The Top Handle Bag

Two versions of this structured, narrower-on-top, broader-at-the-bottom number are available: updated old-school (briefcase meets handbag) and updated for now.

Portrait of Tammy Strobel

Two versions of this structured, narrower-on-top, broader-at-the-bottom number are available: updated old-school (briefcase meets handbag) and updated for now.

My Reading Room

From far left: Dioraddict calfskin (price unavailable) from Christian Dior. Queen Margaret leather and bamboo, $5,020, from Gucci.

My Reading Room

1. Miu Click goat leather, $2,770, from Miu Miu.

2. Iside leather, $4,210, from Gucci.

(From left: 1, 2)

My Reading Room

3. Bathurst Mini Satchel Flip silk calf leather (price unavailable) from Anya Hindmarch.

4. Leather (price unavailable) from Kate Spade.

(From left: 3, 4)