Backpack, clutch or handbag?

Simple, cross body bag or rucksack or both.....crutches user make this essential!

I progressed to cross body bags once my arthritic hands started hurting, but now don’t even bother with that.
Just my phone in a wallet that contains bank card & bus pass and small amount of cash. If I’m wearing something with pockets I’ll slip a lipstick in there and sunglasses if needed.
I find it very liberating ?

I use several Mia Tui bags. A fairly large black handbag fo
r work as it needs to hold my umbrella, inhaler, purse, hairbrush, deodorant, hairspray etc. When lockdown began I sent for a backpack from Mia Tui and that was so useful and still is for going on daily walks and now when I'm pushing my baby Granddaughter in her pushchair. I have a couple of cross body bags and loads of others bought over the years which I can't bear to throw away or put in the charity bag! You never know when you might need them!

I used to like cross body bags but now prefer handbags. I like Radley and Ness bags but also saddle bag style. My mother has always loved handbags and so do l. I have had many compliments with mine. They can make an outfit look very smart.

Mainly cross body bags. They are much safer as can’t be pulled of the shoulder.

I find ordinary shoulder bags are forever slipping off the shoulder and very annoying.

Sometimes shopping bags when I need something larger.

Clutch bags, I don’t own one as I’m sure I would put it down somewhere and lose it.

Backpacks, never owned one, too much faffing around.

Have a look at the Healthy Back Bags website, different sizes, very comfy. I have 3 so far....

I have a box full of handbags and never seem to have the "perfect" bag. However as I have been doing a lot of walking during the pandemic I have started using a small backpack that I got from the sports shop Decathlon. It is small but is big enough to carry purse, mask, hand gel (all the stuff we need nowadays!)as well as glasses, diary, phone etc. In fact as these bags are only £2.49 each, I have one in each of the colours available. Carrying a back pack is so much better for your neck and shoulders than a hand bag or shoulder bag.

I have two cross body bags (in different colours) and a small daypack (if I'm going to do a bit of shopping - they're brilliant). Also have a "bum bag" if I'm just going for a walk, for example, as it holds the essentials (keys, hanky, phone, mask). Couple of cotton shopping bags (nice patterns) too. But that's it. I'm afraid I'm Mrs Practical these days.

I have a leather wallet that holds my phone, with slots for everything else, which I tend to use if only out for a shortish time. If going out for longer I have bought some lightweight shoulder bags which I now find more convenient than any of the array of handbags cluttering up my wardrobe.

Once upon a time I could have done with a portmanteau with the amount I used to carry around----now it's a large leather purse that I can grip which holds everything I need.

Rosalyn69

Backpacks? Ugh. Ghastly things.

Bit dismissive ? Some are very nice not to mention a necessity

Since March I've rarely used a handbag. I have pockets in at least one item of clothing I'm wearing, and all I usually carry with me is my mobile phone with a bank card and face covering exemption card in the case, a tissue, and my car or door key. Lately I have taken to carrying a small bottle of hand sanitiser. If it rains I wear a coat or jacket with a hood - and yet more pockets!! I have a wonderful sense of freedom without all the clutter that comes with carrying a bag!!
Of course, I do use shopping bags. I have a wonderful collection of hessian ones, and have lost count of how many, though perhaps not as many as your sister-in-law's bags, biba
I think it's time a charity shop received all those hand/shoulder bags I'll never use again!

Of the top of my head I am unsure how many handbags I have! I generally use a large leather crossover messenger bag and if I am in London (visiting family and galleries) I also take a rucksack with umbrella, cardigan, book, water etc.) but since the V&A etc have reopened, I have to pile everything in the rucksack. None of these places are opening up the cloakrooms so you have to carry everything with you. My daughter (who I went to the Kimono Exhibition with yesterday) has a beautiful leather rucksack anyway, but I prefer a crossover bag.

I'm a Cath Kidston fan and have 'a few' of the handbags - 2 of which are backpacks! A smaller one for 'everyday' use and a larger one which I tend to use more on holiday where I can put dog stuff in it (we have 2).

Not really, if I’m not using a bag I tend to charity it.

Oh dear, I feel an urge to visit Pedants Corner!

I love handbags, but have only allowed myself six or seven.

I use a backpack if I am going to be carting anything heavy or bulky.

The trouble with a back packs is that the wearer seems to be unaware that they are wearing it! They are a menace anywhere they are close to other people in shops. cafes etc as they turn round and swing these often very bulky objects at anyone who happens to have the misfortune to be near. Of course one of the unexpected positives is that at present one cannot get near enough to be nearly knocked off your feet, hit in the face or any other part which gets in their way.

Sorry as far as I am concerned, and I know am in a minority, back packs are ideal for anyone going on a long hike in the countryside, otherwise handbags in town, please!

I use Kipling crossbody bags. They are light weight, have loads of pockets and there are lots of different colours, styles and sizes to suit everyone. I have used them for years, they never wear out or look old.

I have a lovely collection of vintage Accessorize bags. I do have a favourite two that are velvet and appliqued and embroidered that I use the most. My favourite for local shopping is a 1940s shopping basket.

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I've never quite "got" the thing about handbags. I use a cross-body shoulder bag and buy carefully so they last me for years. I've also got a back pack but the arthritus in my neck and back make it painful to wear on a bad day.

I just bought a new backpack made by Roka. A good price excellent quality abs fantastic in covid times as easy to hand sanitise in shops etc don’t know when I’ll go back to any of my lovely Coach/Cochinelle bags now this does everything I need

Mostly Kipling for me - I have one style in several colours which holds a LOT. Don't like backpacks as I think they're too accessible to pickpockets.

I've used a handbag once since March, the rest of the time my backpack has been much more useful. And I have a collection of handbags too though I do have a weed through every spring!

I have mainly two that I use, though this year I didn't bother to change them I go out so seldom. A silvery one for winter - cross body, and a white leather for summer, also cross body. Hate to think how many other bags I have though!!