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VICTORIA BECKHAM

My favourite is my Hermès Kelly bag, in which I always carry my DVB sunglasses, my BlackBerry, a small make-up bag with a few essentials, baby wipes, some toys for the boys when they’re out and about and a spare nappy for Cruz.

Kelly bag, £3,460, by Hermès. Sunglasses, £135, by DVB, from www.coggles.com. BlackBerry 8800, free to £128; www.vodafone.co.uk

SAVANNAH MILLER

I love Luella’s bags – they are beautifully made and you don’t see them everywhere. Inside is my BlackBerry, which has changed my life; Ruby & Millie Face Gloss, which gives a natural glow and stops you looking like a dog’s dinner; Airborne Formula, a fizzy vitamin thing that is amazing for avoiding bugs on planes; Oyster card; pictures of my family; and a Moleskine sketchbook.

Joni bag, £1,795, by Luella. Face Gloss, £12, by Ruby & Millie, from Boots. Sketchbook, £12.50, by Moleskine, from www.mojolondon.co.uk

NIGELLA LAWSON

I feel rather antilabel about handbags these days – they’re all a little too Wagtastic. I’m using an anonymous suede bag by Fratelli Rossetti. Inside is a Givenchy powder compact in Happy Sun, a Letts Ladydate diary, a tube of Colman’s English mustard, a mini supply of Maldon salt, a mini bottle of Tabasco, my BlackBerry and a digital camera for taking pictures of everything I eat.Bag, £300, by Fratelli Rossetti; 020 7259 6397. Prisme Again! Visage in Happy Sun, £26.50, by Givenchy

ROKSANDA ILINCIC

My bag is a Chanel 2.55 that was a present from my husband three years ago. I still haven’t found anything that could replace it. Inside are my two favourite lipsticks, Amplified Orange by Mac and a shocking-pink YSL; my LG Shine mobile, which doubles as a mirror; Shu Uemura Depsea Water in Rose and Shu Uemura mascara; YSL vintage sunglasses; Flavigny Pastilles, preferably violet flavour; and my Eiffel Tower gold pen, found when tourist shopping in Paris.

2.55 satin handbag, £1,300, by Chanel. Depsea Water, £14, and mascara, £17, by Shu Uemura

TARA PALMER-TOMKINSON

My favourite bag is the biggest classic Chanel, so I can carry a change of clothes (currently gold lamé shorts and a Castelbajac T-shirt) and my passport, in its Matthew Williamson for Smythson case. Also inside are Jo Malone grapefruit perfume, Darphin eye serum, YSL Touche Eclat, Chanel wallet and Michael Kors sunglasses.

Tote, £1,500, by Chanel. Notebook, from a selection, by Matthew Williamson for Smythson; 020 7629 8558. Sunglasses, £140, by Michael Kors

COLEEN McLOUGHLIN

I’m using a classic black leather Chanel bag. I use the same routine when it comes to packing it and follow it religiously: diary, camera (you never know when you will need one), St Tropez Bronzer, Nars blusher, Pout lip plump, YSL mascara, my own Coleen X perfume, green Wrigley’s Extra, credit cards and money in case I need to take a taxi.

2.55 leather bag, from £1,295, by Chanel. Coleen X, £12, from Selfridges

BAY GARNETT

It’s a fake lizard-skin bag from Portobello market or a Louis Vuitton, which is seriously luxe – it’s all about the mood I’m in. In it, I have my black Ray-Bans, Vaishaly moisturiser, iPod, Nokia phone and a Louis Vuitton wallet.

Mahina bag, £1,081, and wallet, £350, by Louis Vuitton. Day Moisturiser, £45, by Vaishaly; www.vaishaly.com

ANGELA HARTNETT

The bag I love is by Marc by Marc Jacobs. I start the week saying I’m going to keep it tidy, but by the end of the week it is full of rubbish. At the moment, there is my phone, a wallet for credit cards, Chanel No 19 perfume, Cosa Nostra by John Dickie, a toothbrush, mints and my tasting spoon.

Aline leather tote, £335, by Marc by Marc Jacobs, from Net-a-porter.com. Duemila spoon, £4, from www.divertimenti.co.uk.

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