Remember last week when I was complaining that I never know when anyone’s pregnant until the baby is almost ready to arrive? Well, I may have gotten in on the ground floor of this whole Jessica Simpson, is-she-or-isn’t-she thing. These pictures of Ms. Simpson arriving in New York City with a rather round stomach lead me to some Googling, and the prevailing theory seems to be “bun in the oven” rather than “last-minute pit stop at Chipotle.” Either way, Jessica isn’t talking, and that’s completely within her rights. In fact, I kind of like it better when celebrities don’t try to milk the press for maximum pregnancy coverage. Mazel tov, Jessica, no matter what might be going on here.

In other news, it looks as though Ms. Simpson has a bonafide new favorite bag. This is the second time we’ve caught her with her leopard Celine Triptyque Satchel, and with a bag that beautiful, I doubt her interest will wane any time soon. For this trip to the airport, she chose to pair it with a pair of Alaia Platform Hiking Boots.

   I love clutches because they look so classy but sometimes they are a little inconvenient to carry. Good thing is, these ones come with a strap.

Maddeningly, Celine tends not to show many of its bags on the runway. We get a little glimpse here and there of where Phoebe Philo’s brilliance is headed for the season, but mostly her fans are left waiting for spy pictures to surface to get a better idea of where our money will be headed in the coming months. For Celine Spring 2012, though, my money might be headed straight to the runway bag that you see above.

It’s all in the painted edges, you guys. Otherwise, this might be just a boring (but impeccable) shoulder bag that I would surely notice but might not necessarily consider buying. The neon edges give the bag a subtle but very important step toward modernism, and that’s when Philo’s at her wearable best. The rest of the bags are equally elegant, and I’ll have you note that several of them are hobos – they’re coming back, I swear.

   Perhaps the most exciting thing about Lanvin’s bags is that they seem designed to carry things. Yes, that’s right, a designer has deigned to recognize that even our clutches have to be big enough to hold the essentials. The entire collection was clearly designed for a woman who has functional needs from her wardrobe, and the bags reflected that perhaps more than anything else. The fabrication, of course, was immaculate – the leather, sturdy but not inflexible, and the edges as crisp as anything I’ve seen this season.