Your therapist is wrong. Women with lots of baggage are desirable – especially if they cart it around in one of this season’s super oversize handbags.
These jumbo, colorful handbags were shouldered by the very chicest ladies at Fashion Week and have been seen extensively on Manhattan streets ever since. (Take that, Louis Vuitton Pouchette!)
Big bags have a lot going for them. Not only are they practical (the proper big bag can fit everything a standard shoulder bag can, plus a few magazines and maybe even a diaper or two), but this season’s boast serious hardware and detailing – making any other accessory irrelevant.
Stylist: Prue Lewington.
Christopher Kohn blue leather bag, $239 at Add Accessories, 461 West Broadway, (212) 539-1439.
Twill turnlock satchel bag, $328 at Coach, (866) 262-2440.
Fina Firenze white canvas blue strap bag, $75 at Add Accessories, 461 West Broadway, (212) 539-1439.
Pink bag, $295 at DKNY, (800) 231-0884.
Rafe green handbag, $550 at Henri Bendel, 712 5th Ave., (212) 247-1100.
Sara Naghedi pink studded bag, $158 at Henri Bendel, 712 5th Ave., (212) 247-1100.