And now for something completely trivial

[neadods]

What is it with purses with short straps? Straps so short you can't swing them onto your shoulder, you have to pull them up your arm... where they will either fall off your shoulder or cut off your circulation.

I was looking for the perfect purse du jour and found it - right size, right configuration, right price - and the strap was about 3" too short to be comfortable.

Which is why there's a guy in Lowes who thinks I'm completely insane, but took boltcutters to the little rings holding the strap on when I asked. A little twiddling with carabiners later, and the length is perfect.

Comments

[swallowedbysky.livejournal.com]

That's one of the more brilliant solutions I've ever heard, and I wish I'd thought of it myself 24 hours ago when I too found the perfect bag only to discover the straps were too short and instead settled for a less perfect bag with straps that were designed to actually be used.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Better yet, I have some decorative carabiners already from www.bisonbelts.com (look under "keychain").

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Go you! That's a me-level solution; a Russ-level solution would have been to buy a narrow belt blank at a leather shop and replace the strap, using his ancient leather-stitching sewing machine.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I thought about that, but replacing the ring with a couple carabiners on each side was easier and didn't require finding a belt and digging out the sewing machine.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

As someone whose mission in life is to find the perfect handbag (and who has a lot of 'well, they looked perfect at the time' around the house to prove it *g*), your post made me smile.

Same happened to me the other day (minus the man with the boltcutters, sadly). I don't want a bag with stupid little straps which ends up tucked under my armpit and making me feel like the Hunchback of Notre Dame's long-lost sister *bg*.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

and who has a lot of 'well, they looked perfect at the time' around the house to prove it

You and me both!

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

Go, you! :-D

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'm quite pleased with myself. We'll see how well it holds up under actual use - and certainly it's going to be different than any other purse out there now!