FRINGE BENEFITS: If you had to describe the Michael Kors pop-up at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées in Paris as a Tom Hanks movie, it would be “Big.”

A giant, beige Hamilton Moderne handbag lords over the American designer’s installation in the central atrium, its side fringe spilling over the curved walls supporting the mega satchel.

While Kors could not be in Paris for the inauguration Thursday — he’s readying his spring 2026 collection for his Sept. 11 runway show during New York Fashion Week — his jet-set spirit could be felt in the activations and activities around the takeover, which runs through Sept. 22.

Once shoppers traverse the entryway — a spaceship-like tunnel flanked with fall 2025 advertising imagery — they can “check in” at a reception desk modeled after a luxury hotel of yore. Here, they can register to receive a “room key” that they can test out on a special prize padlock, and take home a fringed Hamilton if the clear Perspex box opens.

Activations are to include weekly Champagne nights with live piano music, the round room under the 15-foot-tall bag transformed into an intimate lobby bar. At Thursday’s official opening party, mojitos were profferred. At other times, the bar will be serving up charms to customize handbags.

While the pop-up is focused on the Hamilton bag — first introduced in 2009 and now available in new horizontal “east-west” iterations — selections of ready-to-wear are also displayed on the periphery of the pop-up.

Legend has it the original Hamilton was inspired by a vintage travel bag that Kors discovered in a flea market, to which he added a padlock and other signature details.

The fringed version features prominently on the elbow of brand ambassador Suki Waterhouse, who was photographed racing around Rome for the fall campaign.

Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, which spans 70,000 square feet, opened in 2019 and was billed as a “rethink” of the department store model with spectacular architecture, innovative merchandising and multiple food-and-beverage attractions.