Ask Anyone Who Follows Trends and They'll Tell You This Is the One Bag Style to Know for Autumn
The carry-everything unstructured bags from the likes of Demellier, The Row, Mango and Free People are key this season. Scroll down to shop my edit of the best slouchy bags for autumn 2025.

Brittany Davy
@_livmadeline wears a slouchy leather tote from Arket
For quite a few seasons, micro bags that are barely big enough to fit an iPhone have been stealing the limelight. Fashion often isn’t practical, and we accept that in the name of style, but handbags with a functional purpose are back. You know, the ones you can actually fit your stuff in? Groundbreaking, we know.
@annabelrosendahl wears a slouchy suede bag from The Row.
On the autumn/winter 25 runways, the likes of Ferragamo and Louis Vuitton made a case for squishy, unstructured styles, and Giorgio Armani and Fendi made supersized handbags the centre of attention. It’s safe to say slouchy styles are back, and they’re bigger (quite literally) than ever.
@monikh wears a slouchy suede bag from M&S.
No matter your preference on bag fabrication—whether it’s buttery soft leather, supple suede or a cool braided fabric—it doesn’t matter as long as the bag delivers the slouchy, non-rigid silhouette that 2025 is asking for. The big carry-everything styles that will also hold a laptop, spare shoes and everything else we can shuffle out of our usual canvas tote bag get our vote.
@emmanuellek_ wears a slouchy leather braided bag from Mango.
Keep scrolling to shop the slouchy bags that are equal parts practical and stylish for autumn 2025 and beyond.
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Harriet Davey is a freelance fashion editor who has been part of Who What Wear's extended team since 2017. She previously worked in print at Look magazine and has since worked across print, digital and social for many other titles, including British Vogue, Stylist, Grazia, Refinery29 and Marie Claire. Also a stylist, Harriet has had the pleasure of producing cover shoots and editorials along with commercial shoots for brands including Boux Avenue, Watches of Switzerland, Benefit Cosmetics and Revolution. To add to this, Harriet also works in live TV styling for ITV’s This Morning.
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