In this, the most digital of ages, designers are well aware they're competing for space in our memories. And what better way to really make an impression than with a statement accessory? (We'll never forget Gucci's scary good Fall 2018 show when models carried replicas of their own heads down the runway.) That certainly seemed to be the thinking at the Fall 2024 shows where the bags felt especially innovative as well as exciting.
Take viral hitmaker Coperni who, with the help of NASA, made a version of its popular Swipe bag literally out of thin air. Weighing in at only 37 grams — roughly the same as a penny — the Air Swipe Bag is 99 percent air and 1 percent glass. It's made from the same nanomaterial NASA usually uses to "collect stardust."
