Sacai's Debut Bags Will Be a Hit Because They're Hybrids Like Designer Chitose Abe's Clothes

Sacai's Chitose Abe has a cultish fan base for her hybridized clothes, a store in the Minamiaoyama neighborhood of Tokyo, a lower-priced line named Sacai Luck, copycats at every level of the market from high to low, and even an "A to Z" book about her and her brand, published by Rizzoli last year. She's a raging success. The one thing Abe was missing was an It bag. That's a fairly conspicuous omission for a label launched in 1999, especially considering many fashion companies make their fortunes...