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Elle
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Suddenly, Every Cool Girl Is Carrying This Embellished Bag
Western-inspired fashion is having a major renaissance. Suede, flashy buckles and fringe abounded on the spring/summer 2025 runways and are now a mainstay on the street style scene, too. But you don't need to go full-on cowgirl to get in on the trend. One of the easiest ways is via a studded bag. Studded bags are surprisingly versatile. Available in a wide range of silhouettes, they can be at once playful and utilitarian, or relaxed yet elevated, as demonstrated on the SS25 catwalks at Valentino, Bally, Khaite and Isabel Marant. Designers showed their versatility by pairing them with everything from breezy A-line dresses in a pastel palette at Khaite to Western shirts tucked into fringed plaid mini skirts in burgundy and violet at Marant. Meanwhile, starlets Bella Hadid and Alexa Chung have chosen a version of Valentino Garavani's studded suede shopper to instantly elevate their daytime looks. Hadid paired her beige fringed shoulder bag with a black jersey v-neck knit and beige trousers while Chung opted for a mannish blue shirt, distressed brown leather jacket and jeans with the larger rectangular tote, each showcasing how the style has quickly become summer's most desired accessory. Ready to try the trending item for yourself? Scroll on to shop the best studded bags below. Debuting with Alessandro Michele's first Valentino collection, the archival-inspired Nellcote quickly became an editor and celebrity favorite. Striking fringe and stud details make it a shining example of the current Western craze, while a timeless silhouette and genuine suede finish ensures it'll outlast the trend cycle. Dimensions: Height: 21cm; width: 19cm Material: Suede Not all studded bags scream cowgirl core. Case in point: this edgy, cult-loved shoulder bag from Khaite, crafted in matte black leather with chunky round studs. Bonus: it has plenty of room for your phone, wallet, keys, and sunglasses. Dimensions: Height: 13cm; width: 19cm Material: Leather Beloved by both Hadid and Alexa Chung, Valentino Garavani's Nellcote tote offers a roomier silhouette that is ideal for work, running errands, and everything in between. Detailed with oversized studs and miniature grommets, this slouchy suede style can easily fit a laptop, and then some. Dimensions: Height: 16.5cm; width: 20.5cm East-west silhouettes are also one of this season's biggest bag trends. Alaïa's Le Teckel arguably sparked the obsession, and this studded suede version is a fun update on the classic. Dimensions: Height: 27cm; width: 9cm Try the studded bag trend in a more unexpected, sumptuous green. This sharp mini bag from A.L.C. – crafted with sleek lambskin and a twisted handle – will instantly take your look from good to great. Dimensions: Height: 17cm; width: 29cm Lean into the noughties boho revival with Isabel Marant's slouchy shoulder bag. It's half-moon shape is embellished with silver-tone studs and swishy fringing, and offers enough space for your phone, wallet and makeup bag for everyday essentials. Dimensions: Height: 39cm; width: 33cm Add a sculptural twist to your looks with this chrome-embellished croissant bag from Mango. The slouchy fabric means you can fill it to the brim without it ever feeling bulky. Dimensions: Height: 14.9cm; width: 13.39cm Material: Polyurethane With a sleek saddle silhouette embellished with silver studs, Isabel Marant's Oskan bag channels the brand's signature Western vibe. It's made from leather and has a spacious interior to stow away your essentials, with a wide strap to wear on the shoulder. Dimensions: Height: 22.5cm; width: 32cm &Other Stories offers a more affordable take on the trend with this curved tote bag. With a strap to rest on your shoulder and in genuine leather, it looks far more premium than its high street price tag. Pair with light shades of linen and denim now and rich tones of camel or burgundy come winter. Dimensions: Height: 34cm; width: 37cm For a minimalist take, try Stella McCartney's smart burgundy tote. Studded with small silver rivets, it can be carried using the two flat top handles or detachable shoulder strap and secured via the magnetic fastening to the top. Dimensions: Height: 20cm; width: 40cm Material: Polyurethane Samantha is a lifestyle commerce editor at Hearst magazines, where she covers fashion, fitness gear, tech, and viral products. She has over six years of editorial experience, including writing, editing, and hands-on product testing for commerce stories—whether it be an in-depth running shoe review or a curation of the latest Prime Day deals. As an avid runner and former Division I athlete, Samantha has particular expertise in fitness gear, apparel, shoes, and tech. (In fact, when she's not at her desk, she's probably out for a run.) You can find Samantha's work in Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful, Country Living, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, PEOPLE, and more. Esther Coombes is the Senior Ecommerce Editor at Harper's Bazaar, ELLE and Esquire, overseeing luxury