In a boogaloo bag: Latin-inspired Minium Make Bags.   (Photo: Peter Berson)

Lu Hopkins found inspiration in Latin cocktail-club culture when designing her groovy Minium Make clutches. Made from splashy sixties awning fabric, they come in four shapes, and no two are identical, so you won’t have to worry about anyone stealing your mambo moves ($46 at Flight 001 at Henri Bendel, 712 Fifth Avenue, near 56th Street, 212-904-7958; Flight 001, 96 Greenwich Avenue, 212-691-1001; and Verve, 353 Bleecker Street, 212-691-6516, and 282 Columbus Avenue, near 73rd Street, 212-580-7150).

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