I Could've Sworn These Handbags Cost $1000+, But They're All Under $150
It's pretty hard to trick me when it comes to prices. A perk of shopping for a living is that I can spot the difference between cashmere and a polyester blend from a mile away and find good vintage in a thrift shop with one look at each circular rack.
But even the most highly trained professionals slip up sometimes. More and more lately, I've been spotting handbags that I could swear cost $800, $900, or even $1000+, price-tagged for far less. Affordable brands like JW Pei, Charles & Keith, and Mango have seemingly upped their game in the accessories department, so much so that I've found myself struggling to decipher which bags to mark as a splurge and which are a great deal. Of course, when the latter are in the majority, it's never a bad thing. More handbags for us.
Keep on scrolling for a bevy of under-$150 bags that if I hadn't checked the price and checked it again, I would've vowed that the brands all forgot a zero (and then some).
Coming up, The Incredibly Affordable Handbag Brand Celebrities Can't Get Enough Of
Eliza Huber is an NYC-based senior fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and the intersection of sports and fashion. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 from Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a business degree from the University of Iowa. She's launched two columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, Gracie Abrams, and Sabrina Carpenter; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top runway trends each season. Eliza lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, watching WNBA games, and scouring The RealReal for discounted Prada.
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