Handle with care

IF a python ever looked this beautiful you'd want to pick it up and pat it.

IF a python ever looked this beautiful you'd want to pick it up and pat it.

We don't recommend you try that, but this new Lady Lock bag from Gucci in purple wine-coloured python can be stroked and patted as much as you like and it definitely won't bite. The autumn-winter 2014 Lady Lock, designed by creative dircetor Frida Giannini, features a luggage-style metal closure that was uncovered from the company's archive. The bamboo handle has been heated and bent into a semi-circle shape in a method used by Gucci's Florentine artisans since the 1940s. The bag is available in a range of materials such as crocodile, ostrich, calfskin and satin as well as phython. RRP $2880 from Gucci. gucci.com.au or 1300 442 878.