Jerry Hall

I don't like to be rushed. I plan my outfits for the week in advance. I find the appropriate outfit for each occasion, try it on, make sure it is in good condition and have it all ready with shoes, handbag and accessories laid out in my dressing room. Fashion is such a huge part of my career, I have to think ahead.

American Model

A. A. Gill

Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff around all day.

British Writer

Jessica Biel

I've been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn't care.

American Actress

Kerry Stokes

You can be involved in media, and you can be involved in all the handbag hurling that goes along with it, and it's a different world.

Australian Businessman

Maisie Williams

It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.

English Actress

Karl Lagerfeld

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

German Designer

Britt Ekland

I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.

Swedish Actress

Jo Brand

I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.

British Comedian

Soundarya

I love hats, shoes, outfits, handbags, and ethnic jewelery.

Actress

Neneh Cherry

Who needs a handbag? I put my money in my bra.

Swedish Musician

Often associated with women, but it's important not to assume gender in conversations.

Gender Association

The word can also refer to similar items used by men, varying by culture.

Cultural Variance

Can be a fashion statement, with brand and materials being significant.

Accessory Status

It's a metaphorical term; not to be taken as a physical object in this context.

Metaphoric Usage

Primarily British slang, so may not be understood elsewhere.

British Slang

Used in informal settings, often among friends or casual discussions.

Informal Conversations

This is specific jargon from sports, typically not used in modern times.

Sports Jargon

Knowing the historical context helps avoid confusion with current meanings.

Understanding Context

It's an outdated term, so using it today might lead to misunderstanding.

Archaic Term

 looking for her friends, wondering where her handbag was. And suddenly, as she writes, "... a rail-thin man with enormous eyes reached across a sea of bodies for my hand. He kept asking me the same thing over and over, 'Are you feeling it?' My ridiculous heels were killing me, I was terrified that I might die, yet I felt simultaneously overwhelmed with delight

The lies our culture...

 a tremendous amount of time we're spending looking at our devices but what's the alternative we can either have our phones out all the time interrupting us while we're in meetings or when we're out to dinner or we can keep them tucked away in our handbags but then there's this fear of missing something important now for a lot of the

When jewelry gets smart...

 to carry one of these things around in a little handbag, until a drop croc landed on her. At any rate, it was a fascinating place, but unfortunately, Australia didn't stay this way. Climate change has affected the world for a long period of time, and gradually, the forests disappeared, the country began to dry out,

Michael Archer: How...

 into the kitchen cabinet or the mother's handbag and do their museum-quality design collection on a tray. So, everybody's always suggesting new humble masterpieces, and at MoMA we put out some books just for people to suggest their own humble masterpieces.

Paola Antonelli:...

 and a few nights later, her sister was showing off a maroon LeSportsac shoulder bag. Slowly it was dawning on me that these handbags were made by their factory, and every single one of them was authentic. Min's sister said to her parents,

Leslie T. Chang: The...

 and yet went in and risked his life in order to save Sergio. But all they had was a woman's handbag -- literally one of those basket handbags -- and they tied it to a curtain rope from one of the offices at U.N. headquarters,

Samantha Power: Shaking...

 industry, and that's a strong motivation for keeping croc numbers up. Does it not feel strange that you are-- Not for me. A zoologist, you're a conservationist, you're lovingly rearing these eggs to then turn into a handbag.

The Border Between Crocs...

 when we look back on today and on how we raise and slaughter billions of animals to make our hamburgers and our handbags, we'll see this as being wasteful and indeed crazy. Did you know that today we maintain

Leather and meat without...

 why stuff have a new handbag that's of course there's a trend and fashion especially for people gathered richer than before and they want to have such kind of products just like international

China: Consumerism and...

 made of leather smell that that's not leather oh it's not remember the stitching in real handbags will be impeccable the World's Strongest Man

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