You In A Bag

I just spent the last three days at the Atlanta Apparel Mart’s June Apparel & Accessories Show. Bags galore! With trends coming and going, hot looks that become mass produced and then fade away, what style is really you? Can we trust trends to tell us what’s good enough to carry on our shoulder? And even so, what does that translate to once everyone else has the same bag!?

You’ve seen it, maybe even bought one, maybe even still carry it. The bags with the certain print - leopard, giraffe, etc. - or the fabric print brand with millions of followers are bags that take off almost overnight and wake up to instant stardom. Was the trend really you? Did you buy in because your best friend, neighbor, mom, and aunt did? Or was it something you genuinely favored and regretted that everyone owned a copy?

Let’s get something straight. Bag=Expression. Certainly the expression is somewhat lessened when everyone is expressing the same thing. Maybe even the expression is to express the same thing? A sense of belonging or in-the-know? Ok, really deep there when all I really want to accomplish is a simple bag experiment.

Here’s the shake down. I want you to come up with a bag that describes you, in its style, form, function, etc. Basically, show us you in a bag. If a bag could sum you up, your style, let’s see it! I want to know what funky, hip, classy, edgy, indie, rocker, preppy Modo Facile Bag Lady fans we have out there!

So here’s mine.

L.A.M.B. 'Los Feliz - Larchmont' Double Pocket Satchel

Gwen Stefani may be a singer, not a fashion designer, but she’s still my icon and something hits home with me in this bag. It’s the black and white, the big-bag feel, the trim, the style. I love it! This would be me in a bag.

Now send ‘em on! I’m ready to see what you’ve got! Let the whole world know your ultimate bag expression and we’ll dote and share our bag fetish together! Just post your favorite bag and why to comments and let the expressing begin.

~ Rebekah Lovell