Everyone needs a proper, wear-with-everything, take-to-work-and-dinner-with-your-parents kind of bag. Too bad needs are no fun.

Our latest want: Brooklyn-based handbag line Palethorp.

Designer Maggie Copeland’s ethically sourced leather and exotic-skin purses have a rock sensibility (she honed her chops at L.A.M.B. and Foley + Corinna) but won’t take a bite out of your savings (prices max out around $400).

Find structure with metal-framed snakeskin box clutches and flask-like cross-body bags. Grapefruit-size black leather drawstrings embroidered to mimic python skin and sporty double-sided camera bags with studs round out the compact contingent.

For times when you need space, trapeze patchwork overnighters and reinforced duffels with braided handles pack it all in.

Select styles (including our favorite punk-tinged minis) land at Sucre in the West Village over the next week; order others directly from the designer via email.

Feels so right.

Available at Sucre, 357 Bleecker Street, between Charles and West 10th Streets (212-352-1640 or sucrenyc.com); by email order (contact@palethorp.com), $195-$395. To see styles, go to palethorp.com.

Photos: Courtesy of Palethorp