Raffia: buy it now, at the price it is now
A summer trend at the end of its summer. Which makes this the sensible month to buy one.
This is on the site as a fading trend rather than a hot one, because pretending otherwise in the middle of August would be doing you a disservice. Raffia had its season. The interesting question now is not whether to wear one but whether to buy one, and the answer is yes, this month, at the discount.
Woven bags do not date the way most trends do. The shape that was current this summer — stiffer, more structured, standing up on its own rather than collapsing like a beach basket — is a shape that has come round several times and will again. It is also genuinely seasonal in a way that protects it: nobody looks at a raffia bag in June and thinks about which June.
What you are buying at the end of a season is stock, not fashion, so the selection logic changes. Ignore colour trends entirely and buy the natural straw shade, which is the one that reappears every year. Check the handle attachment, because that is what fails on woven bags — the weave frays where the handle joins the body, and it is not repairable. And buy a size up from what you think you need, since the structured versions hold less than they look like they will.
Put it away in September. Take it out in May. That is the whole ownership model for this category and it is why it is worth owning one good one rather than three cheap ones.
How to wear it
- Natural straw over dyed colours — it is the shade that comes back every year.
- Check where the handle meets the weave. That is the joint that fails.
- End-of-season is the right time to buy, not the wrong one.
Sources
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- Who What Wear — Summer 2026 accessory trends (read Aug 14, 2026)
