B.W. COOK -- The Look

What could possibly be more feminine than a handbag? With Cage de

Cartier, the esteemed jeweler shows off its sense of classic style with a

line featuring a tri-toned handle, leather and gold and silver

highlights.

The handle of the Cartier bag is meant to reflect the jeweler’s

distinctive trinity ring of yellow, white and pink gold.

The bags show off curves, pleats, and folding sides. Cartier designers

have screen-printed the leather to add flair and have created a unique

opening system to set this line of handbags apart.

Caroline Jones, the manager of the Cartier boutique at South Coast

Plaza and an Orange County native, welcomed our camera aimed at capturing

Cage de Cartier.

CUTLINES

1. The medium-sized Cage bag, fashioned out of gold-toned leather,

features yellow gold highlights and is part of the classic collection

($990).

2. This Cage model comes in ruby leather with white gold highlights

($990). The classic handbag, shown in medium, also comes in large and

small sizes.

3. This small limited-edition disco bag in black is fashioned out of a

composite fabric with ruby hologram motifs that glint like precious

stones. This $920 creation may be your bag of choice from Cartier.

4. This Cage de Cartier creation is a large-size bag in onyx-toned

leather with white gold highlights. The $1,200 bag has a red lining.

5. Cage de Cartier also offers this limited edition black neoprene bag

made of high-tech composite fabric ($920).

6. A limited edition handbag, this creation is made of chamois satin

and embroidered by Francois Lesage, perhaps France’s most famous

embroiderer. The bag is created using fine gold beads, rare mosaic beads

and threads of flattened gilt metal stitched with rounded threads of

gold. The $3,150 bag is lined with bronze-colored natural lambskin. The

embroidery of each bag takes an estimated 25 hours to complete.