Love Island star Lauren Wood was left devastated after her designer handbag was snatched in central London during a girls' day out. The 26-year-old, who appeared on the ITV2 dating show last year, took to TikTok to share the ordeal, revealing her Louis Vuitton bag vanished between leaving Selfridges and arriving at a brand event at The Londoner hotel.
Lauren told followers: 'I got my Louis Vuitton bag stolen in central London today. We were just having a lovely gorgeous shopping day, a girls' day - bit of dinner, went to Selfridge's, shopping, walked out of Selfridge's, bag's on my shoulder.' She believes it was stolen on the Tube or in Leicester Square after CCTV at the hotel showed she arrived without it.
The star, who has frequently been seen with a Louis Vuitton Papillon Trunk worth nearly £2,500, recalled the moment she realised: 'I sat down, I looked at Char with a sheer state of panic. I literally sat and realised my bag was not on my shoulder.' A search involving staff and security failed to find the bag.
Lauren urged fans to stay vigilant, saying: 'Keep your stuff safe when you're in central London. Keep it so secure on you - keep hold of your phones.' The incident comes as official statistics show London's theft-from-person crime rate is nearly five times the national average.
Lauren shot to fame last summer as a Casa Amor bombshell, becoming involved in a love triangle with Harrison Solomon and Toni Laites. She and Harrison split in November 2025, and he later returned for Love Island: All Stars.
