Clasp-Top Bags: Frame Purses That Open With One Motion

A snap you can hear closing

Clasp-top bags have a metal frame across the top, so they open in one motion and shut with a firm click. I like that the rigid mouth holds its shape when the bag is half empty, from Coach to Vivienne Westwood.

Jet clasp-detail leather shoulder bag

Coach

$352

Vivienne Westwood - Burgundy & White Granny Frame Bag

Vivienne Westwood

$370

Granny Frame Purse

Vivienne Westwood

$330

Goldie Cloud Faux Fur Frame Clutch

Michael Kors

$399.5

clasp-pocket leather shoulder bag

Y's

$531

clasp-detail leather shoulder bag

Loulou

$642

detachable-strap clasp bag

Comme Des Garçons

$668

Maddox Pearly Frame Clutch

SIMKHAI

$695

fold-over clasp purse

Ferragamo

$750

Swipe oval-frame zip shoulder bag

Coperni

$895

Clasp-Top Bags: Frame Purses That Open With One Motion

A snap you can hear closing

Jet clasp-detail leather shoulder bag

Coach

$352

Vivienne Westwood - Burgundy & White Granny Frame Bag

Vivienne Westwood

$370

Granny Frame Purse

Vivienne Westwood

$330

Goldie Cloud Faux Fur Frame Clutch

Michael Kors

$399.5

clasp-pocket leather shoulder bag

Y's

$531

clasp-detail leather shoulder bag

Loulou

$642

detachable-strap clasp bag

Comme Des Garçons

$668

Maddox Pearly Frame Clutch

SIMKHAI

$695

fold-over clasp purse

Ferragamo

$750

Swipe oval-frame zip shoulder bag

Coperni

$895

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