Handbag Designer Clare Vivier Shares Her Expert Advice on Packing the Perfect Work-to-Play Tote

CV: My collection was founded on the belief that we're all like chic working girls and we need fabulous things to carry to work and then go out at night. So a Messenger bag, the Trapezienne, the Madeleine tote—all these totes are meant to carry the clutches inside and separate our life. So you could put your makeup, you could put your technology things, you could put other things. And then at night when you're going to just take out a clutch.

Glamour: Which bags do you like to carry?

CV: I get stuck on bags, so right now I'm stuck on the Gosee clutch. And you can take off the strap or you can leave it on. I always carry my grand duffel, which is the larger-size duffel, because it fits my MacBook Air perfectly and I travel so much. And just to go to work every day, I put a bunch of clutches in with different things.

Glamour: For women who tend to carry a handbag on one shoulder and maybe a canvas bag on the other, etc.—how would you suggest streamlining a handbag wardrobe?

CV: I'm biased and I think our clutches are perfect for that. So I think carrying multiple clutches inside your bag and separating your life that way is perfect. That's our ethos of the company.

Here's a tempting shot of the new Clare V. boutique and bags, so many, bags (including that navy one):

Are you thinking of following Clare's work bag packing advice? How do you pack your work bag? And, most important, which bag is your favorite?!

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