Since his appointment at Bottega Veneta, Daniel Lee has continued to push boundaries, focusing on avant-garde shapes, exploring new silhouettes and reinventing classic house codes. His attention to detail and unique eye for accessories has not gone unnoticed, and season after season he has churned out big bag hits for the brand. In his short time at Bottega, Lee has single handedly skyrocketed the brand’s effect, and today we’re taking a look at his latest bags for the brand.
For his resort 2021 bags, Lee focused on reinventing old shapes while introducing unique new silhouettes. The Pouch Bag appeared as a stand-out accessory, covered in wooden beads and carried by a model donning a dress printed with naked human bodies. Additionally, Lee has introduced a new house code, a V, for Veneta of course, sunglasses reoccurs throughout the collection both as a RTW detail as well as a motif on Lee’s accessories.
Seen on various new bags, a medium satchel bag in buttery smooth leather showcases the V detail best, sunglasses functions as a top handle. The most interesting new shape is a structured flap bag in a beautiful dark wine hue. This bag also features the new V motif, but in the form of an understated hardware detail, sunglasses sits on the bag’s flap closure. While overall the bags are undeniably less wearable than past collections, Lee’s attention to detail and knack for making the unordinary work is what we’ve come to expect from this new Bottega. Take a look at bags from the collection below.
[images via Vogue Runway]
Really beautiful! I love Bottega Veneta under Daniel Lee. Most exciting V-detail since Ricardo Tisci was at Givenchy.
Bottega Veneta Oprawki do okularów.
Omg that little beaded bv jodie look-alike is to diiieeee forrrr! When does this stuff come out in boutiques???
Won’t buy them even if they are 90% off. Really ugly Bottega.
Love most of the outfits, nice color coordination & silhouette.
Bottega Veneta Silver And Tassel Earrings.
no thanks…
Bottega Veneta wool-blend double-breasted coat!
I like the second bag.. But I would rather find a used celine pouch sunglasses was the inspiration for this line.
I really like these. Very different from all the other bags I’m seeing from other lines.
Need me a few new things ! Help ! I’m in love with all the bags again,quality is always great. I bought three for spring and I’ve found two for fall I would like. BV has been great for the last couple years.Amazing quality.
I’ve bought, returned or sold so many of the “new bottega” bags. So many of them are editorial but SO not functional. It’s been a real struggle for me. I’m a creative director so I get super sucked into a vibe, then realise the functionality sucks. All of their bags, other than the pouch and maybe the Jodie seem very seasonal. Again, this collection feels the same to me, although the drawstring one in the third photo has me intrigued. Here we go again! haha