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Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: How to switch to holiday mode? Easy, get a bag big enough for a book and a beach towel
Time to sign out of your Work Bag, sling a straw basket bag over your shoulder and feel your pulse slow down
But when you get home after work and you aren’t going back for a week or two, there is something very pleasing about marking that moment by throwing away leaky pens, marvelling at how you managed to accumulate 14 hairbands, and then shaking the bag over the bin and feeling disproportionately thrilled when a pound coin falls out. The right pair have the power to bestow instant cool and glamour in the way no other accessory can My dream handbag – well, apart from a Hermès Birkin – is a straw basket, which to me is the essence of summer. If I’m not working, I don’t want the rush-hour-tube energy of shiny hardware and a zip fastening, and the artisanal, pottering-about vibe of a basket is the perfect antidote.
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