Designer’s bags are for tall women

It turns out that tall-drink-of-water L’Wren Scott is self-conscious about being so tall.

Scott, the model-turned-stylist-turned-designer, appeared at the flagship Barneys New York store to launch her handbag for lady collection. As she designed each bag — the weekender, the shoulder bag, the clutch — she kept in mind the size of each piece.

How long are the straps? How wide is the frame? How far does it open?

She said it’s how she approaches everything. "I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived."

Scott stands 6-foot-3, and it feels as if she’s been that tall forever, she said. Height drives her own fashion choices. It’s why she doesn’t wear poufy, Doris Day styles, opting instead for lean silhouettes, Scott explained, and she thinks most women operate the same way: Once they find a look they like, they stick with it.

The skirts and dresses in her collection usually are often in three lengths — mini, just above the knee and just below. Her runway show is a top-tier, A-list event, which draws mostly her friends such as Kyra Sedgwick and Ellen Barkin, and boyfriend Mick Jagger.