Dear Bagistas,

This bag has been bothering me for months!

Every season, Elliott Lucca and The Sak (both owned by the same company, The Sak) have a media preview in their Manhattan showroom. Back in May, I previewed the Fall/Holiday 2008 collections and fell in love with Elliott Lucca 'Catina' Drawstring Bucket Bag in lilac. I’m not a drawstring kind of bagistas, but I couldn’t help being drawn to how sophisticated this particular one was. The flat base gives it a nice, semi-structured construction. The studded leather diamonds and pieced together leather design add an art-deco feel. This drawstring exudes a matured, version of the free-spirited, downtown hipster. She’s older, has a professional life and wants to marry her casual spirit with her new position in life.

So here was my dilemma. At the end of each appointment, I’m allowed to pick any bag I want – amazing, I know. I wanted to badly to pick this bag, but I couldn’t help going for the familiar. I ended up taking a brown satchel from this very collection – same pieced together leather and diamond studs. Fast forward to Augusts when this collection hit the stores. Darn it! I really wish I took this bag. I will now purchase it because I’m so obsessed. You will be too. Not only is the design, as I mentioned so phenomenal, but I have good reason to believe that the drawstring will become a key silhouette in seasons to come!
 

Have a bag-a--licious day!
Pamela Pekerman, BagTrends Bag Guru