When a trend starts popping up, it’s an editor’s job to pick up on it, and that’s exactly what’s happening with croc-embossed bags right now. I first spotted one this season at a Clare V. press preview. As soon as I saw it, it felt like the perfect bag for fall, and I immediately wanted one.

Then, I noticed Hailey Bieber carrying the now-unreleased black croc-embossed Small Shopping Bag from Matthieu Blazy’s first Chanel collection. And when all of my colleagues started posting photos of the rare Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen sighting earlier this month, what were they both carrying? Black croc-embossed bags: The Row’s Lady and Agnes. That’s when it stopped feeling like a coincidence.