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Help! It’s a style crisis: handbag essentials fashionistas never leave home without


From a shoe spray to a debobbler to the elastic band style fix, we ask the fashion set for the handbag necessities guaranteed to save the day

For some, it is about the basics but essentials: a sewing kit (photographer and model Laura Bailey’s must-have), a toothpick or elastic bands (stylist Peter Bevan explains how they are key to achieving the perfect rolled-up shirt sleeve). Then there are the multiuse hacks, including the hair spray fix that combats the annoying staticky skirt thing, the antibac wipes that are the Elle editor’s essential on white shirt days and the nipple covers that double up as blister plasters. I found out about mini-hair removal tools from the actor Daisy Edgar-Jones, who mentioned in an interview that she uses the Finishing Touch Flawless Face when filming unexpected close-up scenes.

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