shopping content across fashion, beauty, travel and homes. She graduated from London College of Fashion with a First Class BA in Fashion Journalism in 2010, and has since worked at Marie-Claire, Easy Living, GLAMOUR and Women's Health. She held positions as Senior Fashion and Beauty Executive, Senior Lifestyle Executive and Content Lead during her nine years at HELLO! and HELLO! Fashion, creating editorial and branded content across the lifestyle sector and interviewing talent and experts including Lisa Eldridge, Jo Malone and Katie Jane Hughes for print and digital features. With exacting standards and a critical eye for editing new launches, she enjoys recommending readers best in class products and experiences, be that a glow-giving skin tint, a boutique hotel stay or the perfect slingback stiletto. In her spare time you can find her at a spin or reformer class or streaming the latest zeitgeisty podcast or television drama. You can follow Esther on Instagram at @esthercoombes.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Will Tariffs Really Save American-Made Fashion?
The word on every fashion person's lips isn't 'Le Teckel' or even 'florals'—it's tariffs. We've been hearing about them, over and over, since the election, but over the past few weeks, President Donald Trump has rolled out the specifics—additional ad valorem duties (i.e., taxes) on all imports starting at 10% and varying by country. It's been an information deluge, but a big headline has been that many of fashion's biggest manufacturing hubs have been hit with the highest rates, including China at 125%, Cambodia at 49%, and Vietnam at 46%. In the original executive order, President Trump said one of the goals of these tariffs is to stimulate domestic manufacturing. (According to the American Apparel and Footwear Association, only about 3% of the U.S. apparel and footwear market isn't imported. A good percentage of that is military clothing, which is required by law to be made here.) There are many, many, many complicating factors, from the globalized nature of the supply chain (at some point in the process, something will need to come from someplace else) to the lack of technology, know-how, and infrastructure stateside. Gigi Burris O'Hara puts it like this: 'Imagine all the food at the grocery store got really expensive—would you all of a sudden become a farmer? You don't have the land, you don't have the seeds, you don't have the know-how. Things becoming more expensive does not train and incentivize people to produce domestically.' Burris O'Hara is a milliner and the founder of Gigi Burris Millinery, which produces in the U.S. but sources much of its raw materials from abroad. Any part of the supply chain she can bring to the U.S., Burris O'Hara has looked into—she's also the founder of the non-profit Closely Crafted, which works to preserve and sustain craftsmanship—but it's not just a matter of geography. 'The U.S. has lost the ability to be a self-service country in which we can supply raw goods and manufacturing,' she argues. 'It's not a possibility, and it never really was, at least in my business.' By and large, brands that manufacture in the U.S. already are expecting to feel the most significant impact on their raw materials. For his most recent bridal collection, which debuted on the runway during Bridal Fashion Week, Andrew Kwon worked with a European mill to develop a completely custom fabric, something he sees as an essential investment and differentiating factor for the brand. Kwon doesn't know for certain how the price of that material might go up after the 90-day pause on tariffs. He hasn't discussed specifics with any of his vendors just yet, but he has been thinking about how to navigate potential price increases with customers. 'It's so weird, because if tariffs make the prices go up on some of these fabrics and the costs are just much higher, are we going to eat the costs, or we are going to have to have an honest conversation with our retailers and private clients that the price is totally different from what they were first told?' he asks. Jewelry brand Lizzie Fortunato, which manufactures most of its pieces in New York, considers the global nature of its materials to be a source of pride. 'Getting things from all over and aggregating them takes a lot of human thought, capital, and physical labor,' explains Kathryn Fortunato, the brand's co-founder and Director of Sales and Operations. She describes the business as 'exceptionally piecemeal,' adding, 'So many people might have two vendors—our list of vendors, in a given collection, is 80 to 90.' Fortunato is bracing herself for the brunt of the tariffs, given that the 'base' of 10% is almost double what the brand was paying prior (plus the potential of reciprocal tariffs, which could create more obstacles to selling overseas). 'If one part of your supply chain is disrupted, it doesn't really matter how good the rest of it is,' she argues. 