It’s in the Bag

Smithies Create

BY LINNEA DULEY ’16

Published March 14, 2022

Designer Agnes Baddoo ’85 is making waves with her high-end leather goods—handbags, belts, and other accessories—which are handcrafted in Los Angeles.

Her “sacs” have been featured in Oprah Daily and Martha Stewart Living and InStyle magazines, among others. Baddoo’s new collection incorporates spring’s hottest colors—vibrant yellow, an eye-catching red—into an array of items including crossbody bags ($470–$525), sandals ($315), and iPhone holders ($85). In a recent interview, the stylish Thelma Golden ’87, director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, christened the bags “so usable” and said she has an Agnes Baddoo tote on her wish list. Don’t we all!

AGNES BADDOO
Agnes Baddoo ’85
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Agnes Baddoo seated with a wall of leather goods behind her

Photograph by Indie Lalonde

This story appears as part of the Smithies Create column in the Spring 2022 issue of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly.