Recently, I invested in a crossbody phone strap. This came off the back of a spate of security-minded shopping after my luggage got lost on a recent flight, but really it was because my nervous system couldn't take the jolt every time a cyclist pedalled a little too closely.
This got me thinking: why, at a time when most women I know are clutching their phones for dear life, is another trend emerging—one that sees some of the world's most expensive bags carried wide open? I'm not talking about an unclipped clasp here or an errant zip there. I mean wide open, all your wares there for the taking.
