Help! It’s a style crisis: handbag essentials fashionistas never leave home without
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From a shoe spray to a debobbler to the elastic band style fix, we ask the fashion set for the handbag necessities guaranteed to save the day. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.
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So, you’ve got your outfit all set – and it is looking good – but what about your fashion first aid kit? Those little hero items that come to the rescue should sartorial disaster strike. We all know how one accidental splosh of red wine can ruin a look, after all.
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To give us a helping hand on a night out, we’ve asked a bunch of fashionable people who always look well put together to share the secret weapon in their handbag. For some, it is about the basics but essentials: a sewing kit (photographer and model Laura Bailey’s must-have), a toothpick or elastic bands (stylist Peter Bevan explains how they are key to achieving the perfect rolled-up shirt sleeve). For others, it’s a proper piece of kit, such as a debobbler, a defuzzer or an on-the-go tailoring tool.
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Then there are the multiuse hacks, including the hair spray fix that combats the annoying staticky skirt thing, the antibac wipes that are the Elle editor’s essential on white shirt days and the nipple covers that double up as blister plasters. Fashion fouls be gone!.
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I often carry a pack of antibacterial hand wipes with me for stain removal (a Covid-era discovery that stuck). I’ve found they work just as well as Tide stain remover pens, if not better. Great for those days when I’m wearing white button-down shirts.
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