January 31, 2007

Baby’s Got Bag

Lisa Kingsley Handbags

You cram your daily necessities into a Yak Pak the way a gastric bypass patient attempts competitive eating: gingerly.

Ease your woes with Lisa Kingsley’s premiere handbag collection, launching tomorrow.

Handcrafted from genuine South African ostrich, python, cobra, and tumbled calf, the bags are designed for spirited adventurists. Satchels, clutches, totes, and accordions are detailed with braiding, and each comes with a brushed brass hand holding the world.

The fresh yet subtle color palette is inspired by dusty pastels from the colonial towns of Mexico (Kinglsey’s a fan); the bags’ names are drawn from the streets of Chicago (she’s a native). This month’s featured bag is the Schiller Satchel, which you can tote along with your Fulton Cardholder on your next journey or jaunt about town. Each month, a new bag will be released, gradually introducing the line throughout the year.

Kingsley, also a stylist/personal shopper (and workaholic), is itching to help you update your look.

Start by ditching that Yak Pak.

Available at Neapolitan, 715 Elm Street, between Green Bay and Sheridan Roads, Winnetka (847-441-7784); online at kingsleyhandbags.com. For personal shopping/stylist inquiries, e-mail style@kingsleyprojects.com.