Tiffany & Co. to launch Handbag Collection

Of course they are. It seems that every high end label, from Vera Wang wedding dress designer to now Tiffany & Co. jewelry store, jumps on the high-end handbag wagon. Tiffany & Co. hired Richard Lambertson and John Truex, former owners of the luxe handbag company that bore their respective last names that went out of business last year, to create a designer handbag collection. The “Tiffany Leather Goods” collection, which launches in September, will draw inspiration from jewelry and gemstones according to a Tiffany & Co. press release.

The bag shown here is called the Laurelton; fashioned in lizard, the frame bag retails for $4,800 and is lined in Tiffany’s signature robin’s-egg blue.

Expect a palette in jewel tones like garnet and pearl and bracelet and necklace designs for chain handles on evening bags. They recreated a crystal-bow brooch into a clutch and used the classic six-prong engagement-ring setting as the basis for an innovative twist-lock clasp. Very clever!