Le Bambino
The little flap bag with the looping strap that became Jacquemus' everyday icon.
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Story & heritage
Le Bambino — little child in Italian — arrived for Autumn/Winter 2020 to round out the Jacquemus bag family that the micro Chiquito had made famous. Where the Chiquito was a near-impractical statement of scale, the Bambino was the wearable answer: a small, longways flap bag with a flat top handle, a looping front strap and a longer detachable strap for hands-free carry.
It became one of the house's defining everyday bags, reinterpreted season after season in new leathers and colours, and went viral again through Jacquemus' surreal AI-generated campaign films picturing giant Bambino bags driving through Paris. Like everything in Simon Porte Jacquemus' world, it carries the brand's signature combination of playfulness and Provençal restraint.
Materials & craft
The Bambino is crafted in smooth calfskin or suede over a softly structured body. Its signature is the looping leather flap-strap that runs down the centre front and the raised gold-tone JACQUEMUS lettering at the lower corner. A magnetic tab secures the flap; the interior is canvas-lined, and a thin adjustable strap with gold hardware allows shoulder or crossbody carry. The bag fits a phone, slim card holder and a few essentials.
How to choose & style
Black with gold hardware is the do-everything choice — it carries from day to evening and reads as a quiet logo rather than a loud one. The smooth-leather Bambino is dressier; suede softens it for weekends. Slung crossbody it sits neatly at the hip; carried by the top handle it turns more polished. It pairs effortlessly with tailoring and with the breezy, minimal silhouettes the house is known for.
