I really like the Emilio Pucci Bean-shaped hard clutch (left, $1,385), but I can’t look at it without thinking that it’s a knock-off of Elsa Peretti’s bean. I know that similarities like this come up all the time — especially these days when it has almost become all too acceptable for designers to knock each other off — but Peretti’s bean is so iconic and so prevalent that Pucci’s bag almost strikes me as insulting, especially since it’s done in a high-shine metallic. That said the shape is great and given its curvatures it looks like it would be easy to carry despite its hard outer shell. I’m also loving the navy metallic color for fall.
What do you think about this Pucci clutch?