maybe not: heavy metal handbags
October 19, 2009 
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The latest, biggest, best-selling Diane von Furstenberg handbag has more hardware than found in a classroom full of teenagers with braces.
It’s also big enough to lose just about anything in it. I’ve been mulling it over and although I love the style and cross-body hipness, there are two things that would keep me from purchasing it or recommending it to someone:
- It’s going to hurt your shoulders after constant wear in about 3 to 6 months. The old Marc Jacobs bags were like this and so heavy that everyone almost quit buying them here in SF - just to take a stand for their back health.
- It’s just too big. We already know that we will lose all kinds of things in this BUT if you’re under 5’5″ or petite, the bag will take over your body. Think “body snatchers” for handbags. If you are tall and have the right proportions to wear something of this scale, go for it.
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The Stephanie bag is actually pretty nice in the smaller version, and I like that the black doesn’t look hyper-metallic. I don’t actually own one, and so I don’t know how heavy it is or painful it is to carry, though.
I am a fabric bag girl myself, I love the pop of an interesting batik or pattern. Also, they’re so light! My dressiest (aka smallest) bags are leather but I would never want one this big and heavy.