Demi-lune

The Demi-Lune bag is recognised first by its outline, a half-moon silhouette that A.P.C. describes as sculptural. The Atelier, Production and Creation makes it in two lengths, one worn across the body and one on the shoulder, and continues the same curve in a cardholder and a coin purse.

The Demi-Lune bag sits across the body

A.P.C. designs its Demi-Lune bags for crossbody wear, on a 50-centimetre strap that leaves both hands free. Each bag measures 24 by 20 centimetres and fastens with a zip and two pull tabs, with one pocket inside and a cotton lining. A.P.C. makes this version in dark brown and amber brown, two shades that go easily with the indigo of women's bootcut jeans. Worn this way, a moon bag shows its rounded outline from the front, where the curve reads best.

A.P.C. also cuts one Demi-Lune in smooth vegetable-tanned leather, and the care taken in the detail is part of how A.P.C. works its leather. This finish develops a patina with use, so a bag carried every day looks all the better for it. Among the tips in its bag care guide, the brand suggests keeping each piece in its dust bag between outings. For a bag held on the shoulder rather than across the chest, the Demi-Lune Shoulder bag has the same shape on a longer strap.

A half-moon bag to wear on the shoulder

The Demi-Lune Shoulder bag is a half-moon bag in a longer version, with an adjustable strap to set the length of the drop over the shoulder. For more room on the shoulder, A.P.C. offers its leather shoulder bags in other shapes and sizes, while this one keeps the compact curve. It shares the zip, the interior pocket and the cotton lining of the crossbody model, and A.P.C. gives one version a glazed finish.

The crossbody model also sits among A.P.C.'s sling bags for women, carried on the same diagonal across the chest. A.P.C. extends the half-moon shape to smaller pieces that go inside a bag rather than on the body. The Demi-Lune cardholder, one of its small leather goods, has three card slots on each side, in smooth dark brown or nut brown, or in steel blue grained leather. The Demi-Lune New coin purse adds a zipped coin pocket, and at every size the outline of a moon bag identifies the line.