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From Lego bricks & birds to celery sticks & coffee cups – why fashion house handbags have completely lost the plot

Published on March 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM

From Lego bricks & birds to celery sticks & coffee cups – why fashion house handbags have completely lost the plot
Kim Kardashian lays in her closet featuring 130 bags for new Balenciaga ads after being announced as the new ambassador

WAS she just popping out for a carton of orange juice?

No, that’s supermodel Gigi Hadid, 29, with a £1,541 Moschino vintage leather handbag.

Gigi Hadid walking in New York City.
Gigi Hadid stepped out with a Moschino vintage leather handbag that looks like a carton of orange juice
Moschino orange juice carton-shaped leather handbag.
The Moschino bag will set you back £1,541
Moschino celery-shaped clutch surrounded by parsley.
Moschino is also selling a £3,730 bag shaped like celery sticks

The accessory is part of the brand’s collection that includes a £3,730 bag shaped like celery sticks and a £995 tote that looks like a baguette.

This isn’t the first time swanky labels have pedalled totes bonkers bags – with prices to match.

Nadia Cohen looks back at some of the others.

JW Anderson

Anya Taylor-Joy at Wimbledon.
Anya Taylor-Joy was pictured cradling a JW Anderson clutch shaped like a canary
Yellow canary-shaped resin clutch bag.
The tiny clutch will set you back £600

THIS canary-shaped bag became the must-have accessory for bird-brained fashionistas last year, despite its £600 price tag.

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy was pictured cradling the tiny JW Anderson clutch at Wimbledon in the summer.

Chanel

Rita Ora leaving a London club, wearing a geometric coat, white boots, and sunglasses.
Rita Ora was a big fan of Chanel’s Lego handbag
Red lucite Lego clutch with silver hardware.
This Lego-like bag will set you back £5,370

IT might look like a child’s lunchbox, but Chanel’s £5,370 Lego handbag was tucked under the arms of all the most stylish people in 2013, including singer Rita Ora, who was spotted out with hers several times.

Anya Hindmarch

Crossbody phone bag with Kellogg's Corn Flakes design.
Anya Hindmarch sold this Corn Flakes bag for £450

Anya Hindmarch made a packet with cereal box bags – like this £450 Corn Flakes design – and retro washing powder styles in 2014.

I tried Kim Kardashian's '$1.7k Balenciaga garbage bag' to see how people responded, they laughed at me on the street

Balenciaga

Blue Balenciaga tote bag.
Balenciaga’s £1,600 ‘Ikea' bag

SEVENTY pence or £1,600?

One is the cost of Ikea’s flimsy blue bag and the other is for Balenciaga’s 2018 version.

White Balenciaga clutch.
This ‘coffee cup' clutch bag from Balenciaga will set you back £4,350

THIS calfskin “coffee cup”; clutch bag from Balenciaga is certainly not like a disposable one – it will set you back £4,350.

Balenciaga Spicy Chili pouch.
Balenciaga's £1,350 leather bag that looked like a crisp pack

IN 2024, Balenciaga launched a £1,350 leather bag that looked like a crisp pack.

We wonder if it comes with a meal deal?

Vasari

Brown paper handbag by Jil Sander.
This brown paper bag by Jill Sander cost £185

AT £185, it is the world’s most expensive brown paper bag.

But this Vasari design – made from coated paper –  sold out in 2012.

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