Tips on choosing a handbag

• Slim figured women can wear small or medium hobo bags and satchels, but the large ones may be overwhelming if you are petite.
• Rounder figured women can wear bigger more structured bags such as, totes or satchels. Stay away from tiny bags, they can just make large women look larger.
• If you are looking at a bag with a shoulder strap, the length of the stap should be considered. If you have a big bust you don't want the bag to fall there, try at the waist.
• If you have big hips, look for a shorter shoulder strap bag.
• Petite women should stick to shorter shoulder straps, long shoulder straps will just make you appear shorter.
• It is an old fashioned idea that your bag has to match your shoes. A complimentary or same tone range is more today.
• A great handbag can be a distractor from figure imperfections.

One of the biggest challenges is staying organized. Most designers have caught on to this and provide inside cell phone pockets as well as other convenient pockets or compartments. Check for adequate zipped and open comparments.

It is amazing how heavy some purses can be BEFORE you put anything in them! What are these designers thinking? Saving us a trip to the gym?

By the time you get all of the things you need in them, it becomes a major chore to lug this excess baggage everywhere you go. A great solution can be to fit a smaller bag inside the larger one.