A La Mod: Loop's groovy vinyl totes are at Alphabets and girlshop.com.   (Photo: Peter Berson)

Sometimes that dressy leather bag—no matter how sleek—is just too formal, too bulky, too much. Hence the appeal of these cheeky, mod vinyl totes in supersaturated colors by Loop (around $15). The full-size versions are about twelve inches high; the matching wristlets, just right for your wallet, keys, and watch when you’re at the gym, are half the size but no less sassy (around $9). Both come in four motifs—try a pair of stilettos kicking over a martini glass—and four colors. (Available at girlshop.com and at Alphabets, 115 Avenue A, 212-475-7250; 2284 Broadway, near 82nd Street, 212-579-5702; and 47 Greenwich Street, 212-229-2966.)

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