Traffic Stopping Prada Handbags

I’ve talked about resort collection handbags here and most of them have been pretty tame in colour and material. Never really veering towards too loud or obnoxious. However, Prada has decided to go to the other side of the spectrum with these two bright and colourful handbags from their resort collection. It begs the question, “What were they thinking?”

Images: Bergdorf Goodman

As you can see, the Prada Saffiano Fori Shoulder Bag ($1295) and the Saffiano Fori Boston Bag (pre-order, $1650) are bright. Neon bright, even. I do respect the design aspect of these bags. It has a South Beach, Miami feel to it don’t you think? But, I don’t think many people would care to tote these around, at least not for longer than one season.

For the Saffiano Fori Shoulder bag, you have a choice between the black/pink/yellow as shown or a light-blue/black/white calf leather version. The blue version is much tamer than the pink and yellow but it is still quite different.  The the Saffiano Fori Boston Bag is only available in the orange/pink/brown combination and compared to the shoulder bag, I feel this one would be the better choice out of the two.

I have to say though, the perforated calf leather does remind me of Louis Vuitton’s perforated line a few years back.  Now don’t get me wrong, Prada is a fine handbag company but sometimes they teeter on the verge of copying. After all the Boston bag does look similar to the Speedy.

If you love these two resort collection handbags from Prada, you can order them now at the Bergdorf Goodman website.