Hermes mini bags, measuring about 6 x 3.5 inches. Available at Hermes boutiques in miniaturized versions of ”Kelly” and “Birkin,” in a variety of spring colors. Via.

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Valentine’s Day is like a national holiday for MiuMiu, somehow it just suits the brand’s sensibilities. It includes bags, earrings, bracelets and is available at various and sundry Miu Miu boutiques and the web site

We showed the capsule collection of shoes yesterday celebrating Christian Louboutin’s 20 years in the business, and today we bring you the bags, highlighted by the “Pill-Popper” shown above. Because where would we be after all without Mommy’s lil’ helpers?

Not big on holidays much less products with themes related to them, but this collection by Prada stands on its own and is covet-worthy with or without the Valentine’s Day name attached to it.

See a couple of key chains and an i-pad case on the next page.

Coinciding with artist Yayoi Kusama’s retrospective at  Tate Modern Museum in London in February which will then move to the New York’s Whitney Museum in July, a collaboration between the Japanese artist and Louis Vuitton is set to debut with the New York show. While no official images of the collaboration have been made available, the above image of  Marc Jacobs (pre-studliness) holding an LVMH bag customized and signed by Kusama, dating from 2006, perhaps can be seen  as a precursor of what we can expect. Lots of artsy polka dots! More images on the flip.Images via Tokyodandy.

In celebration of the re-opening of its store in the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Chanel is offeirng an exclusive set of bags exclusive to the location. Note the dice! See four more styles at Purseblog.

This image was grabbed from the Target ad we posted earlier. It’s looking at this point bags will be the highlight of the collection.

More Prada luv, hardly a new perspective in the fashion world as it relates to the brand’s Spring 2012 offerings. This time it’s a “Black Lip” shoulder bag, via Neiman’s priced at $1670.

While we love a good handbag, a sleek backpack with minimal design elements and slick colorways wins our hearts everytime. Herschel Supply Co’s latest  striped collection is a darling. Spotted at Project NY.

The above banner ads were recently shot in Beijing, China. As part of my “other” job, I had a Skype convo with the person who sent them and discovered that no one there has even half a clue about Gwyneth much less anything Goop related. Check it out:

HS: hey, in those coach images, is that Gwyneth Paltrow?
Beijing: Yes , that’s her
HS: do people know who she is?
Beijing: no
HS: lol that is so funny
Beijing: it is enough as long as people know it is Coach
HS: why do you think Coach used her? because of her looks?
Beijing: I don’t know her very well, but I like her, she is pretty, she looks like a women from uper east side of New York. Chinese people like western face,
HS: that’s what i thought, funny
HS: and she is an uptown girl too
Beijing: Bingo

So now we get a clearer view on why Coach may have chosen her to front its international campaign, which by the way, is focused most intently in China.