Top 12 Designer Red Bags That Make Any Outfit Look Expensive and Effortlessly Elegant

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Merlot or mahogany, burgundy or burgundy, wide range of deep red designer bags Rapidly growing in popularity for the fall 2024 season, bags are investment-worthy additions to your carefully curated collection of fashionable bags.

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Far from being a current fad, bold red bags are a timeless staple with the versatility of a neutral-colored carrier and the ability to instantly elevate both a simple, striking black dress or a cool, casual denim-on-denim ensemble. The proof was on the fall 2024 runways: chanel she showed rich red quilted leather chain bags with a pastel, cotton candy-like skirt suit for day and a black leather jumpsuit for night; ferragamo And Drys Van Noten dark bags with artfully designed, red-hued outfits; Louis Vuitton‘s ruby red box bag was held with a furry black glove as the perfect pop of color to an outfit that served up all-black fashion drama; And Ram introduced a new one Times Square Tabby A merlot-colored bag adorned with cheerful New York-themed jewelry is held by a model wearing an oversized pink bow-tie sweater, wearing a black hooded sweater underneath for a refreshingly youthful and effortlessly cool result.

Leonie Hanne wears a red maxi dress, red jacket and burgundy Ferragamo designer bag during the Milan Fashion Week Menswear Spring 2025 fashion show on September 21, 2024 in Milan, Italy.

There are a few key points when tracking the resurgence of this designer deep red bag: fashion Designers have embraced various shades of deep red over the past few seasons. Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski starts adding rich reds to her color hermes These rich reds painted nearly half of the looks in the brand’s spring 2024 collection, ahead of the fall 2022 collection, and continued with an even darker, sexy blood hue in the fall collection. Of course, the famous French fashion house is no stranger to the color red; In 1925, the brand introduced Rouge H, a sophisticated burgundy color that eventually became a coveted colorway for the Kelly and Birkin bag styles (there’s even one dating back to 1954). Costume Institute archives at The Met).

While many designer collections have embraced burgundy red for spring 2024, Sabato De Sarno’s first collection as creative director Gucci A shade that would become synonymous with his time at the Italian fashion label was released: Rosso Ancora, a color inspired by the red elevators at The Savoy hotel in London, where the young Guccio Gucci worked as a doorman and admired the luxurious fashions and leathers of wealthy patrons. products that inspire his own brand. De Sarno’s collection for fall 2024 features monochromatic Rosso Ancora looks and matching bags, while also showcasing earthy brown, olive green and pastel blue colors, as well as the signature red hue. Although this deep red hue now has a recognizable name, one might find it reminiscent of dark red patent leather bags and shoes. Tom Ford’s fall 1995 Gucci collection This ushered in a new golden era for the then-sleepy Italian fashion brand.

Mixing deep red designer bags and couture in a ’70s color palette has become a signature of Matthieu Blazy’s Bottega Veneta since its debut collection for fall 2022. This season, Bottega Veneta showed off a rich red crocodile-embossed envelope clutch that stood out against white and cream outerwear, but no one will forget Blazy’s first Bottega Veneta trompe l’oeil leather look, which elevated the casual concept of a simple white tank top and blue jeans. A wine-coloured Kalimero bag was slung over the model’s shoulder. This reminded us of another important moment in the fashion brand’s history; Lauren Hutton famously carried the deep red Bottega Veneta Intrecciato woven leather clutch in the 1980s movie “American Gigolo.” Hutton would carry the beloved bag once again for the brand’s spring 2017 show celebrating Bottega Veneta’s 50th anniversary.

Lauren Hutton holds the Hutton 1980 red leather bag carried by the actress in the movie “American Gigolo” at the Bottega Veneta Spring 2017 show.

Whether made of lambskin, suede, patent leather or pebbled leather, these dark berry beauties make a bag look more expensive and elegant compared to boring black – and they age like fine wine, too.

Think it’s time to give your black bag a break? Keep scrolling for the best designer red bags you can carry with confidence this season.

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