Can You Believe That This Bag Helps Abolish Hunger?

3:30 PM, June 18 2010

By Lucky Staffers

Purse designer Monica Botkieris three collaborations deep into a partnership with Oxfam International,and her latest carryall--of which 50 percent of sales benefits thehunger-abolishing charity--just might be the most irresistible to date.

Left: "Joy" leather bag, $545, shopbop.com; Right: Joy Bryant and Monica Botkier

Created with actress Joy Bryant (the first two were made with Michelle Trachtenberg and Minnie Driver), this one is a true multitasker: "Joy has a great casual, boho-chic style," Botkier explains, "even though she dresses up really well, too." To that end, they built a bag worthy of making it out of the closet regardless of the occasion. It's roomy--but ladylike--and is cut from season-proof brown leather.

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