This is a question that I have pondered a lot lately. I would like to beleive that every woman has the ability to look great carrying every bag size, shape and form no matter how big or small the bag may be. But observation tells me that some body sizes look best with certain purse sizes. I've observed that taller women look great with larger satchels, hobos and many of the larger bags that have become so popular lately - but smaller purses look too tiny for them. Whereas more petite women sometimes look overwhelmed with the larger sized bags, and look best with smaller regular sized purses (those that are roughly 1/3 to 2/3 the size of the larger satchels I mentioned above look so great on taller women). Am I wrong in my observation? What do you think? Should the size of your purse be based on the size of your body? Where should the bottom of the purse hit on your body?

More specifically, as I admire the new spring purses in all of their wonderful colours, I'm stumped on the size of purse that would best suit my body size & type. I am very petite (5'2" in height and 105 pounds) and most of my girlfriends think I have a cross between an hourglass & a ruler/straight shaped body. Would larger satchels look too large on me, and dwarf me? And what is the ideal size & shape of the purses I should carry (assuming that I would need to carry only an average amount of stuff in my purse)?

Thanks in advance!