Samia and I made a visit to Yana Handbags headquarters in SoHo yesterday to chat up the desiger and to see what she has in the works. Chicago-born and FIT-schooled Yana has been in the bag business for a minute, but it was the launch of her Keepin It Real fanny pac bag that upped her buzz ampage big time. The lambskin bag’s standout feature is Yana’s signature doorknocker earring (and don’t any of you try and steal it either because I WILL call you out on that ish!), a custom designed, gold-plated piece of hardware, which is featured on a couple of other bags as well.

Keepin' it oh so real!!! This is the line's most popular color.

The slobbering over Marc continues with the presentation of his Marc by Marc Jacobs line. As spectacular as his Marc Jacobs collection was, it’s not surprising that his MJ by MJ collection was a tad lackluster in comparison. But even if the overall show was a bit blase, there were the usual covetable accesories. The belt featured here? All I can say is, wow. A fanny pac that’s not actually a fanny pac. I’ve been waiting for this and Marc has finally delivered it. In purple and orange no less.

Image from Style.com. Click to the right to see the rest of the outfit.