IT'S true! Big really is beautiful when it comes to handbags.
The Mirror yesterday revealed how waif-like Victoria Beckham is dragging around a massive bag costing EUR9,000. And high street stores such as Peacocks, TopShop and Primark are full of massive totes for as little as EUR12.
Their popularity is probably helped by the fashion myth that says a huge bag will make you look skinnier. But carrying everything bar the kitchen sink around in your supersized shoulder bag sounds like a bit of a drag.
So just what are women lugging around and what does it all weigh?
6LB JENNY ROBERTSON 16, from Birmingham
BAG EUR40 from
SAME AS 24 mobile phones
CONTENTS Tone Bracelet Make-up bag, hairbrush, umbrella, moisturiser and a neck scarf
9LB KIRSTY SIMMONDS 18, from Hackney, London
BAG EUR10 fromH&M
SAMEAS Kalashnikov assault rifle
CONTENTS University textbooks, art equipment (pencils, paints and paintbrushes), makeup, spare jumper
12 LB LAURA CASEWELL 23, from Birmingham
BAG EUR6 from Primark
Fake Wallets And Pouches HandbagsSAME AS four Yellow Pages
CONTENTS Sat Nav, flask, magazine, road map, eye liner, bottle ofwater, purse, iPod, fruit, vitamins, lighter, cigs, fork and mobile
7LB NIKITA DEVIS 19, from Liverpool
BAGEUR 10 from George at Asda
SAME AS a newborn baby
CONTENTS Hair brush, wallet, hair spray, perfume, make-up bag, deodorant, uni folder, phone, keys, umbrella
9LB KAIRIT SAAREMAEL 23, from South London
BAGEUR20 from a boutique
SAME AS a newborn lamb
CONTENTS Work clothes - trousers, apron, shirt, trainers - make- up, iPod, keys, lip balm, mobile, perfume, cream, scissors
1 STONE HILARY LILLIE 61, from Birmingham
BAGEUR8 from market stall
SAME AS three house bricks
CONTENTS Purse, keys, trainers, pack of five men's underpants, man's dressing gown, pashminas and scarves
8LB JAINA YEO 23, from West Midlands
embroidered patches BAGEUR25 from Marks & Spencer
SAME AS a small sledgehammer
CONTENTS Two textbooks, reading book, change of clothes - top, tights, skirt - records, make-up, mobile and wallet
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