Follow these seven tips to ensure you don't suffer from heavy purse syndrome. 

Heavy purse syndrome: What your bag's doing to your back

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Health

Wellness

If your purse is a bottomless pit of tangled cords and lost keys, these five items could change your life.

Five things you need to organize your purse

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Style

Is that bag you lug around every day a sack or a satchel? Better consult our handbag glossary.

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Fashion

If, like us, you can't afford to buy a whole new wardrobe for fall, pick up these five luxe looks for a more practical way to update the classic pieces already in your closet.

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This roomy carryall is the perfect marriage of form and function

Purses

Heavy-purse syndrome: What your bag's doing to your back

Five things you need to organize your purse

Our foolproof guide to handbag terminology

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