24 Summer Bags That Will Level Up Your Warm-Weather Outfits

We've said it countless times, but it still bears repeating: Accessories, such as sunglasses, jewelry, shoes, and bags, have the power to take an outfit from zero to 100 in mere seconds, effortlessly. That's right. Swiftly and easily, it's possible to jazz up a look with a cool pair of thick-framed aviators or add an enchanting pop of color to a simple, neutral outfit with a bright-hued purse. That being said, summer is just about the best time to freshen up your stock of accouterments, when the season's juiciest colors are on full display.

As you tackle the seasonal accessory refresh, we thought we'd help out a bit by highlighting all the best summer bags we've been itching to add to our own personal collection. These handbags are not only favorites of fashion girls around the globe, but they're also useful sartorial shortcuts to leveling up an outfit in two seconds flat. From tiny and colorful hands-free styles to rattan and straw warm-weather essentials, read on to see our handbag MVPs of the summer.

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Fashion Market Editor

Indya Brown is a fashion editor, stylist, and writer living in Los Angeles. While going to school at Columbia University in New York City, she got her feet wet in the fashion industry interning at Elle magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and New York magazine's The Cut. After graduating in 2016, she joined The Cut as a fashion assistant, eventually working her way up to fashion editor. There, she worked on a multitude of projects, including styling inbook feature stories for New York magazine's print issue, writing and pitching market stories for The Cut, and serving as fashion lead for The Cut's branded content. While New York has been her home for over 10 years, she moved to Los Angeles in the midst of the pandemic in 2020 for a new chapter. Now she is a fashion market editor forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing , focusing on emerging designers, rising trends on and off the internet, interior design, and BIPOC creatives and brands. Aside from her duties as a fashion market editor, Brown is also a freelance stylist and writer, working on national print and video commercial campaigns for Sephora, The Independent, and Cadillac. Her bylines also include Harper's Bazaar, Vox, and The New York Times. But once the computer goes down and the emails turn off, she's likely eating her way through Koreatown, hunting down vintage furniture, scoping out new outrageous nail designs to try, or taking a hot cycling class.