Donna Aléssia Primavera Handbag

A 32 cm satchel that moves between hand and shoulder

It measures 32 cm across and 22 cm high, and the 11 cm gusset keeps it standing instead of folding shut. The off-white top handle is riveted to two charcoal tabs, each one ending in a ring. Slip a hand through and the bag settles against the hip. For a fuller idea of the shapes filed alongside it, look through the other flap-front bags on this shelf.

The 18 cm handle drop, and what it clears

The handle arch measures 18 cm from base to top, enough for a wrist and a forearm, and it holds the bag at hip height as you walk. The charcoal strap answers the rest: it clips onto the side rings by swivel hooks, and unhooking them takes it off. The same bag becomes a crossbody without gaining a centimetre. If you wear a bag that way most days, see models that arrive with the strap already fitted.

How the turn-lock flap keeps this handbag shut

A silver oval turn-lock sits at the centre of the flap and swivels a quarter turn to release it. Either side of it, two charcoal straps run through pale metal buckles and lie flat on the body, picking up the line of the handle tabs above. Round silver studs march down both side edges, following the full height of the gusset.

One zipped divider, two open halves

The lining is a pale beige textile. A zipped centre pocket rises to the top edge and separates the interior into a front half and a back half, both of them open. A flat slip pocket is stitched to one wall. Under the flap the blue returns, matt this time. Everything inside stays soft, so the bag takes the shape of whatever goes in it.

Where the silver stops and the anise green begins

Front on, the bag reads as two colours: pastel blue above, silver below. Turn it and a band of anise green appears along the gusset, while the whole back panel is beige. Four colours in all, kept to their own panels rather than blended, which is what leaves the front so quiet.

Measurements and fittings, listed