Ladies ditching big handbags for smaller alternatives

Ladies who got that extra large tote bag they’d been banging on about this Christmas, may want to look away now because this year it’s all about the smaller the better.

According to the Daily Mail, we women have woken up to the fact that carrying around a big bag complete with perfume, a change of shoes and clothes (or is that just us?), is not doing our backs or postures any good at all. It claims that our handbags are now 57% lighter than last year meaning we don’t need that huge bag anymore.

And it’s not just the paper that’s pushing to banish the trend. Celebrities have also been spotted downsizing their bags. One example is big bag offender Katie Holmes who was spotted this month with a much smaller satchel alternative to her previous red Birkin Hermes suitcase oversized bag.