Understand that many people love dogs, which is why the fashion for handbags, tote bags and purses decorated with a full panel photo of a gorgeous dachshund, poodle, beagle, Yorkie or dalmatian just keeps getting stronger and stronger every year.
There were also some garbage-bag handbags and a clutch that was meant to look like a cardboard takeout container.
What the BAA won't allow: backpacks or "any similar item carried over the shoulder", handbags, suitcases, rolling bags, large hydration systems (eg CamelBaks), any vest that's not a "lightweight running vest", props such as sporting or military equipment, flags bigger than 11in by 17in, and "any item larger than 5in by 15in by 5in".
Accessories included rainforest inspired creations by Maleku Jewelry and chic evening handbags from Bam Bags that are made out of one continuous zipper.
She discerns feng shui influences in the colors that her students wear and the charms that many carry on book bags and handbags.
Colours were dark and moody, but any grunge connotations were offset by touches of luxury: each model wore jewelled earrings, and most carried bowling bag-shaped handbags, many panelled in crocodile.
Eventually, my pre-baguette Fendi, bought 20 years ago at a Paris thrift shop, will be immortalized as No. 370 in Ms. Lecroc's planned book, "A Short Anthology of Bags and Handbags".
Small leather accessories such as beauty bags, small handbags, wallets and passport holders sold well, along with monogrammed scarves, ponchos and dresses, while traditional coats were less in demand owing to mild weather in the UK, Europe and the Americas.
That is certainly true of Ms. Olsen, 22, who's grown up surrounded by fashion, thanks to her older sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley, the famed progenitors of the boho-chic obsession for garbage-bag-size handbags and form-swallowing peasant dresses.
