From Mini To Massive, These Are The Bags You Should Be Carrying This Spring

It may not be warm enough to ditch the tights and bust out the strappy sandals just yet – in fact, we’ve got a long way to go until then – but there’s one way to tap into the spring trends right now, and that’s with bags.

Designers delivered an impressive array of arm candy at the SS19 shows – and it was all about extremes, running the gamut from teeny tiny grab bags to humongous totes.

Just when you thought the mini bag trend couldn’t get any, well, bigger, for spring, designers sent out tiny totes and handbags that looked like they’re straight out of a doll’s house.

Oscar de la Renta and Tory Burch’s diminutive designs were adorable (if impractical), but the most extreme example came at Brandon Maxwell, with a purse so comically small it even made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show.

The pyramid bag trend started with Saint Laurent and Jil Sander, but at up to £1,000 a pop, these luxury leather beauties don’t come cheap.

As the logomania trend continues, we’re seeing a return to the traditional ‘It’ bag style, with shiny padlock, buckle and logo clasps on leather handbags – Miu Miu, Michael Kors and Chloe all plundered their accessory archives for SS19.

If the primary purpose of your handbag is to haul around all manner of junk, look away now: The see-through bags on show at Versace, Mary Katrantzou and Brandon Maxwell leave nothing to the imagination, so you’re going to need to do some serious decluttering if you want to wear one.

One of spring’s overarching fashion themes is a return to nature, with crochet, raffia, macrame and other natural materials offering an alternative to leather at Isabel Marant, Loewe and Jacquemus.

The bigger the better was the mantra at Tom Ford, Valentino and Jil Sander, where models were laden with huge totes in neutral hues.