Saint Laurent Lou Camera Bag

Published specification

Published size

23 x 16 x 6 cm

Category

bag

Materials

calfskin, lambskin

Hardware

gold, silver

Season

permanent collection

Official style codes

not published yet

Published size references (checked against the pages listed below)

• www.bragmybag.com

Values here are published references for the model. Anything we could not verify on an open page is left as “not published yet” on purpose — we do not fill gaps with guesses.

Specifications in cm and inches

Every figure below has a record behind it on this site. Where the record has no value (interior and opening measurements are rarely published), the row says so instead of carrying a guess.

The dimensions come from the model record, which cites the published pages listed under Published specification.

How this size sits in the range

The rows below are the nearest published sizes on this site to the Lou Camera Bag, measured the same way (width, height, depth). They are here so a 25 cm body can be judged against a 24 cm and a 28 cm one instead of against a number alone.

Comparisons use published outside measurements. Two bags of the same width can hold different amounts, because depth and body rigidity decide more than width does.

Dimensions in cm and inches

One published figure for the Camera Bag, with the LouLou tiers of the same family quoted for scale.

The Lou Camera Bag is published at 23 x 16 x 6 cm, which is 9.1 x 6.3 x 2.4 inches. It is the smallest body in the Lou family on this site: the LouLou range starts above it at 20 cm wide but goes deeper, and the Small tier is published at 25 x 17 x 9 cm. A camera bag is a box rather than a flap, so the published depth is the depth of the box itself with nothing inside it.

The strap is part of the size story. A Camera Bag is worn crossbody with the box sitting at the hip, and the strap drop is long; on a 23 cm box the top edge lands near the waist rather than under the arm. That position is what keeps the load small in practice, regardless of what the box will hold.

Inch values are the published centimetres converted at 2.54 cm per inch and rounded to one decimal, the same rule the guides use. Rows with no published figure say so.

How to recognise it in a photo

Small rectangular body with rounded corners, a zip top with a tassel pull, chevron quilting and a metal YSL plate.

Not this style when: A flap with a chain strap points to an Envelope or a Kate.

A camera bag is identified by its box and its zip rather than by hardware on a flap.

1. Shape and closure: Small rectangular body with rounded corners, a zip top with a tassel pull, chevron quilting and a metal YSL plate.
2. Not this model when: A flap with a chain strap points to an Envelope or a Kate.
3. Hardware: the record lists gold and silver; the clasp or turn-lock should match that finish in the photos.
4. Materials: calfskin, lambskin on the record — grain and sheen in the photo should look consistent with those.
5. Size in frame: the model record publishes 23 x 16 x 6 cm, so a photograph with a phone or a tape beside the bag is the only way to check the tier.
6. Strap and hardware: ask for the strap or handle laid straight, so the drop can be read rather than estimated from a worn photograph.
7. Look at the top: the Camera Bag closes with a zip running the full length of the box, and the strap runs over the top edge rather than through eyelets.

What fits inside

What a 23 x 16 x 6 cm box takes and what the zip line refuses.

A large phone, a cardholder, keys and a lipstick fit in the main compartment with room for a second flat object such as a passport. The rounded front pocket takes the phone on its own, which frees the main compartment for cards and a slim wallet. A compact mirror is the item that starts to press against the zip line.

What it will not take is anything with depth of its own: a hard sunglasses case, a compact camera with a protruding lens, or a full-size wallet alongside a phone. The 6 cm depth is the number to check before any of those.

• Phone, cardholder, keys and a compact; a flat 6 cm body makes it a crossbody rather than a carry-all.
• A large phone, a cardholder, keys and a lipstick are the working load.
• A passport or a slim wallet fits flat in the main compartment, but not alongside a hard case.
• A compact camera with a protruding lens or a hard sunglasses case will hold the zip off the body.

These capacity notes are read off the published outside dimensions and the tier ladder, not from a measured interior: the site has no published interior figure for this model, so treat them as a size guide rather than a packing list.

No interior figure is published for the Camera Bag, so capacity notes are read from the 23 x 16 x 6 cm outside dimensions.

How it compares with the next size up

The Lou family and the flat YSL flaps bracket the Camera Bag within 2 cm of width.

Against the LouLou Classic Toy at 20 x 14 x 7.5 cm, the Camera Bag is 3 cm wider and 2 cm taller but 1.5 cm shallower — the Toy is the deeper of the two despite being the smaller body. Against the LouLou Small at 25 x 17 x 9 cm, the Camera Bag gives up 2 cm of width and 3 cm of depth, which is the step from a crossbody box to a padded shoulder bag.

Across the house, the Envelope Medium at 24 x 18 x 6 cm is 1 cm wider and 2 cm taller with the same 6 cm depth, and the Jamie Small at 25 x 15 x 7.5 cm is 2 cm wider and 1 cm shorter. Within 3 cm of width there are four Saint Laurent bodies published on this site, and the Camera Bag is the one with the shortest strap-to-body ratio.

Compared values are the published outside measurements listed in the ladder table above.

Materials, colours and hardware

Materials and hardware are the values in the model record; nothing is filled in that the record does not carry.

Leather and body

calfskin, lambskin

Hardware

gold, silver

Season

permanent collection

What the photos show

The front panel of a Camera Bag is a flat quilted surface, so photographs should show the stitching running edge to edge without a visible flap line across the middle.

Current catalog photos for this style

12 album photos in this batch, each labelled with the album reference (mark_code) you can quote in a message.

Each caption is the album reference for that piece, so a photo here can be matched back to the listing it came from. Nothing on these photos has been covered or altered.

Questions buyers ask about the Saint Laurent Lou Camera Bag

Model references that sit next to this one

These pages use the same published-specification format, so a size, a strap drop or a depth can be compared without leaving the site.

• Saint Laurent LouLou 2 cm wider and 3 cm deeper, padded shoulder body of the same family.
• Saint Laurent Envelope 1 cm wider with the same 6 cm depth, flat flap instead of a box.
• Saint Laurent Jamie 2 cm wider and 1 cm shorter, quilted flap with a chain.

Sources and cross-checks

Every figure above comes from one of the records below. Each row states where the value is published on this site and the date it was last checked against that record.

External pages are read-only references for published measurements; they are not partners of this site and their figures are quoted, not endorsed. Where two records disagree, both numbers are printed above instead of one being averaged away.

Why this page is here

Album listings that match this model

6

Published references checked

1

Album photos on this page

12

The album count comes from titles in the current catalog batch that name this model (4 in the archive record, 6 in the latest recount). Photos are the record for each piece.