The Rib & Hull Heirloom Tote strikes a perfect balance of richly handsome leather with a timeless and functional silhouette, but just when we thought that was the only bag we’d ever want or need, its…
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by Dale Henriques Like many industrious women on the go, Brooklyn advertising vet-turned-designer Erika Emeruwa found herself burdened by the weight of carrying numerous (and often not so stylish) bags every day, unable to stash everything she needed from morning to night in one easily portable place. Combining her creative…
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From leopard handbags to reconstructed vases, gifts fit for a matriarch
With the holiday season well underway, your mom just might have all her holiday shopping finished. Now, it’s your turn to treat her—these won’t make up for all she’s done for you, but you can make a valiant effort.
This ultra-luxe leopard-printed calfskin clutch is a true investment piece for Mom’s closet. Both timeless and on-trend, she’ll be able to carry it now and treasure forever—and, perhaps, eventually bequeath to you. The YSL evening bag is available online at YSL for $1,295.
This 100% organic cotton robe makes a failsafe gift item for a mother who could always use some relaxation and luxury in her life. We may recommend getting a pair so that dad doesn’t get jealous. Available at Pottery Barn for around $100.
With a name to match, the “Vase of Phases” embodies the beauty of experience in porcelain. Designed by Studio Dror, the vase has been smashed three different ways and then pieced back together to reinforce Dror’s ideas on purity, damage and transformation. The vase comes in black or white in three different sizes. Available at Studio Dror for $120-$135.
Whether your Mom is into minimalism, baroque or romantic home decor, she’s sure to find something for her dream house in this new Taschen book. Going inside homes all over the world, the book explores a range of different styles to inspire fresh ideas or simply dress up a coffee table. Available from Amazon for $27.
Lisbon-based designers take global inspiration for simple designs
By Miranda Ward
Annett Bourquin and Kerstin Greve founded the Lisbon-based label ANVE as a small but carefully curated collection of accessories, bags and home goods. According to the pair, the goal is simple: “We aim to make objects that stay with their owners and become more beautiful with life.”
Aside from the inspiration behind the neighborhoods and landscape of their adopted city, Bourquin and Greve gather ideas from the many places they’ve lived and visited in the past, from Berlin, Basel and Vienna to Cape Town and Tokyo. While the approach is derived from this rich heritage, their products are delightfully simple, often almost minimalist.
The Laboratorio Lamp comprises a borosilicate laboratory flask hung from a black cloth-covered wire. Their Sacos de Papel (“paper bags” in Spanish), meanwhile, mimic the structure of a plain paper bag but are constructed from rich suede, lambskin, goatskin or polished leather, in colors like antique gold and ocean green. The bags feature a snap closure but have no other embellishments.
Every ANVE product is created in small batches, either in-studio or by local manufacturers, so the range evolves regularly. Sometimes pieces are one of a kind—”If we are inspired by, let’s say, a beautiful piece of vintage leather we buy it, even if it’s only enough for one little bag,” they outline on their website.
All products are available online and can be shipped worldwide. Prices start at €19 for a pocket notebook.
Stay organized on-the-go and switch bags easily with a handy purse interior
Purse organizers might seem like fodder for a late night infomercial, but as our handbags grow and necessities change the desire to add some order to the chaos increases. Solving this problem in style is Inouïs, a luxe insert to organize the contents of your bag that also makes it easy to switch purses quickly. What sets Inouïs apart is that it actually looks good, bringing a heightened level of aesthetic to a historically bland and boring solution.
Inouïs provides a jet-setting woman access to her boarding pass, flight atomizer, mints and mobile phone with equal ease, at the same time neatly stashing the daily essentials of any urbanite who carries her life around in her handbag.
Each set includes three pieces: a core insert with more than twenty
pockets, a detachable wristlet for grab-and-go basics and a small business card holder.
Available in soft leather or silky fabric, Inouïs organizers sell online at
Inouïs, with prices ranging from $200-$350.
Keep your bag off the ground and your phone upright with this quirky Japanese accessory
A concept dating back to the 1940s, purse hooks have long been favored by everyone from royalty to mysophobes, keeping a handbag protected from whatever muck may be on the floor by conveniently hanging it under a table. Japanese brand Sceltevie shows the evolution of the clever design with their quirky bag hanger, which also doubles as a handy iPhone stand.
The soft, lightweight plastic glasses are easy to keep tucked in your purse for whenever you find yourself sitting at a chair with no back or a busy bar where you want to keep your bag secured in front of you. Whether at your desk, on a plane or back at that same busy bar, the bonus function of propping up your phone makes watching videos hands-free and effortless.
For both the young and young-at-heart, the Sceltevie hanger and stand sells in seven colorways online from Rakuten for ¥2,000.
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