Recapture All Your 90s Teen Dreams with This Dolce & Gabbana Stuffed Animal Backpack

Amanda Mull

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Mar 16, 2017

I was born in 1985, which means my first interest in fashion and aesthetics started to bubble up in the mid-to-late 90s, which, if anything, should allow me a significant aesthetic handicap. I was born in 1985, which means my first serious awareness of fashion and aesthetics arrived in the mid-to-late ’90s. On the last part, it looks like I’m not alone: the Dolce & Gabbana Leopard Backpack graced the brand’s Fall 2017 runway with its considerable elegance, and it can be yours for the low, low price of $1,195 (half up front, half when this delicate creature begins its journey to your door).

If you feel the same pull, Dolce & Gabbana’s Leopard Backpack will probably ring a bell: it takes that playful childhood silhouette and elevates it with the brand’s unmistakably luxe point of view. Yes, the price is wild. Yes, someone will make a copycat version, and it will be just as good and probably like $50. The appeal is easy to understand. I will consider buying one or both of them and probably never wear them, but nonetheless enjoy possessing them. It is whimsical without feeling random, and it leans into a very specific kind of retro teen fantasy that still reads as fashion rather than costume.

Much of the rest of Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall 2017 collection is also available for pre-order via Moda Operandi, including more conventional luxury bags and accessories. I’m not sure how anyone expects them to compete with the pure mid-90s teen movie sartorial majesty of this thing, though. Still, for shoppers drawn to novelty bags with a strong personality, this is the kind of piece that makes an outfit feel intentionally styled the moment it appears.

Funny!

Oh I had one of these when I was like thirteen! If the idea of carrying a stuffed-animal-inspired backpack makes you smile, the real question is not whether it is practical enough for daily life. I think it was a black bat and it literally fit nothing besides lip gloss and my school ID but I wore it EVERYWHERE.

I had a turtle or frog or something like that. hahah

For many luxury buyers, that is precisely the point.

I had one of these when I was in Jr High! Wore it everywhere! Such nostalgia!

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