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With its shiny double-G logo and teasing tassel, this snakeskin bag from the gods at Gucci is so tempting it should be forbidden. You'll have to be very good—or bad—to get it.
Lowdown: Patchwork stone and purple python with bits of crocodile.
Price: A squeeze at $8550
At: Gucci, 685 Ffith Avenue, 212-826-2600, 800-234-8224
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You'll be stepping back to the future when you strap on these sparkly, Barbarella-worthy "Octave" platform boots from Sonia Rykiel. You won't want to—and possibly can't—take them off.
Lowdown: Bronze, multi-strap, kid leather
Price: $1130
At: Sonia Rykiel, 849 Madison Avenue, 212-396-3060; The Heritage on the Garden, 280 Boylston Street, Boston, 617-426-2033
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Issey Miyake designer Naoki Takizawa gets under your skin with this leather bodice inspired by the tattoos of indigenous cultures. The tribe has spoken.
Lowdown: 100% leather; brass-studded straps; open back; made by heat-molding on a mannequin.
Price: $995
At: tribeca Issey Miyake, 119 Hudson Street, 212-226-0100
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Why lace up any pair of Converse high-tops when you can slip into these sporty, Vans-style sneakers from Maison Martin Margiela? Who knew trompe l'oeil could be such a time-saver?
Lowdown: Women's; leather; from the #6 line; complements similarly tricky ballet shoes.
Price: $265
At: Space Mercer, 115 Mercer Street, 212-730-2266; Martin Margiela, 803 Greenwich Street, 212-989-7612
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Except for a couple of fangs, Count Dracula will have nothing on you when you lug around this bat-like men's bag from Maurizio Amadei. Garlic not included.
Lowdown: Uneven and unlined; made of one large piece of black leather without a seam; German silver hardware for extra patina and spook; Amadei formerly worked at Carpe Diem—this is first solo season.
Price: $2000
At: Atelier New York, 125 Crosby Street, 212-941-8435
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If Rad Hourani were writing this blurb, it would be over already. That's because, for the soon-to-explode French-Canadian designer, it's all about extreme minimalism. Thus, the concept behind this one-size-fits-all, unisex, sleeveless T-shirt—printed with the dates and times of a calendar—is that it can be worn by anyone, anytime.
Shoptart
You might think, given his collaboration with leather-goods house Schott, that Jeremy Scott is going butch. After all, Schott created the biker jackets worn by Marlon Brando and James Dean. But no, that manly legacy is given a swishy twist, like this rococo tea print of treasure trolls in pastoral repose. Also this month: Marni, Stella McCartney, Tom Binns and more.
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