Kenneth Jay Lane Worth Avenue Clutch | Luxury Patent Leather Evening Shoulderbag

Posted on: Aug 1

All experienced handbag fans will know that to purchase a purse with an original and unique design, you have to spend a reasonable amount of money. After all, even if you do manage to get a bargain piece with high style levels, it will likely have broken by the time the next party season rocks around.

This glossy black patent clutch from Kenneth Jay Lane features just the sort of unexpected, quirky and utterly desirable shape that handbag shoppers spend so much time search for.

In a strangely teardrop silhouette with a flat and blunt top, this evening bag with its long strap catches attention easily. It isn't jam-packed it with features either (so no multiple outer pockets, I am afraid), so the good looks are down to the flat black leather and nothing else. It is nice to see someone who doesn't try and overload their product with bits and pieces, instead leaving the artwork to speak for itself.

That said, the wonderful clean elegant lines of this compact purse are spoilt somewhat when using the optional cross body shoulder strap, which clings the design to your body and looks rather strange. Functional, perhaps, but I wouldn't choose to use this feature. Instead, I would keep it as a clutch, holding onto the retro flat handles and letting the diamante clasp do the introductions for me. This is great, as long as people don't look to close and realize that, oddly, the clasp is shaped like a little animal!