October 31, 2005

Bag of Tricks

Anna Corinna

Not in the mood to dress up for Halloween this year? No prob. Cheating is a breeze.

You and your BFF can go as each other. (You two dress the same anyway.) Or you can tell everyone you’re going as someone who’s going as you. Or just say that you’re your own nonexistent twin.

But the one article that’s irrefutably important is a bag for all the loot you scoop along the way.

Why make do with a pillowcase when you could use one of Anna Corinna’s slouchy shoulder bags? After ten years of finding, buying, and selling vintage, Corinna (whose name you may recognize from NYC’s Foley + Corinna boutique) has produced a line of bags that mixes her Eastside sensibility with her love of the ’60s and ’70s.

Her two debut styles are made of soft, sturdy, weathered leather and come in basic black, white, butterscotch, or tobacco.  Both are roomy and perfect for toting around your daily accessories or cramming full of candy for one night.

And if anyone questions you, just tell them your bag is really a plastic pumpkin masquerading as a fine leather satchel.

Available at Fred Segal Trend, 500 Broadway, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, Santa Monica (310-394-7535); Satine, 8117 West Third Street, between Kilkea Drive and Crescent Heights Boulevard (323-655-2142); Madison, 8115 Melrose, between Kilkea Drive and Crescent Heights Boulevard, West Hollywood (323-651-4003).