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FO R M + F U N CT I O N Some people obsess over shoes. Stephanie Taylor’s vice is bags. THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE PIVOTAL HANDBAGS IN STEPHANIE TAYLOR’S LIFE. When she was 10, she was dying to get a patchwork bag her best friend had. At 12, Taylor’s family took a trip to Italy. Her father told her he would buy any handbag she wanted. Gucci, Fendi, Prada — they went to all of the luxury stores. But Taylor picked a handmade leather
Boston bag, the same shape as Louis Vuitton’s Speedy, from a small, independent leather goods store. She still tells her father how much it meant to her that he took the time to find her a bag. He still smiles about it. “It’s not just brands,” she says. “For me, I truly look at a handbag like it’s art, you know?” The third handbag is the Louis Vuitton bucket bag her
Story by JEHADU ABSHIRO | Photography by JESSICA TURNER
16 lakewood.advocatemag.com JAJANUARY 2022
