The influx of designer debuts at several major houses this season brought a number of spring 2026 handbag trends to the fore. “I was interested in that kind of aspect of time and something you cherish,” Matthieu Blazy said of his new takes on Chanel’s iconic 2.55 bags–which were reinforced with wire so that they could be manipulated, giving a warped and aged effect– that he revealed at his debut.
The Key Spring 2026 Handbag Trends:
Dabbling in the accessory archives was, by no surprise, a common theme for newcomers: at Balenciaga, Pierpaolo Piccioli updated the Le City bag; Jonathan Anderson reworked the Lady Dior, and Michael Rider brought back Phoebe Philo’s Phantom bag at Celine, complete with curved zips that leant into its “smiley face bag” nickname.
Anderson’s Lady Dior–and the angular top handles he included in his inaugural collection for the house–was one of many new “ladylike” bags to take to the runways. Defined for their slight silhouettes, which riff on 1940s and ’50s purses, with top handles and understated hardware, these styles put a fresh spin on the traditional handbag.
Chain-handled silhouettes emerged as another top handbag trend, spotted across the runways at Chloé, Ferragamo, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Givenchy, and Chanel—a maison, of course, synonymous with chains, which this season even extended beyond handbags and into shirt hemlines via a collaboration with Charvet.
Elsewhere, the idea that good things come in small packages rang especially true at Prada, where drawstring duster pouches in marigold, lilac, and powder pink quietly stole the spotlight. (The green and brown shades proved the most popular during the fashion month, seen on buyer Yumi Shin and Vogue Italia editor Marta Oldrini.) The Milanese label wasn’t alone in incorporating the style: the elegant pouch appeared across the runways at Loewe—in the form of a refreshed Flamenco—as well as at Miu Miu, Celine, and Valentino once again.
As for color, cobalt blue is the hue to know—we saw the shade trend heavily in pouch format during fashion month; fashion insider Ramya Giangola was one of the first to carry Celine’s drawstring purses. (The bold hue is also having a strong ready-to-wear moment on the red carpet, endorsed by Chase Infiniti who wore a voluminous Louis Vuitton gown to the Series Mania Festival in Lille, France and Meryl Streep in a Saint Laurent silk coat dress at a Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in Shanghai, China.)
Source:
www.vogue.com
