Speaking as someone who just pulled a red pepper out of my bag while searching for my diary, the current acceptance – and even coolness – of an overstuffed bag comes as a relief. The bag that is so full that items spill out, like a doner kebab, has become this season’s styling trick, as the French tuck or popped collar once were.
At Miu Miu the bags were open and overflowing with shoes, most obviously – high heels clamped over the edges. Miuccia Prada explained her thinking in the show notes: it was an “embracing of unique characters” and “the joy of life”. The big bags that were trotted down the Bottega Veneta catwalk came with rolled up newspapers poking out of them. At Balenciaga, bags looked a little emptier but had chains of keys and cards dripping off them like tinsel.
