handbags

When the fanny pack was introduced to American consu mers in 1988, AdWeek hailed it as “the hottest product of the year.”

Call me a lazy schlepper, but all I ask from a handbag is that it carry everything I own, with nary a hitch or switch. The alternative — constantly dumping my infinite number of essentials and repacking them in various totes — is too horrific to contemplate.