Online - January 07, 2004

Classics 101

Patina's Leather Accessories

Here today, gone tomorrow. Your LV Murakami knockoff fell apart after three weeks. Those fancy white go-go boots looked great in the store and, unfortunately, nowhere else.

About ready for something more classic?

Patina’s small leather accessories are almost too pretty to be practical. Wallets, key chains, checkbook covers (who writes those anymore?), brag books, and tape measures are available in sweet pastels (blue, pink, orange), as well as basic browns, blacks, and reds (very nice in the croc-embossed calf). The collections are named after Venice and the Renaissance.

You know, those timeless style standbys that won’t go out of fashion just because Cameron and Gwyneth aren’t into them anymore.

Available online at patinaweb.com.