From Hailey to Zoë, Every Chic Celebrity Is Carrying This Winter It Bag

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Though fall technically just started, one specific handbag has already established itself as the season's front-runner, and not just. There really is no competition (at least not yet). Saint Laurent's Le 5 à 7 hobo bag, with its slouchy shape and spacious interior, has been a fan favourite for a few seasons now, constantly showing up on the shoulders of A-listers like Hailey Bieber and Laura Harrier. It wasn't until the French fashion house released a calf-hair version printed with leopard spots that the slouchy yet structured style reached viral status, selling out in record time on Saint Laurent's website. Now, following an impressive showing during Paris Fashion Week, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that fall 2024's first true It bag is here, and its presence in this year's zeitgeist is nowhere near its peak.

Saint Laurent's of-the-moment hobo bag was first spotted on two of its most influential ambassadors, Zoë Kravitz and Hailey Bieber. Bieber carried the bag back in July during the latter stage of her pregnancy, styling it with an equally talked-about leather bomber jacket, black trousers, and her signature '80s earrings for a church service with her husband. With an all-black backdrop, the spotted nature of her purse stood out significantly, leaving fans of the Rhode founder's style to inquire about the anti-quiet bag from the get-go. When Kravitz was seen around the same time at a dinner with Saint Laurent's creative director, Anthony Vaccarello, at Sushi Park in Los Angeles, the leopard-print bag was also in tow.

How Celebrities are Styling their Saint Laurent Leopard Print Bags:

Hailey and Justin Bieber at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills after a church service. Hailey is wearing a leather jacket, black pants, and a Saint Laurent leopard print bag.

On Hailey Bieber: Saint Laurent Bomber Jacket in Lambskin (£5035) and Le 5 à 7 Small YSL Hobo Bag in Leopard-Print Calf Hair (£2290).

Style Notes: I certainly didn't expect to spot Saint Laurent's latest viral handbag at the Italian Grand Prix, but I did, on Alexandra Saint Mleux, a content creator and the girlfriend of Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. Saint Mleux wore the handbag on two occasions during her stay in Monza, showing off its versatile qualities in the F1 paddock. On its debut, she styled the statement accessory with a white crop top and matching knee-length skirt, also adding gold-rim sunglasses and strappy, flat sandals to the mix. Two days later, after wearing a leopard-print coat for Quali day, she paired the bag with a simple, bateau-neck midi dress in black and an alternative pair of flat sandals for a walk in the paddock with the couple's dachshund Leo.

Alexandra Saint Mleux wearing a white crop top and midi skirt with gold sandals and a Saint Laurent Le 5 a 7 leopard print bag during the F1 Gran prix of Italy on August 30, 2024 in Monza, Italy.

On Alexandra Saint Mleux: Saint Laurent Le 5 à 7 Small YSL Hobo Bag in Leopard-Print Calf Hair (£2290).

Alexandra Saint Mleux wearing a black dress and leopard print Saint Laurent Le 5 a 7 hobo bag during the F1 Grand Prix of Italy on September 1, 2024 in Monza, Italy.

Hailey Bieber wearing a leopard print coat and bag with black pants and red sneakers.

On Hailey Bieber: Toteme Pony Hair Coat Leopard (£4110); Saint Laurent Bea Leopard-Print Tote Bag in Calf Hair and Leather (£4120); Adidas Sambas (£90)

Style Notes: With the clearly popular bag selling out, another similar style—the Bea, which is larger and more tote-like but with the same elegant and practical appeal—quickly took its place. The oversize open-top bag, which features the same golden hardware and leopard-printed calf-hair exterior as the Le 5 à 7, was spotted not once, not twice, but three times in late September, first on Bieber, then again on Harrier, and last, on Kate Moss.

Bieber paired her Bea with a matching Toteme leopard-print coat, black trousers, and red Adidas Sambas for a church service with Justin in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Harrier and Moss both debuted theirs in Paris—Harrier at Charles de Gaulle airport, where she was spotted alongside her fiancé, Sam Jarou, sporting the same '80s-style leather Saint Laurent bomber jacket that Bella Hadid and Bieber can't stop wearing as well as black yoga pants, a hoodie, and Adidas sneakers, and Moss outside of the Ritz Paris, styled with a black cashmere sweater, leggings, and knee-high boots.

Laura Harrier arriving at the airport in a brown leather jacket, black hoodie, black yoga pants, and a leopard print Saint Laurent bag.

On Laura Harrier: Saint Laurent Bomber Jacket in Lambskin (£5035) and Bea Leopard-Print Tote Bag in Calf Hair and Leather (£4120).

Kate Moss outside of the Ritz Paris wearing an all black outfit with a leopard print Saint Laurent Bea bag.

On Kate Moss: Saint Laurent Bea Leopard-Print Tote Bag in Calf Hair and Leather (£4120).

Bags aren't the only category that's taken a liking to leopard print. The outerwear, footwear, and skirt categories too have all seen recent success with the anti-quiet pattern, taking cues from iconic dressers who preferred it in the past, like Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Alexa Chung. Ferragamo, Prada, Toteme, and Michael Kors are but a few of the top fashion brands that have joined Saint Laurent in adding leopard into their autumn and winter collections, bringing it to its highest high of the decade.

Celebrate the triumphant return of leopard print (though, for some, it never left) by shopping the few Saint Laurent bags left in stock below. And if not Saint Laurent, I also included plenty of other, just-as-outfit-making designer leopard bags for you to consider.