Tote Bags

Life Does Not Always Fit In A Pocket.

The tote is the least glamorous bag ever invented and the one most people reach for every single day, which is rather the shape of most useful things. It carries a laptop, a lunch, a pair of trainers and a book you fully intend to start, and it does so without requiring any thought whatsoever. That last part is the whole trick.

Structured leather shoppers that hold their shape when half empty, and relaxed canvas that gives up on structure entirely and is better for it. The things worth checking are the unexciting ones: whether the handles are long enough to go over a shoulder in a coat, whether the base is reinforced, and whether anybody thought about where you put a phone. A surprising number of handsome bags fail all three.

For more to carry things in, have a browse of our bags and shoulder and crossbody bags collections, or carry on to backpacks, women's accessories and wallets and purses. There are more businesses worth knowing about in women-led brands, and the stories behind them are in the journal.