Welcome to our Guide to Quiet Luxury Bags: 10 Understated Bags You Will Love!
If you like understated luxury or the old money aesthetic, you will love quiet luxury! Quiet luxury brands offer products with subtle or no markings. Quiet luxury is not centered around the logo, or showing off wealth and status, instead, it’s all about the beauty, quality, and craftsmanship of the product. Here I’ll show you the best quiet luxury bags, they have amazing design and quality, they are the kind of bags you will be wearing all your life!
So, without further ado here is our Guide to Quiet Luxury Bags:
1. Celine Classic Box Bag
If you are looking for a quiet luxury crossbody bag, the Box is one of the most classic you’ll ever find. The Box bag was launched in 2011 and it was an instant hit! This bag is at the same time contemporary and classic, is the perfect day bag and would probably be one of the most used bags in your collection. As always when it comes to Celine, this bag is crafted with the best materials and incredible craftsmanship. There is even on in lizard skin if you like exotic leathers. This bag has a classic flap style with a structured silhouette and an adjustable strap, that allows you to wear the bag crossbody or over the shoulder. This bag is a Phoebe Philo design but is also modern and fits the new Celine style.
Minimalist, elegant and classic, you cannot do better than the Celine Box!
2. Ferragamo Iconic Top Handle
A timeless and beautiful bag this top handle will be a staple throughout your life! The Gancini is the signature Ferragamo horse shoe logo, it appeared on a handbag for the first time in 1969. Made in Italy from smooth leather, this refined bag is crafted for an elegant silhouette. It opens to a spacious interior with three compartments to make organizing essentials easy. You can attach the shoulder strap to wear it cross-body when running errands.
The Iconic Top Handle bag is a re-release of one of the Ferragamo brand’s best-known styles and it embodies the many facets of the female essence, starting from the wide range of colors and materials available. It’s extremely versatile size makes it the perfect companion for any occasion. Modern, practical and feminine, this elegant compact top handle has become an icon of the maison.
A true symbol of the Ferragamo style, this bag is as unique as the woman who owns it.
3. Hermès Picotin
Some Hermès bags are so well know, I wonder if they can be considered quiet luxury, but the Picotin is an understated style not many people know! Hermès references its origins with the Picotin, whose name is the French word for the measure of feed given to a horse. This Hermès handbag is a popular style thanks to its minimalist, functional design, inspired by horse feed bags. The wide, round shape of the bucket bag allows you to fit all your necessities with ease, and the lock closure provides a sophisticated accent. This Hermès bag comes in soft, grained leather that gives the bag a timeless look or in canvas with leather accents, providing a sportier feel. The Picotin leather comes in a variety of colors with either palladium or gold hardware.
The Picotin is perfect for someone who needs a casual, simple bag for an on-the-go lifestyle. Prices of the Picotin start at around $2,875.
4. DeMellier New York Tote
This eternally chic British brand that is a favorite of the royal family is well know for its classic designs, and this tote is the epitome of quiet luxury! The tote is inspired by the amazing New York City, its energy, architecture and people. Its modern yet timeless silhouette, and subtle luxury finish such as the soft grained leather and the gold belted detail makes it the perfect day bag. The double tubular top handles easily swing over the shoulder or can be looped over the crook of the arm. The base is constructed with triangular folds on each side and enhanced with metal feet. The roomy cotton lined interior features a zip pocket and slip pocket and can easily hold all everyday essentials plus A4 files or a laptop.
This is an amazing everyday bag, you can take it from work to a casual lunch and even to the airport! You will not regret buying this tote!
5. Métier Perriand City Bag
Métier is a luxury leather goods house that enhances the life and work of the modern-day man and woman. Every Métier is handmade in Italy from the highest quality materials. The products are not meant to be discarded or replaced. Instead, they only get better with time. Inspired by French architect Charlotte Perriand who skilfully married elegance and function in her designs, the Perriand group’s signature is its hand-braided handle, crafted by an Florentine artisan.
The city is a bag made for everyday wear, it is perfect both for work and travels!
6. Prada Re-Edition 1995
Prada bags are some of the best quiet luxury pieces you’ll ever find! The brand is known for reinventing classic styles and this bag is one of their latest launch. This handbag, a re-edition of an iconic Prada bag of 1995, was first presented in Prada’s spring/summer 22 collection and is characterized by its elegant geometric silhouette with distinct, minimalist lines. Formal allure and practicality meet in its design with a central zipper closure and three internal compartments, enhanced by the sophisticated accent of the silver screen-printed lettering logo. The accessory is made of fine brushed leather, an expression of the brand’s expertise.
This bag is elegant, minimalist and I’m betting it will be one of the most popular designer bags of spring 23.
7. Polène Numéro Neuf
Polène is a Parisian leather goods brand founded in 2016 by two brothers and a sister. The brand’s collections embody confident and classical designs combined with fluid and graceful curves. The “Numéro Neuf”, organic in style, is the perfect combination of practicality and elegance. Designed in a drape form, the full-grain calfskin gives this unique bag additional texture and softness. Handcrafted by artisans in Spain, the attention to detail and the quality of the craftsmanship sets this bag apart from the rest. This is an amazing alternative to the classic tote bag, I love its unique and contemporary style that will always be chic.
You’ll have trouble finding best quality and style for a lower price point, Polene bags are some of the best in the market and not many people know about them!
8. Saint Laurent Manhattan Bag
Saint Laurent might be best known for their bags with the YSL logo, but they also have amazing quiet luxury options! The ‘Manhattan’ shoulder bag is named after the city that never sleeps, which is why it’s well-suited to styling both night and day. Made in Italy from leather, it has a slender buckled strap securing the flap front and a slip pocket inside for your cardholder and phone. There are versions with and without the top handle, as well as shoulder and crossbody iterations. Its architectural silhouette is free of unnecessary embellishments, it is an elegant bag with a classic style.
A chic and understated Saint Laurent bag this bag is perfect for everyday wear!
9. The Row Half Moon Bag
The Row’s asymmetrical Half Moon bag is a beloved quiet luxury style! The curvy bag was ergonomically designed to sit under the arm without feeling bulky, while fitting all the essentials, becoming an instant classic. While Sophie Turner and Elsa Hosk have been spotted with the white version, Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner have both sported the black iteration.
This minimalist bag is chic and understated and is definitely quiet luxury!
10. Bottega Veneta Arco Tote
Bottega Veneta is an amazing quiet luxury brand, they have amazing quality and are recognizable only for those in the know! Created with the intent of establishing a new language of intrecciato that combines modern sensibility with Bottega Veneta’s iconic craftsmanship, the Arco bag was launched in 2019 and was the first bag designed by Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta. Inspired by the Arco della Pace in Milan, the architecture of the bag itself closely follows the architecture of the iconic location with tubular handles in an arch shape. This bag is neutral, understated, chic and will not go out of style. The bag is made from a new variety of French calfskin bonded with suede in an unlined interior that reveals the complete construction of the bag.
It will fit all you might need and is the most elegant tote bag you’ll ever find!
