Anatomy of a bag

Sonia Rykiel celebrates 50 years with a brilliant cross-body bag

Just in time for the label’s golden anniversary, Sonia Rykiel creative director Julie de Libran has created the Pavé Parisien, inspired by the 1968 student uprisings in the city (also the year Rykiel started her brand). Here’s how the new bag measures up. £785, soniarykiel.com.

6 compartments – including a cardholder, two secret pockets and a flip-lid vanity mirror 1968 was the year of student protests in Paris that inspired the bag 50 years of Sonia Rykiel – it’s the label’s golden anniversary 20 cm is its height 8 choices...