Louise Bucket

Celine 1:1 Top Replica: Medium Louise Bucket in Black Raffia and Calfskin

The Medium Louise Bucket in raffia and calfskin introduces texture to the line — hand-braided raffia forming the bag’s body, smooth black calfskin providing the trim, handle, and front flap. At 23.5 x 24 x 16 cm, the bag carries the same dimensions as its all-leather siblings, but the raffia construction changes everything: weight, tactility, seasonal association, and the way light plays across the surface.

Raffia, in Celine’s hands, is not the rustic material of beach totes and market baskets. The braiding is fine and uniform, each strand selected for consistent color and thickness, the resulting fabric closer to a textured textile than to straw. The black calfskin flap, handle, and base trim provide visual structure — framing the raffia body so the bag reads as designed rather than assembled. The gold-finish Triomphe magnetic clasp anchors the front flap with the same sculptural presence it brings to the all-leather Louises. Inside, the lambskin-lined interior and removable zipped pouch maintain the line’s practical standards.

The handle drops 9 cm; the adjustable shoulder strap extends from 50 to 57 cm. This is the Louise for summer — the raffia body light on the shoulder, the black trim grounding the texture in something urban. It pairs with white dresses and linen trousers with equal conviction, and its seasonal association makes it feel special in a way that all-leather bags, for all their versatility, sometimes don’t.