As the lunar cycle turns, the house of Furla’s new bag collection combines auspicious motifs with nearly a century of Italian craftsmanship
Lunar New Year in Hong Kong has its own canter: busy days visiting friends, cosy nights at the family dinner table, and a delight in all things auspicious. Furla’s 2026 Lunar New Year Collection approaches the Year of the Horse with just that cadence in mind, filtering the Chinese zodiac through Italian design discipline and a precise edit of bags and charms.
Furla is celebrating the Lunar New Year with some stylish pieces. Photo: Handout
Rather than leaning on overt motifs, the collection works with texture, colour and proportion to suggest movement and luck. The Iride Mini Hobo appears in a saturated “gemstone red” leather, a shade that nods to traditional Lunar New Year crimson while reading clean and contemporary against winter tailoring. Its hardware – a diamond-cut take on Furla’s arched logo – brings a small flash of light to the shoulder, while an adjustable strap keeps the silhouette easy from day to dinner. Paired with the Allegra leather pony charm, it becomes a low-key emblem of the Year of the Horse: playful but polished.
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For those who like a little architecture in their accessories, the Roxie bucket bag is pitched as a kind of “treasure basin”, its rounded shape and Ares leather construction designed to “gather” good fortune. The lines stay minimal; the mood comes through in nuanced, auspicious hues and a rainbow-hued metal teardrop charm that catches the eye without shouting for attention.
The Iride S Crossbody in teddy fabric. Photo: Handout
The softest note in the story is the Iride S Crossbody in teddy fabric, which Furla frames as a “warm fleece pony” for the Lunar New Year circuit. Compact and tactile, with gold-tone hardware, it is the piece that dresses down sharp suiting or adds texture to a simple knit-and-denim uniform – a considered styling move rather than a novelty bag.
Across the collection, the horse motif is handled with similar class. The articulated Allegra pony charm in Ares leather, hooves lifted mid-stride, is designed as a small symbol of new beginnings, clipped to a favourite handle or worn as a quiet talisman for the year ahead. For a city that understands the power of details, it feels like an appropriately subtle way to step into the new lunar cycle.
