10 'East-West' Bags You'll Want To Carry Everywhere You Go

Brands go for the "long" approach when it comes to giving their bags an update this season.

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Mad about Valentino Garavani's Loco bag that's coming to stores in January 2022. Credit: Valentino

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

Valentino
1/10

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

Dior
2/10

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

Fendi
3/10

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

Club21
4/10

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

Louis Vuitton
5/10

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

Max Mara
6/10

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

By Far
7/10

Claudette faux leather bag, $75.90, Charles & Keith

Charles & Keith
8/10

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

Roger Vivier
9/10

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

Celine
10/10
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