The stiletto heel handbag will hit the market for $375.

Fashion and beauty

TO Brooke Kato

This design has Sun.

Brooklyn-based brand Syro, known for creating feminine footwear favored by gender-bending celebrities like Lil Nas X, Bowen Young and Sam Smith, introduced a bold stiletto handbag with a 4-inch cast silver heel.

While the heeled handbag hybrid may not be meant for walking, the statement piece, which retails for $375, comes in a roomy size 43, leaving plenty of room for the essentials.

This bold bag is a first for the progressive brand: the likes of Julia Fox have already been seen strolling the streets of New York with one of her own – incidentally, on the same streets where brand co-founder Henry Bae first found inspiration in the shape of a woman with a backpack , made with your own hands from knee-length hairpins.

Available for pre-order in metallic, textured black crocodile-embossed and sleek “country brown”, the calfskin shoulder bag also pays tribute to the transgender community and the Colorado Springs trans woman who fought the Club Q shooter .last year, using her high heels as a weapon.

“That’s when I had a new energy to express the unapologetic femininity and queerness that Shiro has championed from the beginning,” Bay said.

The experience of queer people has long been the brand’s muse. Their mission, they told Vogue, is to use “ct” and “camp” accessories—that is, fabulously eccentric and fashionably exaggerated—as “weapons of mass feminization.”

However, the bag is designed for everyone.

“It will suit anyone and their needs,” Syro co-founder Shaobo Han told Vogue.

And while Syro isn’t necessarily reinventing the wheel—see Balenciaga’s Fall/Winter 22 Le Cagole Boot Bag ($3,250) and the SS24 Luxury Tote, modeled after a pair of high-end galoshes—the brand has managed to make its own version of a boot bag chic. and functional, with a touch of drama.

Thus, the versatile must-have stands in contrast to the avant-garde points of some luxury items, such as the Balenciaga tote with a built-in glove or the trash bag-like carry bag.

“What we’ve done here is combine sophistication and functionality,” Khan said. “It can be an expression of your authentic everyday style rather than a costume, gimmick or special occasion accessory.”