You’d have to have been very pre-occupied over the last few months – or even years – to not notice the huge increase in demand for mini bags. Our appetite for the teenies seemed to know no bounds, with even the smallest – which fit nothing more than a phone and single credit card – selling out.
We’re very happy to report, however, that the fashion world has finally woken up to the occasional need for practicality, and with that realisation has come the welcome return of the oversized bag.
Totes, shoulder bags, backpacks and even clutches, this season – and hopefully beyond – we’re seeing big things in all corners of the handbag world.
So much so, that there’s even an Instagram account dedicated to the art. The Big Bag Club came into our lives via a Milan-based graphic designer with a penchant for bags, who swells and enlarges the bags on original street style imagery to such an extent that it’s comical. And also strangely tempting… Who knew we’d *ever* be on the look out for a 1 metre X 1 metre Bottega pouch?
Okay so that might be a tad heavy – on both the eye and your biceps – but there is a (very!) happy medium.
Here are the 11 oversized bags thrilling the fashion set this season…
