We had to know, on some level, that there would be a ceiling to the bag charms trend. One can only walk around looking like they robbed a Canal Street souvenir shop and sounding like Santa’s little helpers with all that jingling for so long. It was therefore little surprise when New York Fashion Week spring 2026 came and went, from September 11-16, with nary a bauble on a bag. It seems designers are saying purse charms are no more—but all is not lost for trinket enthusiasts. The ornaments are simply migrating from handles to chests. Neck charms are the next frontier.

In New York, the spring 2026 fashion season was characterized by real dressing, clothes for the everyday, for the school drop-offs and morning meetings, for the after-work drinks and date nights. It’s a schedule many of us

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