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Raffia Bags

Raffia is a bag, not a personality. One woven piece. Leather sandal.

Raffia Bags — the ESVRA Fashion edit
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Raffia is a bag, not a personality. One woven piece. Leather sandal. The live edit is built from —. That is the only reason these pieces sit in one file. It is not a reason to wear three of them in one look.

Fashion keeps selling a whole look. This page is the opposite: one piece that can stand next to navy, a jean that still looks like a jean, a shoe you can walk in. The rest of the wardrobe should already exist.

The mistake is treating the theme as a personality. Every piece from the same story, the same colour, the same texture, as if the reader needed a costume to understand the edit. One piece. Then stop. Repeat it until it looks like yours.

Buy the investment if you will wear it more than three times. Buy the quieter price if the cut is still a house. Do not buy both in the same week because the photograph was good.

The test is Tuesday. If it only works in a caption, it is not a classic and it is not quiet and it is not worth the money. If you took the trend word off the page, would the cut still be worth it. That is the only question this edit is for.

Mine is the Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Embroidered Raffia Tote, black with a dress that is not also woven. That is the whole rule.

Wear it with what you already own. That is how an edit stays editorial instead of becoming a catalogue dump.

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✦ From the Editor

Mine is the x Paula's Ibiza Embroidered Raffia Tote, black with a dress that is not also woven.— K.W., Editor-in-Chief

✦ How to Wear It
The day

One piece from the edit. The rest already in the wardrobe.

The evening

The same piece. Less jewellery. A walkable shoe.

The city

Jacket on in the car. Off when the piece is ready.

Leave it

The whole look performing at once. That is a costume.

✦ If You Only Buy One
The one
The raffia you would carry in town.
The investment
The house weave — Loewe instinct or the sharpest straw.
The quieter price
A named bag, not a market stall.
The Basket & Bucket
Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Eclipse Basket medium raffia tote, yellow

x Paula's Ibiza Eclipse Basket medium raffia tote, yellow. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Basket Bag — the iconic woven silhouette

x Paula's Ibiza Basket Bag — the iconic woven silhouette. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Missoni Small striped leather-trimmed raffia bucket bag, neutrals

Small striped leather-trimmed raffia bucket bag, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Loewe Raffia bucket bag — a quiet classic from a past season

Raffia bucket bag — a quiet classic from a past season. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Paula's Ibiza
x Paula's Ibiza Embroidered Raffia Tote, black

x Paula's Ibiza Embroidered Raffia Tote, black. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Braid Medium leather-trimmed raffia tote, green

x Paula's Ibiza Braid Medium leather-trimmed raffia tote, green. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Punch Hole small leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals

x Paula's Ibiza Punch Hole small leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Raffia Tote
The Row Loretta leather-and-webbing-trimmed raffia tote, brown

Loretta leather-and-webbing-trimmed raffia tote, brown. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Row Lori canvas-trimmed raffia tote, black

Lori canvas-trimmed raffia tote, black. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Saint Laurent Icare Maxi leather-trimmed raffia tote, black

Icare Maxi leather-trimmed raffia tote, black. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Chloé Woody Large leather-trimmed raffia tote, white

Woody Large leather-trimmed raffia tote, white. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Bottega Veneta Andiamo Small leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals

Andiamo Small leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Bottega Veneta Wallace Small striped leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals

Wallace Small striped leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Givenchy Facet embroidered leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals

Facet embroidered leather-trimmed raffia tote, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Rabanne 1969 leather-trimmed chainmail-embellished raffia tote, neutrals

1969 leather-trimmed chainmail-embellished raffia tote, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Isabel Marant Bayia leather-trimmed raffia tote, black

Bayia leather-trimmed raffia tote, black. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Jacquemus Le Spiaggia Coeur embellished raffia tote, black

Le Spiaggia Coeur embellished raffia tote, black. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Row Barn Mini leather-trimmed woven raffia tote, black

Barn Mini leather-trimmed woven raffia tote, black. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Shoulder Bag
Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Pescador leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, neutrals

x Paula's Ibiza Pescador leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Loewe x Paula's Ibiza Ola embellished leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, blue

x Paula's Ibiza Ola embellished leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, blue. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Saint Laurent Niki Medium leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, brown

Niki Medium leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, brown. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Saint Laurent Gaby Mini leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, neutrals

Gaby Mini leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Saint Laurent Cassandre leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, neutrals

Cassandre leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Chloé Marcie leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, brown

Marcie leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, brown. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Chloé Embroidered raffia shoulder bag, neutrals

Embroidered raffia shoulder bag, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Chloé Logo-embroidered raffia shoulder bag, green

Logo-embroidered raffia shoulder bag, green. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

Etro Pony Medium leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, brown

Pony Medium leather-trimmed raffia shoulder bag, brown. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Clutch & Pouch
Bottega Veneta Concert Intrecciato leather and raffia pouch, neutrals

Concert Intrecciato leather and raffia pouch, neutrals. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.

Saint Laurent Uptown leather-trimmed raffia pouch, neutrals

Uptown leather-trimmed raffia pouch, neutrals. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.

Givenchy Logo raffia clutch, neutrals

Logo raffia clutch, neutrals. The bag. Nothing else woven or logo-loud the same day.

The Houses

The Designers in this Edit

Loewe The Row Saint Laurent Chloé Bottega Veneta Givenchy Rabanne Isabel Marant Jacquemus Etro Missoni