On the season’s chilliest day yet, our editors got campfire cozy with Saint Laurent’s slouchy new hobo bags. “Le 5 à 7 Supple” is taking us from the stables to the jazz bar, perfectly sized to stuff with berry lippies and flasks of whiskey. We aren’t wishing for summer any time soon.
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MEKALA RAJAGOPAL: Here’s the lineup. I love a slouchy bag like this. The suede is a sensory feast.
JAKE NEVINS: Love suede. What’s it giving to you?
RAJAGOPAL: Besides autumnal baddie?
NEVINS: Autumnal baddie! When I look at the shearling one, I want to put on a turtleneck, which I’m wearing right now. I want to get a Starbucks red cup, like Caitlin Covington, and spend the rest of my days in Vermont.
RAJAGOPAL: Who is that?
NEVINS: She’s the grand dame of Fall.
RAJAGOPAL: I want to sit in a pumpkin patch. I’d wear a poncho with this suede one. Or like, a fur-trimmed shawl. I’m feeling those lately.
NEVINS: You’re feeling ponchos these days?
RAJAGOPAL: Just the restriction of the arms. It’s warm and cozy. It’s giving horse girl. Have you ever been to Assateague Island?
NEVINS: No.
RAJAGOPAL: It’s the wild horse beach island in Maryland. I’m carrying my Assateague beach camping essentials in this bag.
NEVINS: Horses are having a big moment in general—
RAJAGOPAL: In the narcotic world.
NEVINS: And also in the pages of our magazine. Anyway, I like the size of these bags.
RAJAGOPAL: This one can fit a book nicely. And a reusable coffee cup.
NEVINS: Yes.
RAJAGOPAL: What else can we put in here? A hand warmer. A pair of mittens. A few roasted chestnuts.
NEVINS: You could probably fit a flask for those cold winter nights when you’re wearing a suede bag and you just need a little bit of whiskey to warm up your throat.
RAJAGOPAL: Oh wow, I thought you meant a thermos.
NEVINS: No, no, no. A flask of whiskey.
RAJAGOPAL: I’m ordering a pumpkin spice espresso martini while I’m rocking this, obviously. I had one a few weeks ago at Soho Diner. Where in New York are we taking these?
NEVINS: To the Bishop’s Ranch, obviously, to quote Kate Berlant. And I’m to a moody, dimly lit dive bar in downtown Manhattan.
RAJAGOPAL: On a Wednesday night.
NEVINS: Definitely a Wednesday night.
RAJAGOPAL: The black one is classy and restrained. I’d take this to Tomi Jazz, my fave Upper East Side jazz bar.
NEVINS: Saint Laurent always does the hardware well. It’s small, but you can’t miss it. The girls will know who makes your bag, but it’s not pretentious.
RAJAGOPAL: Quiet luxury.
NEVINS: Shhh.
RAJAGOPAL: The shearling one would match perfectly with your Telfar Uggs. The ones I’m wearing, but in the chestnut and white color.
NEVINS: Let’s look inside. Oh, there’s a little pouch.
RAJAGOPAL: It has that real leather smell. This is where you’re stashing your little berry YSL lipstick.
NEVINS: Or my new Aveda chapstick.
RAJAGOPAL: Tinted lip balm.
NEVINS: It’s deceptively capacious.
RAJAGOPAL: This is the vibe we’re moving into post-indie sleaze. We’re starting to give stripes, Polo bear, riding boots.
NEVINS: So you’re saying that these bags are indicative of a general return to comfort and prep?
RAJAGOPAL: Absolutely.
NEVINS: Well, that’s always been my bag. Bring on the vibe shift.
