Bag Whore: Givenchy Antigona

The Givenchy Antigona is everywhere. And everything.

I have this theory that the Givenchy house makes some of the best handbags in the industry. The house simply doesn’t receive enough credit. While they aren’t necessarily the easiest to spot in a crowd of louder bags, Givenchy handbags hold their own: they’re easily discernable and iconic to the trained eye. An “it” bag, so to speak, but not of the moment. Each model possesses qualities of utter timelessness and versatility—a guarantee to last a lifetime for whomever. She can be a woman in her twenties, or one in her fifties. She can be the classic femme who pairs her Givenchy with a knee-length, floral pencil dress, or a girl who lives in leather jackets and The Great Frog jewelry. Let the woman who wears the bag determines what the bag is and represents.

There was the Nightingale and Pandora, and now the Antigona. Three bags so different, yet so similar; all are practical and understatedly chic, but changes in structure are what give each their nuances. All functional—roomy, well-constructed—and classic  with just enough architecture, but the perfect amount of slouch.

I pined for the Nightingale, and dreamt of the Pandora. And now I lust after the Antigona. My heart can only handle so much unrequited love before it breaks—the next of Givenchy’s creations just might be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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Givenchy Antigona Satchel, available at Bergdorf’s

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