When someone says “wicker” to me I picture patio furniture, an overdone floral living room at Grandma’s house and a Nicholas Cage movie, but wicker is about to become fashionable. 

Diane Kruger, who convincingly played the most beautiful woman in history (Helen of Troy), was recently spotted in France carrying a basket purse.  Basket purse?  Yes, Kruger completed her chic (Chanel Spring 2010) look by carrying her lady things in an actual basket.  (A trend is born!) 

If you simply cannot avoid cliched images of picnics and fairy tales when carrying a basket, try Straw Studios Wicker Tube Clutch ($46).  

Kruger with basket and boyfriend Joshua Jackson