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An illustration of a cream crescent bag
✦ Generated illustration · an invented bag

Crescent and hobo

A half-moon that sits flat against the hip and holds a phone, a card and a lipstick without bulging.

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Similar styles you can buy

Real bags from real shops. Similar to the illustration, not the exact bag pictured.

  • Everyday Nylon crescent bag, bone Example Basics Wipes clean, which bone needs. Strap is not adjustable. $42 Shop similar
  • Sweet spot Leather crescent bag, bone Example Atelier One zip, one pocket. Pale leather picks up denim dye. $180 Shop similar
  • Sweet spot Mercer Medium Leather Hobo rag & bone Curved hobo shape, close to the illustration. Check the colour on the listing. $358.50 promo price, moves See it at rag & bone
  • Sweet spot Restored Pillow Tabby Shoulder Bag 26 Coach Soft pillow body on a short strap. Restored, so stock moves. $375 See it at Coach
  • Splurge Quilted leather crescent, bone Example Maison Quilting keeps its shape. The chain strap digs in. $430 Shop similar

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How the crescent bag got here

  1. 1920s–1950sThe underarm pouchSmall shoulder bags carried under the arm appear whenever clothes have no pockets, which is most of the history of womenswear.
  2. 1990sNineties revivalShort-strap shoulder bags return as a reaction to the big bags before them.
  3. 2010s–2020sThe crescentThe curved base becomes its own shape once designers notice it sits flatter against the hip than a rectangle.

Spilled: what's inside my bag

Styling boards we have made with this shape. The objects in them are invented.

Autumn Transit In Bone White Autumn Transit In Bone White Bone Crescent Evening Carry Bone Crescent Evening Carry Autumn Workday Crescent Loadout Autumn Workday Crescent Loadout Evening Crescent Essentials Evening Crescent Essentials Espresso Crescent Autumn Errand Run Espresso Crescent Autumn Errand Run Fifty minutes each way Fifty minutes each way Wine in one hand, nothing in the other Wine in one hand, nothing in the other I read it. Twice. I read it. Twice.

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