Tiger Purse

On a tiger purse, the bag itself becomes a frame for the animal, and the designs in this collection fill that frame in very different ways. One carries a towering tiger across a rounded flap, another an adult tiger resting with two cubs, another nothing but pink and black stripes. Others wrap a long wallet in orange fur print or in a black-and-white portrait, and a small pouch holds a cartoon cub among leaves and rosebuds.

Three shapes of tiger purse

The collection is built on three shapes. The largest are saddle bags: a curved body under a deep, rounded flap, dark side panels, brown trim with pale stitching along the edge, and a single long brown strap fixed with gold-tone hardware. The flap is where the picture goes, and because its lower edge curves, each print sits in something like an arched frame.

The wallets are long and flat, with a zipper that runs around three sides and ends in a small gold-tone pull. Their prints cover the front from edge to edge, and one of them adds a black wrist strap so it can be carried on its own, clutch style. The smallest piece is a zippered pouch that widens toward the top, finished with a black wrist strap that clips on beside the zipper with a silver-tone clasp.

Saddle bags with a scene on the flap

Each saddle bag is defined by one image. On the Giant Tiger Purses with Single Strap, a pale tiger with heavy dark stripes lowers its head over dry grassland while misty mountains rise behind it. A tiny human figure stands near its lowered head, and that one detail gives the whole scene a dreamlike sense of scale.

The Tiger Print Purse is warmer and busier. Its painted scene shows an adult tiger lying in the grass with two cubs, one stretched across its back and one resting on its outstretched front leg, in front of a tree trunk with flowers scattered through the background. The palette is bright orange, leaf green and white, and the cubs look straight out of the picture.

The Tiger Stripe Purse with Single Strap leaves the scene behind and covers the flap in wavy black stripes on hot pink, a graphic take on the coat rather than a picture of the animal. Since all three saddle bags share the same build, the choice between them is really a choice of image: a dreamlike landscape, a family portrait or a pattern in bold color.

Wallets in fur print and black and white

Two of the wallets carry the coat itself. The print is close enough to show individual hairs, with black stripes over deep orange fur, and on one of them a band of white fur runs along the lower edge, the way the pale underside meets the stripes on a tiger's flank. The other pairs the same orange and black coat with a black wrist strap.

The Mini White Tiger Purse takes a different route. Its print is a black-and-white photograph of a white tiger cub lying down and looking straight out, ears up, with a soft blurred background behind it. The one strong color in the picture is the cub's eyes, a vivid blue that stands out against all that gray and white.

A pouch with a cartoon cub

The Cosmetic Purse with Tiger Logo is the gentlest design in the range. Its pale pink front shows a round-faced cartoon cub with big dark eyes, pink cheeks and a few stripes on its forehead, framed by a trailing vine of green leaves and pink rosebuds. Listed at 20x11x2.5cm, it is sized for small things: makeup, a charger, earbuds or a few pens. The clip-on wrist strap lets it travel inside a larger bag or be carried alone.

The animal behind the prints

Several of these designs lean on details that are true of tigers themselves. No two tigers have the same pattern of stripes, and the markings are not only in the fur: the skin underneath is striped as well. A close crop of a coat, like the one on the fur-print wallets, is in a sense a portrait of one particular animal.

The family scene has its own story. Tiger cubs are born with their eyes closed and stay with their mother for around two years, learning to stalk and hunt before they leave to find a territory of their own, and that is the stage of life the Tiger Print Purse captures. The cub on the Mini White Tiger Purse belongs to the rare white color form, prized for exactly the kind of icy blue gaze its photograph puts at the center.

Where each tiger purse fits

The saddle bags are the everyday pieces, with a strap long enough to wear on the shoulder and a flap that folds over the opening. The long wallets hold bills flat at full length and slip into a larger bag or a tote. The pouch is the organizer of the group, keeping small items together inside something bigger, and its cartoon cub makes it a natural fit for younger owners as well.

Matching pieces across the store

A purse rarely carries the theme on its own. For school, travel or longer days out, a tiger backpack puts tigers on a much larger canvas, from Japanese-style designs and white tiger heads to a plush tiger head backpack. A tiger keychain is the smallest step: a glass dome with a tiger's face, a zodiac medallion or a rhinestone cub that can hang from a zipper pull or a strap ring. Both sit in our wider tiger accessories collection, together with phone cases, mugs, patches, mouse pads and more.

A tiger purse as a gift

Since each design is built around one clear image, a purse is an easy gift to match to a person: the giant tiger for a fan of fantasy art, the family scene for a new parent, the pink stripes for someone who loves color, the white cub for anyone charmed by blue eyes. Our top 10 tiger gift ideas article offers more suggestions, with separate lists for adults and for children and a word on which pieces suit a birthday.

Questions about these purses

Do the saddle bags close with a flap?

Yes. Each one has a deep rounded flap that folds over the front, and the print sits on that flap, so the picture stays on show while the bag is worn.

Which pieces come with a wrist strap?

The Cosmetic Purse with Tiger Logo and one of the orange fur-print wallets each come with a black wrist strap. The saddle bags use a single long shoulder strap instead.

Is there a design without an animal picture?

The Tiger Stripe Purse with Single Strap carries only the stripe pattern, black on pink, for a look that suggests a tiger without showing one.