Little wonder
The Lilliputian handbag, a style of petite proportions that is showing no sign of disappearing from the catwalks, has an inherent frivolity. In the era of new extravagance, there’s an allure to flaunting such an impractical accessory, which should ideally hang nonchalantly from the wrist or festoon a finger. We’ve set our sights on a miniscule minaudière, a rigid style that harks back to the vanity cases and cigarette boxes flaunted by Flapper girls during the Roaring Twenties. We particularly like Celine’s bourgeois-inspired take on ostentation. The Parisian maison has swathed the solid silhouette of its minaudière with a tessellation of its Triomphe logo, a motif reintroduced by artistic director Hedi Slimane. The style glints with gold hardware and shuts with a Triomphe-shaped clasp. For everything from chic soirées on Paris’ Right Bank to private views in Manhattan, Celine’s minaudière will hold all your after-hours essentials: lipstick, credit card and keys. But with no space for your phone, we suggest doing away with digital devices. After being stuck to our screens for so long, it’s time our experiences were less URL, more IRL.