Your phone rings. You realize it’s buried in the depths of your very large bag. You start rummaging around for it. At the precise instant that you put your hand on it, it stops ringing. This happened to designer Deborah Sawaf of Thalé Blanc so often that she created an accessory to solve the problem: La Pochette.

Your phone rings. You realize it’s buried in the depths of your very large bag. You start rummaging around for it. At the precise instant that you put your hand on it, it stops ringing. This happened to designer Deborah Sawaf of Thalé Blanc so often that she created an accessory to solve the problem: La Pochette.

The chic and petite La Pochette—the name means “pocket” in French—is essentially a mini handbag that’s perfectly sized to hold just the essentials: your iPhone/Blackberry or iPod, keys (they attach to a clip) and, in a separate pocket, your credit card and driver’s license. Your stuff is easily within reach and your hands are free.

Sling the chain strap over your shoulder or across the body, wrap it around your waist or your wrist or shorten it and clip it to a larger tote—any way you choose to wear it, you’ll never miss another call because of what we like to call LHS (Large Handbag Syndrome) ever again. 

While we’re on the subject of LHS, let’s talk about another aspect of this widespread condition: bags so heavy that they give you a crooked back—and that’s before you’ve put anything in them. With La Pochette, you can leave the house for a day of shopping and not have to worry that you’ll need a chiropractor by the time you get home.

La Pochette is made from high-quality lambskin leather and adorned with a single jaunty tassel and an ornamental chain. We’re offering it in camel or black lambskin and in ostrich-embossed camel lambskin.