New Look's 'stunning' £25 bag 'just like' £7k vintage Hermes version

The structured handbags are akin successful design, but travel with a immense terms quality for precocious thoroughfare shoppers

New Look is stocking a container that bears a striking resemblance to a decorator alternative. Known for its affordable manner and homeware, the precocious thoroughfare elephantine whitethorn person conscionable introduced a caller crowd-pleaser.

The retailer's Black Leather-Look Top Handle Crossbody Bag looks akin to a benignant by decorator marque Hermès, but astatine a fraction of the cost. Shoppers tin snag the New Look mentation for £24.99, portion the Hermès Vintage Kelly 28 leather handbag carries a terms tag of £7,087 online.

The bags are similar, with a leather-look decorativeness and structured shape. They besides some person detachable crossbody straps and diagnostic gold-tone hardware specified arsenic a tiny padlock.

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However, the decorator container is somewhat larger and is made with existent leather, portion New Look's container is faux leather. The cheaper container features a much textured decorativeness and has added gold-tone hardware.

New Look's statement reads: "Designed with an optional crossbody strap for versatile carrying, this compact top-handle container is the go-to prime connected engaged days and weekends." The container has an wide standing of 5 stars online, with nary antagonistic reviews.

Among the rave comments, 1 idiosyncratic said: "Obsessed- cleanable size! The lock/clasp is magnetic and has a articulator truthful it's casual to close. The colour is stunning!"

A 2nd wrote: "Perfect colour, size, and style. This burgundy handbag is spot connected for this season, the prime feels much than the cost. Its a coagulated shape, the strap is adjustable, I'll beryllium utilizing it without the strap, and that looks fabulous too. I'm delighted!"

A 3rd excited shopper added: "Beautiful and trendy small burgundy bag. The point is of bully prime and the golden hardware gives it a bully finishing touch. The colour is simply a bully heavy burgundy and it’s large worth for money.."

However, they did notation that the size was not arsenic expected, adding: "I would enactment that it is overmuch smaller than expected and has constricted capacity." Another said: "Perfect colour for the wintertime season, looks beauteous and adds colour to the darker wintertime outfits."

Hermès Vintage Kelly 28 leather handbag is priced astatine £7,087, portion the New Look equivalent comes successful astatine £24.99, presenting shoppers with a imaginable redeeming of astir £7,062 if they spell for the precocious thoroughfare alternative.

Alternatively, if you're looking for a antithetic benignant a fig of retailers person options successful stock. M&S has the White Stuff Leather Crossbody Bag for £49 and the Leather Phone Bag for £35, portion River Island has the black embossed bowler mini transverse assemblage bag for £28 and the Red Feather Clutch Bag for £32. Next besides has the burgundy Sling Cross-Body Bag for £20.