Heidi Chanel Classic Flap Replica Mini, Pink Lambskin

Lambskin at mini scale — 20 x 12.5 x 6.5 cm in pink with silver hardware. Lambskin is the softer of the two leathers the Classic Flap is made in, and at this size that softness shows most: the quilting sits plump and rounded rather than sharp-edged.

• 20 x 12.5 x 6.5 cm, the mini, sized for essentials rather than a day's carry.
• Lambskin gives a rounder, softer quilt than caviar's pebbled grain does.
• Pink with silver hardware keeps the whole thing light rather than warming it the way gold would.
• 6.5cm depth still takes a phone, cards and a lipstick.

A pink mini is an evening bag and a summer bag — worn against linen, against a plain dress, anywhere the outfit is quiet enough to let it lead. Lambskin does ask to be kept off rough surfaces, which is the trade for how it looks. Heidi stocks the mini in lambskin and caviar both, and that choice matters more than the colour if it will be worn often.