocodile print, Chylak. €550
No to optical white, to which a refined ecru or a gray with glacial beauty is preferable. With brackets petrol green and other purple ones, the final touch is given by the texture of the imitation leather: shiny or matte, large or mini, to choose according to your tastes.
It matches classic jeans as well as a more formal suit. The crocodile bag is the ace up the sleeve of the winter wardrobeto be pulled out at the right time to immediately appear more refined.
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