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There is 100 percent a move towards things that are less branded,” says Lincoln Moore, who oversees handbags at Saks Fifth Avenue. “Our business in [logoless bags by] Bottega Veneta and Nancy Gonzalez, to name a few, is very good right now. The customer is saying, ‘I don’t want to be vulgar. I don’t want to be obvious about the money that I’m spending if I am spending money.’