Like the Most Luxe Pineapple of All-Time, But Even Juicier: Bottega Veneta’s Knot Intrecciato Velvet/Pitone Clutch. Every little girl with an imagination (and an active fashion sense) dreams of being able to carry around her precious stickers, barrettes, and other accessories in a giant piece of fruit. The fruit could be an apple, a plum, a pear. But the sumptuousness and juiciness of fruit – its ornamentation and colors – really appeals on a primal level.
Perhaps that’s why so many women are drawn to Bottega Veneta’s Knot Intrecciato Velvet/Pitone clutch. At first inspection, the clutch looks like a plush pineapple or a more exotic tropical fruit. The bag boasts woven velvet, a leather-lined interior, and python trim. It is Italian made (of course!). It comes in Fire Opel (like a shimmering orangish color), and it measures in petitely at 5 inches x 7 inches x 2.5 inches. The python trim is decidedly understated – a purposeful design choice, one that separates clutches like this from other “lower caste” bags.
So what else separates this bag from “the pack”? Is it merely the understatement of the python trim? Is it the almost sinfully plush tactile interior or woven velvet texture? Is it the color itself, a color that hints at the most extravagant essence of peach, orange and Monopoly money? Is it the precision of the stitch work? Is it a synthesis of all the different design elements? Is it all or none of the above?
At the end of the day, who knows? In a way, these questions are irrelevant. No single brush stroke made the Mona Lisa “the Mona Lisa” and no tap of the chisel made the statue of David, “the statue of David.” You get the gist. Click the green link to indulge.
A Few Goody Gumdrops wishes to thank Adam Kosloff, our West Coast contributing editor for his juicy take on the Bottega Knot Clutch!
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