Miranda Kerr — mogul, model, celebrity mom, ex to Orlando Bloom — keeps a tic-tac-toe game, a bottle of water, makeup bag, food bars and more all in her stylish handbag! That’s quite a lot of stuff.
Lucky for Miranda, and us, especially those of us that look at our purse more like a mini suitcase than a handbag, spring 2019 handbag trends feature utility and spaciousness, as in parachute big, among other fun styles, including bright colors, geometrics, and flashback classics. Travel light? The elegant belt bag has your back, as does the mini, coming this fall to join the other trend bags.
But how to keep up with the latest and find the best bags for your style?
To help, you keep up with the latest and find the best bags for your style and lifestyle, we put together this guide to new purses on our own wishlist and other handheld accessories.
Take a look and seize on the hottest bags for you and your stuff.
1. Utility: Star of 2019 Handbag Trends
Function, comfort, and ease abound in all areas of fashion in 2019. The spring images you see of fashionistas walking about in comfy sneakers and cycling shorts also include practicality when it comes to handbags.
Belt Bags: Bum Bags Gone Refined
The bum bag holds it’s own but gets an upgrade of pristine elegance in the belt bag. So practical it lets you carry your essentials and go hands-free. Dress up jeans or that flower print dress with Givenchy in all white, Riccardo Tisci’s chain link style for Burberry, and Chanel’s classics with a gold-tone metal belt (called a waist bag if you peruse Chanel bags).
Pair a simple, sophisticated belt fanny with a tailored suit or go sporty with bright neon.
Multi-pocket, Multi-use: Backpacks, Faradays, and Multipocket Mania
The backpack continues to trend with a twist of sophistication as well. Take a look at the quilted puffer bright orange by Jane and Berry or the Chanel beige and black with nylon and silver-tone metal straps. What we love about backpacks is that it holds so much, including your techie-trend tablet and laptop loves, in style.
Faraday bags make for another interesting option with a touch of elegant pragmatism. They double as protector of your zen energy and your tech darlings. And whatever your favorite silhouette, the more pockets the better for your fashion footprint and your stuff in 2019.
2. XXL to the Max
Bigger is fashionably better in 2019. While flowy-fabric excess in pink swept down the red carpet at the 2019 Oscars, excess fabric. plastic, raffa, woven leather, nylon, and other materials overflow on bags this spring and summer. Really, giant is in. Think pillow big in a variety of styles, be it slouchy, totes, more classic tailored-handle looks, upscale beach bags, or an extraordinarily giant raffa bag with excessive fringe like a lion’s mane.
Your stuff is happy.
3. Return of the Classics
“This isn’t a bag.,” says Carrie Bradshaw. “It’s a baguette.” Yes, the Fendi Baguette Bag, made famous on Sex And The City in the 90s, looks like a stylish, playful baguette and is back. Other flashback favorites include tie-dye leather, as done by Prada; the chain-handle brocade, as done by Michael Kors; and the saddle handbag, as done nicely by Dior, to name a few.
Flashback to Bohemia as well with crochet and fringe and back to chain-strap and bracelet bags.
4 Geometrics
Good thing you paid attention in geometry class because squares, circles, and spheres are in. Like to play ball? Give a new balloon bag a toss. Some of these spherical purses literally look like a ball and chain, and some even have a chain, as a strap. Circle handles are also in, but not with the balls.
Square-shape boxes, accordion-shaped rectangles, and bags of all kinds of right and 45-degree angles abound. Think tailored shapes like lunch boxes, trunks, and sewing boxes.
5. Transparency
If you’re going to put a lot of stuff in your bag, you may as well see it, right? Good thing transparent bags are in.
6. Colors That Pop
Want a bit of privacy for your stuff? No need to be transparent because bright colors that pop are flash right now, like tangerine orange, neon green, sky blue, and coral red. For a bit of panache, go for silver, another in color that glams up an oversize tote.
7. Polished Black Leather Corporate
Nice to offset against a spring-fashion flowery dress or crochet, your classic black leather is not just a staple but a trend too, especially with blazers and pantsuits making a comeback. Take a peek at Celine’s Triomphe in shiny calfskin, Chloé’s C Double Carry, and Valentino’s VRING for a sampling of these trend bags.
8. The Drawstring
You may thin know this as the teen trend of last year but it’s not your sophomore’s drawstring. This time it got a sophisticated upgrade in chic black leather or silver or in an elegant-colored fabric or nylon, like crimson.
9. Teeny Tiny on the Horizon
This 2019 handbag trend sneaks up on you quietly and then pops out with a cuteness bang because these bags are so mini you’re lucky if yours holds your lipstick, key (singular), and plastic.
They may be hard to notice at first (and likely to hit hard in fall), but when you do see them, you have to admit they are cute. Think mini-classics, mini-duffel bags, and even lanyards, a purse on a necklace.
2019 Handbag Trends Big and Small
Tailored and practical lead the way when it comes to 2019 handbag trends, and we can’t wait to put all our stuff in those gargantuan totes and then go hands-free on a whim. The question is: How many minis does it take to fill your XXL?
Enjoy the poshness of it all with some of the usually more-sporty styles, like the fanny-pack-turned-belt bags and drawstring leathers, and still have fun with a bang with lion’s mane raffa or transparent neon green plastic.
Any of these trends in bags pop out at you?
See how you can mix and match your favorites with other fashion trends this spring and fall.
