A moustachioed Jacob Elordi broke a certain corner of the internet this weekend after sitting on a bunny-shaped bean bag while carrying a red tote with a tiny (leather) dog attached to it. Let’s unpack that for those who weren’t glued to Bottega Veneta’s E.T.
-inspired spring/summer 2025 show. Elordi, who was announced as a brand ambassador in May, chose a tomato-coloured Andiamo carry-all to soup up his speckled cardi and white basics for the presentation. But his roguish Aussie charm (note that ever-so slightly off-kilter neck chain) was overshadowed by the teeny-tiny pet clipped to his intrecciato.
Even seatmate A$AP Rocky’s yet-to-be-launched colour-pop Sardine handbag failed to get a look in (ditto his chicken-shaped couch). Elordi’s “John John” lanyard reflects a rising trend for bag charms across the board. With leather goods prices continuing to climb, despite a recession, keyrings have become the easiest entry point into a luxury label’s world.
(An Andiamo tote, for example, costs upwards of £3,000, but that pretty pooch clip-on retails for under £500.) And while the Saltburn star’s petite accessory looks neat in its singular position, trinkets follow the messy-bag diktat decreed by Miuccia Prada for spring/summer 2024 . The vibe among editors, in particular, is to attach fistfuls of jangling keepsakes to bag handles to show off the spoils of recent adventures (kitsch souvenir merch is king) and to announce your arrival (consider that jangle your .