Pink handbags are easy to dismiss as a seasonal colour story, but the better ones have more going for them than the shade alone. These 20 picks run from bright fuchsia leather to pale woven clutches, with plenty of good design in between.\n\nSome sit easily beside black, navy, denim and cream. Others go bright on purpose, or use materials and decoration so well that pink becomes only one part of the attraction.\n\nWe kept returning to familiar bag shapes in unexpected finishes. A good pink version should make a bag feel fresh, not like a novelty colourway. Coach’s fuchsia Tabby, Gucci’s patent Jackie and Aspinal’s powder-lilac Mayfair get there in different ways.\n\nCoach’s Tabby 20 Fuchsia Leather Shoulder Bag is where we would start. The Tabby is already a compact, recognisable shoulder bag, and the fuchsia leather gives its familiar shape real punch. The C hardware breaks up the saturated front neatly