Look Slimmer ... using your handbag

If you think it's just a co-incidence that Victoria Beckham always tends to always carry her handbag in the crook of her arm, think again.  This is actually a very simple trick to draw the eye away from her (slightly!) curvier parts to where her body is narrower.  

In general, wherever your handbag ends is where the eye will focus...

If you are very curvy on top, with great legs, then holding your bag lower down will make people notice your best feature.

 A shoulder bag that stops at the hip / bottom area will always create width.

Your handbag also needs to be in proportion to your scale, for example, small bags are perfect for petites...

 

but if a bag is too small for your scale it can make you look a lot larger than you actually are, weight-wise.

A bag that's slightly larger than your proportions can be successfully used to make you seem smaller ...

 

but a bag that is ridiculously larger than you, will led to back ache, and some strange looks!