'That causes reverberations. If you can't ship on time or you can't restock products on your e-commerce website, you're losing sales, and when you lose sales, you lose income and cash flow. And when you lose income and cash flow, you don't have as much conviction around employing a big team or doing that extra photo shoot, and the effects become second, third, fourth level.' In a statement, David French, Executive Vice President of Government Relations for the National Retail Federation, predicted that the tariffs would hit local communities and small retailers the hardest. Meruert Tolegen has already felt it: The 2025 LVMH Prize semi-finalist found herself on the receiving end of a five-figure duty on a big order of packaging from China—and this was when the import tariff rate was 34%. Tolegen's European suppliers have also started communicating the possibility of price increases, and she's started brainstorming creative solutions to maximize her resources (think: buying more of one fabric and using it throughout the collection, to avoid surcharges). At the same time, though, she's reckoning with how to handle the added expenses, and potentially eating the cost versus passing it on to the customer. Already, when you're a fashion brand producing in the U.S., 'there's little to no margin,' says Rebecca Henry, co-founder of House of Aama. 'It's already more expensive to produce locally—the labor is expensive, the fabrics are expensive, everything is more expensive. It's just going to become more expensive to produce here without having the labor to really create the products and to do the things that you would want to do.' House of Aama has historically made everything in L.A.'s Fashion District, using fabrics from across the globe, but it recently began exploring its manufacturing options overseas, at least for part of its offering. 'We're directly at the middle ground of that project,' brand co-founder Akua Shabaka says. 'Literally, in real time, we will see how this affects us, because we're trying this for the first time…It may still be more beneficial to do it overseas, even with the tariffs, but we're waiting to see so we can make an informed decision.' The brand is continuing to explore what made-in-the-U.S. can look like, especially when it comes to textiles, but Henry laments the lack of support or incentives for those already producing stateside. Natalie Chanin understands this challenge better than most: For the past 20-plus years, she's been building the supply chain for her slow fashion brand and non-profit, Alabama Chanin, in the U.S. 'This is the work of passion, not necessarily the work of profits,' she says. The intent to rebuild American supply chains is good, Chanin argues—but it's a project that requires an investment in training and education across generations, as well as a shift in our value system around labor. (She points to groups like Fibershed, which are laying the groundwork from agricultural and material standpoints.) 'When we start to invest in our communities, that circular cash investment becomes true economic impact and makes Americans' lives better,' she says. 'The problem with tariffs, as we are seeing them right now, is they don't rebuild a robust community of makers. It's a one-stroke action that doesn't really fix the problem.' In the short-term, Burris O'Hara predicts 'an adjustment period to make sure that there's enough to meet the needs and of learning where individuals are going to need to rescale or upscale—and there's just been no padding on that.' That padding could look like subsidies to hire and train people to support the influx of business. One short-term effect some designers foresee is that the already-limited factories that exist to service luxury fashion brands in the U.S. will get an increase in workflow (good) that runs the risk of displacing small businesses that count on them in the face of potentially higher-paying clients (bad). The existing U.S. manufacturing industry has already been struggling in the face of challenges such as the cost of electricity forcing many to consider a move abroad, and an older workforce, meaning that skills and know-how could disappear once the people in those jobs right now retire. 'If we don't inspire young people and if we don't make sure that there are security and guardrails in these jobs, what very little is left will be gone forever,' Burris O'Hara argues. 'A lot of this work takes place out of city centers, and I think a lot of people in smaller communities don't even know that it's happening right there,' Chanin adds. 'It's easier to be willing to pay more for a T-shirt when you know the farmer that's growing the cotton, when you eat in the same restaurant with the people who are sewing it.' A lot of brands find themselves in a holding pattern, awaiting the tariffs but not yet understanding the specific ways they'll impact their businesses. Everyone's on high alert, though. 'There is not one person on our team who has not been distracted from their core job with regard to having to think about this brand new can of worms that they hadn't previously thought about,' Fortunato says. 'It's unprecedented that—of my 20 employees spanning production design, sales, social media—every single person, no matter where they sit, has a slightly different day job than they did two weeks ago.' Read the original article on InStyle
