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After a weeks-long, unsuccessful search for a stylish, functional bag for work, I had to call in the big guns: My friend Catherine.

From the paper she pulls out of her purse to scratch notes on to her Cynthia Rowley boots, Catherine oozes style. She is stylish in every flawlessly minimized pore. Some of us have great clothes. Some of us have great shoes. Some of us have greatskin. But Catherine has it all, and impeccable taste to boot, so when I was unsuccessful with my hunt for a handsome, home-to-office handbag, I thought of her immediately. I knew she’d supply me with a fabulous, under-the-radar recommendation.

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