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By Alice Olins

The 20 Best Handbags for Work That Work

A good work bag has to earn its place: practical enough for your laptop, possibly lunch and all your bits and bobs, without being so pedestrian it kills your outfit. This edit has all of it: capacious day bags that that pop with colour, sleek crossbodies for when you’re travelling light, bags to keep forever, others that are a thrifty buys, and the Anya Hindmarch Universal, which at £26 ticks every single bag box. Consider yourself sorted.
By Alice Olins

The 20 Best Handbags for Work That Work

A good work bag has to earn its place: practical enough for your laptop, possibly lunch and all your bits and bobs, without being so pedestrian it kills your outfit. This edit has all of it: capacious day bags that that pop with colour, sleek crossbodies for when you’re travelling light, bags to keep forever, others that are a thrifty buys, and the Anya Hindmarch Universal, which at £26 ticks every single bag box. Consider yourself sorted.
Make brown your new go to. The saddle bag, the slouchy knot, the suede drawstring: this is the colour that works hard, whatever the occasion.
Demellier Sienna saddle bag
£425
Autograph suede drawstring bag
£130
Debenhams slouchy knot bag
£65
Aspinal Ella phone pouch bag
£145
Next cream leather crossbody bag
£26
Sezane Farrow leather bag
£205
Strathberry Mosaic bag
£425
Phase Eight, woven crossbody bag
£109
Some days you need a bag that can hold your laptop, your lunch, a change of shoes and your entire life admin. These are those bags. The Anya Hindmarch Universal at £26 might be the most useful thing we have ever put in an edit.
Lonchamp Le Pliage customisable bag
£270
Anya Hindmarch The Universal Bag
£26
Me+Em soft leather day bag
£495
Mango giant shoulder bag
£169.99
It’s easy to play it safe, make this is your sign to step out of your comfort zone. One colourful bag changes everything: your outfit, your mood, possibly your entire week.
Marks and Spencer slouchy scoop bag
£36
Dune Deliberate L green bag
£129
Strathberry Charlotte drawstring bag
£325
Amy Kestenberg at QVC Empire bag
£189
Antler heritage tote bag
£175
Zara personalised bucket bag
£27.99
Demellier Capri bag
£310
Zara metallic chain bag
£29.99
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