Speaking of bags, I'm going to be packing my Stephanie Johnson travel cases, above, a lot this coming month (Paris! New York! Nashville!) and stocking up on more as the designer is staging an unprecedented half-off everything sale. (Use the promo code sixteen.) These bags make great gifts--I like to give them out as hostess presents, stocking stuffers and to my kids' teachers at Christmastime. They also double as clutches, and are, of course, essential for traveling. My current favorites include: the in Bollywood Black, in Hamptons White, the , and the . The sale ends October 2.

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