Heidi Chanel Classic Flap Replica Medium, Lavender 25cm

Lavender lambskin at 25.5 x 15.5 x 6.5 cm — the medium, in a colour that turns up rarely and dates a bag to a season when it does. Lambskin suits a pale shade like this: the soft grain holds colour more evenly than a pebbled leather, so the lavender reads clean rather than mottled.

• 25.5 x 15.5 x 6.5 cm, medium proportions with a slightly slimmer depth than the caviar version.
• Lavender is a spring and summer colour, and an uncommon one in this line.
• Lambskin's smooth surface carries pale colour evenly — the reason soft shades are usually made in it.
• Silver hardware keeps the palette cool rather than warming it toward pink.

It suits daytime — a lunch, a gallery, a wedding where black would be too severe. Pale lambskin wants a little care about where it is set down, which is the honest trade for the colour. Heidi carries the 25cm medium across lavender, beige, brown, light pink and tri-colour, so the shade can be chosen against the others rather than in isolation.