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Byline: --JANE HERMAN
An under-the-radar carryall keeps everything in its right place.
Of all the handbags I own--a Miu Miu, a Mulberry, and a Chloe among them--my Dunlin Lafayette gets some of the best attention: casual compliments from men, excited inquiries from women. What is that white leather bag? It has genderless hardware and a clean, very organized design. It has long, shoulder-ready straps, an expandable central pouch, and mini pockets for all of my mini essentials--key ring (Bottega Veneta), lip gloss (Korner's Just Delight), notebook (Hermes), and perfume (Lisa Hoffman's French Clary Sage variations). That it's unisex, too, adds even greater intrigue to its stoic anonymity. What fun it's been carrying all of my little labels in a bag that's sufficiently free of one.
Designers Ramana Goldstein and Shiho Nagashima quietly launched Dunlin, named after the shore bird, almost two years ago. The Lafayette, which has since become a hot topic on Brooklyn blogs, was the first and also comes ...