The Thai actress, model and singer Freen Sarocha with a Saint Laurent Bea bag in Light Musk. Photograph courtesy of Saint Laurent. When the designer Anthony Vaccarello joined Yves Saint Laurent as creative director in 2016, he brought his signature aesthetic to the half-century-old, billion-dollar French fashion house. His “simple clothes, but with a sexy effect”, as Donatella Versace described them, have been admired and adored by women the world over. The designer’s latest It bag for the brand, Bea, is no different. Designed in the Saint Laurent atelier, a 17th-century hôtel particulier (grand townhouse) on Paris’s Left Bank, Bea has already been spotted at large, slung across the shoulders of It girls including Hailey Bieber, Zoë Kravitz and the singer Rosé.
It’s easy to see why. Crafted from soft deerskin leather and available in black, Light Musk and Blanc Vintage colourways, Bea features a leather tab closure and Saint Laurent’s signature Cassandre logo in light bronze. A large tote, measuring 50cm x 28cm x 18cm with a 28cm strap drop, the bag has been lined in tonal suede, making it soft and supple. An inner zip pocket and inner ties enable the sides to be collapsed or expanded as desired, adapting to whatever the day requires. It is, in a nutshell, simple but sexy. $4,860, ysl.com.
