Derek Lam Bags, Spring-Summer 2010
It’s like a new trend: the symbiosis of the usual designer handbags and clutches. These accessories are found in the collections of the upcoming season, so they are worth to be paid attention to. Let’s look at the proposals made by the designers of the brand Derek Lam who once again suggests us a collection of semi-bag and semi-clutch varieties.
It seems to me that this bag is more than a clutch: firstly, it is really extensive, and secondly –it has a whole two handles, one of which is long and unfastened. The second handle is attached to the valve pocket, and I am curious if it carries functional load. The most interesting part of it is the perfect combination of something practical and something rather fancy.
On the catwalk models showed these bags, simply holding them in their hands, as clutches. Such a stylistic decision, I think, somewhat ameliorates this model: in the variant with a handle, thrown over the shoulder, the bag would have looked less stylish or maybe even undesirable.
Two of the presented bags are made of a noble “aged” skin with a soft golden brilliance. Yellow metal fittings would mostly suit to such material: a removable handle is adorned with metal chains and rings, metal parts are also present in the actual accent, in the long racemes adorning the corners of handbags.
But personally, I liked mostly the third model – bag-clutch of pleasant turquoise hue, decorated with ornamental seams, asymmetrical details and gold-plated fittings. By the way, this is an updated version of the bag, which we have seen in the autumn-winter collection 2009/10.
