Blue Structured Tote Bag

Sourced from a private seller in the back-streets of Paris's Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the kind of address you don't get the second time without a referral. A Coach Alexandra carryall — the structured, winged-tote silhouette the house quietly perfected at the turn of the 2010s.

The pebbled calfskin is in a deep, almost ink-blue cobalt that photographs differently in every light — flatter and more navy in shadow, electric and saturated in the sun. The shape stands on its own, the dual top handles sit cleanly, and the polished nickel name plates and feet are completely unmarked.

This is the kind of bag that quietly does everything a tote should — fits a laptop, doesn't lose its shape, and looks more expensive than it is. A working bag with a serious silhouette, in a colour that almost never survives this clean.