He can change the look of the bag in a couple of seconds and is able to become one of the main accents of your entire image. Pay attention to this accessory: interchangeable strap for the bag!
How did the trend appear?
Fendi
It all started over three years ago. In the summer of 2015, the fashion press drew attention to the fact that Olivia Palermo appeared in public with a Fendi suitcase bag, to which an unusually bright colorful belt was fastened. The American it-girl, one of the main “influencers” today, by example telling the world what and how it will soon be in fashion, Olivia Palermo and the strap of her bag could not go unnoticed. It turned out that this belt is not part of the bag, but a separate accessory.
Fendi
The assumption that a new trend is coming is soon confirmed. In the fall of that year, the Fendi team announced the release of a new line called Strap You (strap means “strap” or “fasten”). This line consisted entirely of a fundamentally new type of accessories - removable straps for bags. Each of these belts was positioned not by an application to any particular bag, but by a separate accessory of its own character, for example, such as a bracelet or scarf. The public, who was missing interesting and adequate new trends, accepted the novelty with enthusiasm.As a result, interchangeable straps for bags began to appear in the collections of other brands.
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The trend has become a trend
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Today it can be stated that the trend has finally and irrevocably become one. Interchangeable belts can be found at Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, Loewe and Louis Vuitton, Prada and Hermès, Valentino and other brands, including, of course, directly from the legislators of this fashion Fendi. For mass market brands that are sensitive to new trends, for example, Zara or H&M, such belts are more often included in one bag (which does not prevent them from being used for another). A variety of interchangeable belts in the assortment can already be found in the vastness of Aliexpress ... Hand-made masters offering their handmade belts for bags have also “connected” to the trend. Moreover, among those who are really “sick” with fashion and trends, removable belts of luxury brands have become a new fetish, an object of fashionable hunting and collecting.
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Loewe
Furla
Zara bag with interchangeable straps
These belts can be found on Aliexpress.
What is the originality of the trend?
Fendi
The purpose of the new removable belt is not only to hold the bag on your shoulder, freeing your hands, but also to make it special, and the whole image - more interesting. The device of these accessories is nothing new: it is the same belt as before, fastened to the bag, usually with a pair of carbines. (By the way, additional belts for bags, sold separately, could be found among premium brands before that - but they were just belts with a utilitarian function, no more.)
Dior
Feature of the New Belt - in the decor and design. It was originally said that the idea of this accessory was taken from the belts that musicians use for guitars.The guitar straps are removable, while they are wide and durable to hold the instrument securely on the shoulder, often decorated. The first interchangeable straps for bags really resembled guitar ones. Now the range of shapes, sizes and decor of fashionable belts has expanded. You can find both leather and textile belts, both wide and narrow, both soft and hard. flat or bulky. You can wear them one at a time, or fastening them to a bag at once.
Loewe
Bag Strap: Pros
Fendi
What has become the prerequisites for the emergence of this trend is argued differently. There is an opinion that this is an answer to the fact that in recent years, even the most expensive brands have more often produced universal bags without special "identification marks", and such a belt allows you to distinguish any bag from the crowd. Another prerequisite is the popularity of key rings and stickers for bags - these accessories also help to make it unique. Personalization of your handbag, designation of its belonging to you is one of the advantages of this trend.
Loewe
The second plus is the new opportunity to add zest to your image. Even to the most concise bag, you can pick up a bright and unusual strap, guaranteed to attract attention.
The third bonus is that the same bag with different belts can look like another thing. You can change the belt both on occasion and in mood, each time as if finding a slightly new bag.
Among other things, it is funny and interesting: now each of us can, having included our own imagination, in another way to decorate our wardrobe and ourselves.
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