Skip to main content

What I wore this week: the new handbag I’m championing


Photograph of Jess Cartner-Morley

Please believe me when I say that a change of handbag is not a suggestion I would make lightly. This is a serious matter, worthy of careful consideration, and I’m not just talking about price tags. Switching handbags is fraught with peril, because when you move to a new bag, you take all your stuff with you. It’s like a miniature house move; and if that sounds overblown, then you underestimate the amount of stuff I carry in my bag.
Those dusty inner pockets, once investigated, are a rabbit hole into which your entire morning will disappear as you attempt to repatriate pen lids, while risking your health as you munch on a chewing gum pellet of unknown vintage. Not to mention the inescapable fact that, however thorough you are, you will almost certainly leave your office security pass or your hairbrush in the old bag.
And then a whole new raft of issues arise: can I still fit my trainers in the bottom of the bag? Does it fasten properly? (Those airy, open totes are chic in theory, less so during rush hour when you must clench your arm tight as a heron’s wing over the bag if you want to get home with your wallet.) Is there a comfortable shoulder strap, or are you expected to hold it by the handle? (What do designers think we are, flower girls scattering rose petals?) Oh, and don’t give me the whole “all you need is a credit card and a lipstick” yarn. When your heels hurt and it starts to rain, a pair of emergency flat shoes and an umbrella are a lot more useful.
My point being, I wouldn’t be championing this new style of bag – I’m calling it, very imaginatively I’m sure you’ll agree, the half-moon bag – if I didn’t believe it worthy of consideration. The half-moon bag is a grown-up, Monday-to-Friday take on the saddle bag. The saddle bag looks practical but is, in practice, a bit small. The half-moon bag takes that same womanly curved line, but gives it a roomy, 12-hour-day scale. It has a lot to recommend it. And for the annoyingly left-behind hairbrush, I apologise in advance.
• Jess wears jumpsuit, £55, asos.com. Bag, £65, warehouse.co.uk. Styling: Melanie Wilkinson. Hair and makeup: Laurence Close at Carol Hayes Management.

Comments

  1. All News 245 April 2017 at 13:18

    I am always thinking positive . I always try to publish latest ,real & true news. It is my my ambition.

    allnews

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Catherine Zeta-Jones draws the sexy dress and split

Catherine Zeta-Jones in London January 26, 2016 She is going all out! While in Europe for the promotion of the comedy "Dad's Army", directed by Oliver Parker (to whom we owe including "Johnny English Reborn") and due soon in cinema, Catherine Zeta-Jones drew the attention of the media upon his arrival on the London red carpet. This Tuesday, January 26, the premiere of the film was well organized at the Odeon Leicester Square, in the center of the English capital. Greeted by a horde of reporters, photographers and fans, the wife of actor Michael Douglas has willingly paid to play, chaining and sexy postures performed in a long dress slit. Dressed in her finest of diamonds, star of 46 years proudly unveiled its silhouette, showing off her long legs under the lens of cameras. Floor of a pair of golden shoes, the British actress has particular advantage of this time to go to meet its public, signing autographs before joining the projection room and the company ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Florida State settles lawsuit with Jameis Winston accuser Erica Kinsman for $950,000

Florida State has settled a federal Title IX lawsuit with Erica Kinsman, a former student who said she was raped by quarterback  Jameis Winston  in 2012. The settlement was announced on Monday, more than a year after she initially filed the complaint in federal court. FSU agreed to pay Kinsman $950,000 – an amount that includes attorney’s fees – as well as make a five-year commitment to awareness, prevention and training programs. The lump sum is the largest settlement for Title IX claims regarding indifference to a student’s reported sexual assault. “I will always be disappointed that I had to leave the school I dreamed of attending since I was little,” Kinsman said in a statement. “I am happy that FSU has committed to continue making changes in order to ensure a safer environment for all students.” FSU did not admit to liability in the settlement, which university president John Thrasher said the school agreed to in order to avoid additional litigation e...
Post a Comment
Read more

Coastal towns: 'This flooding is worse than Sandy'

Beach communities in New Jersey and Delaware were evaluating the aftermath from the massive winter storm as high tides washed out dunes and brought icy water into the streets. Delaware's sand-enriched beaches from  Lewes  to Fenwick Island  took a whipping as  dunes were flattened and wiped away . The ones that remained looked like a giant front-end loader came through and scooped off the face, leaving a jagged series of cliffs. Sand fencing lay crumpled like the tracks from a derelict roller coaster. And in Rehoboth, the boardwalk buckled in places from the force of waves pounding the boards from the bottom up. A frosting of sand an inch thick covered the popular attraction at the end of Rehoboth Avenue. The shoreline destruction was coastwide and included extensive bayshore flooding. It makes "us very, very vulnerable," said  Anthony Pratt , Delaware's shoreline and waterway administrator. The tally is bad: Gone is the entire dune at the n...
Post a Comment
Read more