Please! Loves – Number 01: Handbags

Please Loves is the newly relaunched form of Paris-based Please! Magazine, transforming its playful fashion world into highly visual, single-theme collectible editions.

Number 01, “Handbags”, marks the return of Please! to print after a six-year break. Rather than following a conventional magazine format, the issue is conceived more like an art book: one subject, a strong visual point of view and an obsessive focus on the object itself.

For this first edition, founder Olivia da Costa photographed all of the images herself, using handbags as a visual playground for colour, form, styling and desire. The issue is less about handbag trends or shopping advice than about the pleasure of looking at fashion objects closely.

Only 1,000 numbered copies have been produced, making “Handbags” a deliberately collectible first chapter in the new Please Loves series. Future editions are planned around other obsessions including jewellery, shoes, prints, interiors, the Mediterranean and hotels.

About Please Loves
Founded by photographer Olivia da Costa in 2007, Please! began as a jewellery-focused magazine before evolving into a playful fashion publication built around photography, colour and visual experimentation. Relaunched in 2026 as Please Loves, the magazine now takes a 100% visual, single-theme approach conceived somewhere between a magazine and an art book.