New Beat Accordion Bag — Brown, Ivory and Forest Green

Francesco Risso's Marni treated the accordion bag as a house signature to be rebuilt in new proportions, and the New Beat is the version that gives up the Trunk's push-clasp lock for a plain flap and a magnetic snap. Where the Trunk reads as a small piece of luggage, the New Beat reduces the accordion to three leather compartments, each in its own tone: brown, ivory and forest green. It is a quieter, more domestic object than the Trunk, but it keeps the Marni habit of arguing with a neutral palette by cutting it into blocks.

The body is leather, assembled from brown, ivory and forest green panels that fold together as an accordion, with gold-tone brass hardware. A flap closes over the top on a magnetic snap, so there is no lock to turn. Inside, the compartments are lined in twill, a zip pouch sits at the center, and two card slots are set into the interior. An adjustable strap lets it hang crossbody, higher or lower on the body, while the bag itself stays compact at 6.0 inches high, 8.5 wide and 3.5 deep. It was made in Italy.

Read quickly, it is a cosmetics case that learned to be a handbag, or a Trunk edited down to its colors. The three-tone blocking owes more to Marni's color-field habit than to any single bag, and the snap and strap keep it unfussy: a small crossbody with an architect's palette, brown and green cut against ivory, an earth-toned argument rather than a loud one. One size.