SADLY, this is the last Get the Look. Next week, due to popular demand, we bring back Yes Please and No Thank You under the auspices of our rising star, Imogen Fox; she will continue to provide the practical shopping advice Get the Look did, and more. But onwards, this week with bumbags, which are set to return if Helmut Lang is to be believed. Many of us have carried on wearing them since the Eighties, when they were last in, but slung across a shoulder rather than strapped to the waist. This summer, the streets will be awash with these little pouches, bulging with all sorts. And lots of designers now make them so you don't have to resort to using a patch leather one from a stall off Oxford Street. They look best worn tight to the waist with close-fitting sports clothes. Over a baggy T-shirt, they look pretty awful... this year. AB
Clockwise from top left: black Tempest rucksack/bum bag, pounds 23, Karrimor, North By North West, 3 Southampton Street, London WC2 and Blacks Camping and Leisure branches nationwide. Enquiries: 01254 385911
Fluorescent yellow and black bum bag, pounds 16, Diesel, 43 Earlham Street, London, WC1 and 8-9 Lower Temple Street, Birmingham. Enquiries: 0171 497 5543
Black nylon bum bag, pounds 40, Duffer of St. George, 29 Shorts Gardens, London WC2.
Enquiries: 0171 379 4660
Daytripper bum bag, pounds 99.50, Burberrys, 165 Regent Street, London W1 and 39-41 Princes Street, Edinburgh. Enquiries: 0171 734 5929
Green nylon multi-pocket bag, pounds 20, Komodo, Hype DF Kensington High Street, London W8. Enquiries: 0171 937 6355
Main picture: Belt purse by Helmut Lang for pounds 215. Enquiries: 0171 491 7833
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