What colour is your handbag… and why?
July 21st, 2011
Bringing a little colour...
Black or navy depending on your outfit, brown for the country and cream for the holidays, tiny and shiny for evening… These are the rules I remember reading once for how to make sure you have the right handbag whatever the occasion.
Certainly over the years I’ve had my fair share of smart and suitable bags. They were very grown-up and appropriate.
However, eventually I realised something was missing from certain aspects of my life – and that thing was colour. I love strong vibrant colours and the energy they bring.
While a handbag is rarely going to solve any problems, a bright and beautiful bit of arm candy can give a day just the right kind of lift. And even if the occasion calls for sensible neutrals, a bit of va-va voom about the lining peps up the mobile phone hunt a notch.
Now I can’t imagine going back to a daily diet of subdued black and browns. I choose handbags in lush shades that cheer me up and make me smile. My current favourite is a warm juicy orange in soft, soft leather although I do have to be careful that I don’t find myself absent mindedly stroking it gently.
A word of warning though, from someone who learned the hard way, if a splash of colour brings a ray of sunshine… a bigger, brighter splash of colour doesn’t necessarily mean a bigger ray of sunshine. In the coloured handbag stakes, less is definitely more. Too much colour all at once can leave you looking like an off-duty CBeebies presenter which is not a good look in a grown woman.
I can’t promise a pink, green or leopard print bag will change your life, but it might just put an extra spring in your step.
