The designer Sandy Liang, who included a bow-embellished, oblong-shaped bag in her fall 2024 collection, said its form reminded her of a pencil case.“If I was a little kid drawing a purse, this ...

In April, I wrote a story that observed the rise of slimline, pencil case-like bags (“chocolate bar” bags, if you will). In the months since, Alaïa’s Le Teckel – which means “Dachshund” in French, and ...