Behind The Latest Accessory Trend: Food Handbags

Behind The Latest Accessory Trend: Food Handbags

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Outside Paris Fashion Week, you’ve probably seen Balenciaga’s chip bag or Coach’s banana purse on social media. Anya Hindmarch’s cereal-inspired purses make the trend retro, without losing any kitsch. Those with more subtle tastes will crave Tal Maslavi’s cake-accented purse, a natural next course following the success of the designer’s cake shoes. Despite depicting commonplace foods, these handbags can run up to $1850, an irony we often see in high fashion, used to surprise and stir the pot. “Food is something you don’t typically think of as an elevated luxury good,” Nik Bentel Studio tells Forbes.

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