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Wearing a long-strapped bag across the body perfectly combines personality with practicality. Which means they’re the ideal choice for those who want to leave their hands free to deal with offspring, but retain a sense of style. This autumn, cross-body bags are boxy shaped with posh detailing – here are three of my favourites.
1. The Cranleigh by Village England
New British heritage brand Village England is already catching the eyes of the fashion bloggers, so, mark my words, you’ll be seeing a lot more of these around very soon. I love the
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classic 70s-esque design and the brand designers’ quest of creating a bag “… that you fall in love with but isn’t so precious that it can’t be thrown in the back of the car” pretty much sums up my idea of the perfect bag. Well made, gorgeous to touch and pretty spacious.
2. Midnight Connor by Rebecca Minkoff
New York designer and proud new mama Rebecca Minkoff seriously knows her bags. Snapped on one celebrity and fashion blogger after another (devotees are known as ‘Minkettes’), her bags combine super quality with a twist or
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interesting detail. Check out the cool studs on this one, and also note the zip which you can undo to make the bag bigger – genius!). Her style philosophy is to dress up jeans and a t-shirt with a great bag and now that she’s a mom, heels that you don’t topple over in.
3. Luggage Robinson by Tory Burch
Tory Burch is one of those preppy labels that I always thought was a bit too posh for me! But maybe it’s just the T-logo medallion. Anyway, I was curious to see what their pieces were like. First off, extremely well made! I felt that on just
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touching this classic tan. And I love the chain strap – as they don’t get lost visually on an outfit they’re a great way for dressing up an autumn wardrobe of jumpers and heavy coats.
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Julia Rebaudo - 8 Sep 13
Wearing a long-strapped bag across the body perfectly combines personality with practicality. Which means they’re the ideal choice for those who want to leave their hands free to deal with offspring, but retain a sense of style. This autumn, cross-body bags are boxy shaped with posh detailing – here are three of my favourites.
1. The Cranleigh by Village England
New British heritage brand Village England is already catching the eyes of the fashion bloggers, so, mark my words, you’ll be seeing a lot more of these around very soon. I love the classic 70s-esque design and the brand designers’ quest of creating a bag “… that you fall in love with but isn’t so precious that it can’t be thrown in the back of the car” pretty much sums up my idea of the perfect bag. Well made, gorgeous to touch and pretty spacious.
2. Midnight Connor by Rebecca Minkoff
New York designer and proud new mama Rebecca Minkoff seriously knows her bags. Snapped on one celebrity and fashion blogger after another (devotees are known as ‘Minkettes’), her bags combine super quality with a twist or interesting detail. Check out the cool studs on this one, and also note the zip which you can undo to make the bag bigger – genius!). Her style philosophy is to dress up jeans and a t-shirt with a great bag and now that she’s a mom, heels that you don’t topple over in.
3. Luggage Robinson by Tory Burch
Tory Burch is one of those preppy labels that I always thought was a bit too posh for me! But maybe it’s just the T-logo medallion. Anyway, I was curious to see what their pieces were like. First off, extremely well made! I felt that on just touching this classic tan. And I love the chain strap – as they don’t get lost visually on an outfit they’re a great way for dressing up an autumn wardrobe of jumpers and heavy coats.
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Julia Rebaudo blogs about style at Stylonylon, and takes beautiful photos. She is mother to Gus, 2, and she is married to Myles MacInnes, aka Mylo. They live in Clapton, East London and often escape to rural Portugal.
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