These 10 ‘East-West’ designs are the perfect everyday bags

What do the Dior Bobby and Fendi’s Peekaboo and have in common besides possessing handsome looks? The answer lies in the way these well-known bags have been stretched into an elongated horizontal silhouette that’s colloquially known as the ‘east-west’.

We first spotted this trend for a leaner look (read: youthful) popping up during the Fall/Winter 2021 season and are happy to report that the ‘east-west’ style is bound to get more popular in the Resort 2022 collections as more brands turn to it to freshen up their repertoire of bags after seasons of the micro trend.

Ahead, our top 10 favourite picks.

Valentino Garavani Loco leather shoulder bag, $3,440, Valentino

Credit: Valentino

1/10

Dior Bobby East-West calfskin shoulder bag, $4,500, Dior

Credit: Dior

2/10

Peekaboo ISeeU Stretch leather bag, $6,250, Fendi

Credit: Fendi

3/10

Jacquemus Le Chiquito Long leather bag, $920, sg.club21global.com

Credit: Club21

4/10

Pochette Twist lambskin shoulder bag, $5,800, Louis Vuitton

Credit: Louis Vuitton

5/10

Weekend Max Mara Kaya leather shoulder bag, price unavailable, Max Mara

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6/10

By Far suede shoulder bag, $1,003, www.ssense.com

Credit: By Far

7/10

Claudette faux leather bag, $75.90, Charles & Keith

Credit: Charles & Keith

8/10

Viv Choc leather shoulder bag, $5,210, Roger Vivier

Credit: Roger Vivier

9/10

Celine by Hedi Slimane Romy calfskin shoulder bag, $3,700, Celine

Credit: Celine

10/10

This article was first published in FEMALE.