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Shoulder and flap bags
A short strap and a bag that tucks under the arm. Small enough that you cannot overfill it, which is the point.
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Real bags from real shops. Similar to the illustration, not the exact bag pictured.
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Everyday Nylon baguette bag, cherry red Example Basics Sits under the arm without sliding. Fits a phone and little else. $46 Shop similar -
Sweet spot Leather baguette bag, cherry red Example Atelier Holds its shape. The short strap will not go crossbody. $225 Shop similar -
Splurge Patent leather shoulder bag, cherry red Example Maison Patent scratches and does not buff out. $480 Shop similar
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How the shoulder bag got here
- 1920s–1980sUnder-arm bagShort-strap bags carried at the elbow run through most of the twentieth century as the formal option.
- 1997The baguetteA small underarm shoulder bag, named for how a loaf is carried, and arguably the start of bags as the thing people queued for.
- 2020sBack againThe shape returns whenever big bags have been dominant for long enough.
Spilled: what's inside my bag
Styling boards we have made with this shape. The objects in them are invented.
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