At the Met Gala 2026, Isha Ambani’s Gaurav Gupta ensemble caught eyes for its reference to Raja Ravi Varma’s Padmini, while one accessory sparked its own round of curiosity. What looked, at first glance, like a mango-shaped bag turned out to be something more interesting: a crochet bag by 3.10 by Guggi, holding a hyper-realistic mango sculpture by artist Subodh Gupta from his Aam Aadmi series.
Some bags are designed to carry things, others are designed to make people squint at their screens and ask, “Wait, is that…?” For anyone looking for quirky bags with that same double-take quality, here are 11 worth bookmarking.
Grape clutch by Cult Gaia
