When I recently wandered through the streets of Paris’ Le Marais district, it was the cherries that caught my eye. Dozens of them, glossy, scarlet, and impossibly cheerful, dangled from crossbody bags like edible jewels. Later, in London’s Old Bond Street, I spotted them again, swinging from bucket bags, clipped onto backpacks, and adorning fanny packs. But cherries were just the beginning. Bears, lipsticks, moons, and miniature handbags soon revealed themselves in a kaleido