The incredible shrinking handbag: what you can and can’t fit in a nano bag and why anyone might want one
What’s the use of a handbag the size of a key fob? Nothing, but that’s not the point, say experts: the idea is a bag small enough that it doesn’t disturb your look on a night out – though you may need a jacket with lots of pockets
Although bags have been shrinking in recent seasons, they could still fit a mobile phone, credit card, keys and lipstick. Now the big brands have dialled back a few more notches, with lower price tags, as one way to bag new customers.
Clients thought Johnny Coca was kidding when his first collection for Mulberry, autumn/winter 2016, included evening bags the size of a key fob on a chain, but they were a sell-out.
This summer, Hermes and Valentino have transformed the handbag into miniature marvels – pendants strung around the neck or across the body in colourful leathers – although Valentino’s lacquered pendants are really lipstick and mirror compacts containing the Loveblade Rosso No.1 lipstick.
