Big computer no longer in vogue - Say hi to new custom bags!
December 27th, 2009
THE oversized tote may have been the fashion must-have of years gone by, but handbags are shrinking in size thanks, in part, to multipurpose gadgets such as iPhones.
Instead of lugging around giant custom bags bursting at the seams with mobile phones, MP3 players and in some cases a laptop computer, women are increasingly turning to smaller shopping bags, stylists and retailers say.
A UK study found the average woman’s handbag weighed 1.5kg last year - half the 3.5kg they were carrying two years ago.
University student Martyna Wiencierz, 20, tries to stick to smaller customized bags and said the advent of iPhones had made this “so much easier”.
