Mulberry for Target Launches on Gilt

Remember the Mulberry for Target collaboration we told you about? Well, if you were on Gilt.com at 12pm today you may have been one of the people to pick up one of the first bags. If not? Well, they’re all sold out now, but we did grab photos of the preview collection so that you can prepare your shopping list for October.

All of the styles are under $50, and while there are definite design similarities to the classic Mulberry line, the studded heart purse trick gives these purses a distinctly younger feel. For fans attached to the main Mulberry line who were hoping for a lower priced iteration of the line rather than something related but different, that might be something of a disappointment.

Faux patent-leather can be tricky to pull off: if the PVC is too heavy, it can often look cheap. It’s not always easy to judge from images alone, but the quilted denim seems to offer a good contrast that gives the dark blue purses a slightly more polished look than the all patent bags. For a bag under $50 though, the hardware on all of the bags looks pretty solid. At the very least, worth a second look come October.