Michael Kors Sheila Large Tote Bag Black

The original brief in 1981 was luxury clothes with the ease of separates, sold at a price a working woman could actually reach, and the large tote is the handbag that answers that brief most literally. The Sheila is a big, open, carry everything shape with none of the ceremony of a structured satchel. In black it becomes equipment: the bag that goes to work, holds the day, and never has to be considered as part of the outfit. That reading is not incidental to this label. Michelle Obama wore a black sleeveless Michael Kors dress for her official First Lady portrait, and the brand has been shorthand for accessible American polish ever since. A black tote is that idea at its most useful.