Everyone - mainly the New York Times followed by the Wall Street Journal’s usual lag - is worried about the effects of big bags on women’s backs and shoulders. Yes, this could be a problem. But I’m kind of worried about the women who carry small bags - where do they put all their stuff?
I’ve carried a big bag around for as long as I can remember (or at least as long as I haven’t been carrying my red Jansport), and I never thought its size was a trend so much as a necessity.
It currently holds my wallet, two books, my Moleskine calendar, two Moleskine notebooks (one big and one small), W, orange juice, an apple, endless pens and Lipsmackers, my new pink lipstick, a water bottle, some gold bangles, a hat, a sweater, the black tights I just bought, my iphone, my ipod, my keys, my Kiehl’s cucumber lotion, and a lifetime supply of bobby pins. These are all things that I need everyday when I leave my apartment early in the morning and don’t return until bed time.
The only girl I know who actually carries a small bag on a daily basis is Natalie. She’s 1/4 my size and so is her bag.
I asked her where she puts all her stuff and she said, “In college, I carried the most ridiculously huge Puma bag everywhere - by the time I graduated I had serious back problems - so now I carry my little leather bag from a market in Florence, and I just hold my notebook in my hand. If I have to bring more stuff to work I’ll bring it in a shopping bag.”
So that’s why women carry shopping bags with their lunch and their shoes and their books? Because they carry small bags?
That sounds backwards - the only way I’ll abandon my duffel sized handbags is if I don’t have anywhere to go for the day, or if I ever stop reading/using lotion/writing/drink juice/you get the point.
How big is your bag? Or, how many bags do you carry?
posted by queendistructo
Jan 08, 2008 3:22PM
I usually carry a HUGE bag- one that would had been considered an overnight bag to previous generations, but now blends in with the other immensly oversized purses out there.
It was huge and eggplant and almost YSLish...
Until my boyfriend bought me an amazing Marc by Marc bag for our 3 yr ann.
It looks medium sized, but I can fit a ton in there some how. This morning I had my makeup bag, wallet, sunglasses in their case, can of soup, greek yogurt, small tupperwear container, cell phone, Lucky magazine, business cards and digital camera. It doesn't look overstuffed and I feel like it's teeny.