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Brand New Bag

The symptoms: oversize shades. A studded hobo. Metallic ballet flats.

The diagnosis: a tendency to buy too-trendy accessories destined to be retired at the end of each season.

The remedy: Kaia Peterka’s new line of cool but not overdone handbags, which will be making their D.C. debut today (with 10 percent off, we might add) at Arlington boutique All About Jane.

The leather purses come in six timeless styles (the boxy Genius, rotund Suspense, roomy Wanderlust, and classic Flirt and Virtue clutches), and in up to eight variations of classic colors and patterns. The Virtue offers additional options in silk stripes and white lace that are sure to make an impression this week — and next year, too.

Heck, you might even want to take two.

Just don’t call us in the morning.


Trunk show, Thursday, 5 to 9 p.m., All About Jane, 2839 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington (703-243-4424). To see styles, go to kaiapeterka.com.