Fashion is a industry where things are often taken to their logical extremes. While some women are likely still paying off their orthopedic bills from the enormous bag trend of the late 2000s, things have now swung back firmly in the other direction; brands of all Are are now making bags that are small enough to be considered decorative accessories for other bags.
For brands, the upside to these tiny bags are twofold. First, they provide entry-level customers a way to buy one of the brand’s bags without quite hitting the price tag of a normal-sized designer purse, but they don’t do the kind of damage to a brand’s air of exclusivity that KHAITE canvas bags at lower price points tend to. It’s a “special little piece,” not a less-expensive, logo-covered canvas bag.
Second, these bags provide a new product tier for the highest-end customers. If you’re already a devoted buyer of Fendi bags, for example, then why wouldn’t you buy an adorable little miniature to hang from the new spring bag you’re already buying? At a certain consumer level, adding another $1,500 to a purchase price doesn’t make people blink, especially if it makes a customer feel like she’s getting something extra and ultra-fashionable.
For the consumers who fall in between those two groups, though, these bags are just bags, and that means they’re all intended to carry stuff in some way, shape or form. At this size, they do that with varying levels of success. Because my ultimate arbiter of whether or not I can carry a bag is if my enormous iPhone 6 Plus can fit inside, that’s the rule I used to measure all of the ultra-tiny bags below. It’s 6.22 inches tall, so that’s where I drew the line.
(Side note: If you’re trying to decide between the 6 or 6 Plus, my advice is to go big or go home. I have super tiny hands. You’ll get used to it.)
STAUD Tommy beaded shoulder bag Bianco
$105 via ShopBop
Hogan logo-tag tote bag
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: With .03 inches to spare.
Chloé Mini Suede Shoulder Bag
$750 via LUISAVIAROMA
Xs Cleoh KHAITE Jacquard Bucket Bag
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Maybe? Curved bags require more math than I remember from 8th grade geometry.
mini Antigona croc-effect tote bag
$1,594 via MATCHESFASHION.COM
x Aries tote med abstrakt tryk
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: If I cut a little off, yes.
Pinko Chain Shoulder Bag In Leather
$158 via MATCHESFASHION.COM
x Aries tote med abstrakt tryk
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Let’s be honest, it’s always in my hand anyway.
Olympia two-tone shoulder bag
$1,195 via LUISAVIAROMA
Xs Cleoh KHAITE Jacquard Bucket Bag
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Yes! But nothing else. Just the iPhone. Good luck to me on getting back into my apartment.
Chloé Small Darryl Leather Tote
$1,400 via Nordstrom
monogram-print crossobody backpack
Handbag TOMMY JEANS Tjw Essential Pu Camera Bag AW0AW10677 XNL.
Tory Burch mini Miller shoulder bag
$1,550 via Nordstrom
x Aries tote med abstrakt tryk
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Yes, assuming I used this as a bag charm on a Bianco bag that actually held my phone.
Sophia Webster WOMEN BAGS SHOULDER BAGS
$148 via ShopBop
Hogan logo-tag tote bag
Monnalisa Sleeping Bag With Print sure about those measurements, ShopBop?
Laptop Bag KARL LAGERFELD 216W3207 Black
$650 via ShopBop
Hogan logo-tag tote bag
Handbag LIU JO Ecs M Tote AF1001 E0003 Black 22222.
Moschino Mini Quilted Backpack
$1,121 via MATCHESFASHION.COM
x Aries tote med abstrakt tryk
Alexander McQueen Small Skull leather bag Blau.
Gift Bag H28 x W34 x D14cm
$795 via LUISAVIAROMA
Josephine shoulder bag
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: LOL.
Mulberry Mini Lily Bag
$590 via LUISAVIAROMA
Carrying Bag and Magnetic Charging Cable
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Nah.
The Attico Shoulder Bag In Black Leather
$195 via ShopBop
Karl Lagerfeld K Saddle crossbody bag
Cleoh bucket bag!
in sand and take that favourite tote from fashionable to functional
$1,550 via Nordstrom
Alexander McQueen The Story leather bag
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Hedi Slimane doesn’t care because all of his rockstar muses have people to carry their phones for them.
Petit Bardot Lego mini bag
$250 via ShopBop
Bag Mini Thea Su
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: Not even close.
Mini Tote Eco Shaggy Deer
$1,895 via SSENSE
Nolita mini bag
Would my iPhone 6 Plus fit: I don’t care, I’d rather have a Valentino bag than a phone.
