I'm weak for any shopping bag with nice cardboard and ribbon handles! and have hung on to - in my mind - nice ones with origins ranging from the V&A museum gift shop to Miller Harris to a GIANT one from Canali that held a (much less expensive than Canali thanks to a store closing sale but a chunk of my income nonetheless) Paul Smith suit. The Canali bag is now a bit torn at the top and was a bit too massive to ever make a schlepper if I wanted to be out in public, also large enough to put a small child in - evidence being my friend's toddler attempting to make it a 'house' - but that thing is built like a little tank and now serves as additional clothing storage.
but my true love is shoeboxes - my one pair of TRR Prada sandals from that Spring 2008 collection came in their shoebox with the James Jean fairy artwork, and the shoes don't enthuse me much but the box? That got immediate 'turn this into a shrine' status.
Worked at a manhattan designer boutique in the mid aughts when the logomania was at such a fever pitch, people would try to request separate bags for each individual item they purchased and we were forced to impose a bag quantity limit. The number of times I was on the receiving end of full blown screaming melt downs over shopping bags still scars me 😆
Tapped a seam here. In late 90s Southern California high school, brown bag lunch was in a small gap bag (just reporting the facts). Now in Beirut my tailor sends back the alterations in a battered Hermes bag… and I bring it back to him… much internal tension on my part as to whether the bag will stay with me or get back to him.
Love this! Have the Ganni shopping bag hanging up on my wall - I just like the standout font against the bright white background - if we can frame posters, why not shopping bags …
Def pro shopping bags. I remember seeing all the “medium brown bags” or “large brown bags” that all these cool young women had when I’d take the subway to school. I thought they were the coolest and so delighted when I finally had my own Bloomingdale’s bag. When I stayed in Vienna’s Sacher hotel I also took the shopping bag because it’s delightfully sturdy and a great burgundy color
I never kept any shopping bags as a practice, but I do have a lot of Colette bags. Karl Lagerfeld said they were Choupette’s favourite place to sleep so I knew they were something special. I am ready to take one out for its maiden voyage.
I’ve also loved the idea of using dust bags to carry things and felt so validated when I saw MK Olsen carrying one crammed with stuff in a candid a few years ago.
I'm weak for any shopping bag with nice cardboard and ribbon handles! and have hung on to - in my mind - nice ones with origins ranging from the V&A museum gift shop to Miller Harris to a GIANT one from Canali that held a (much less expensive than Canali thanks to a store closing sale but a chunk of my income nonetheless) Paul Smith suit. The Canali bag is now a bit torn at the top and was a bit too massive to ever make a schlepper if I wanted to be out in public, also large enough to put a small child in - evidence being my friend's toddler attempting to make it a 'house' - but that thing is built like a little tank and now serves as additional clothing storage.
but my true love is shoeboxes - my one pair of TRR Prada sandals from that Spring 2008 collection came in their shoebox with the James Jean fairy artwork, and the shoes don't enthuse me much but the box? That got immediate 'turn this into a shrine' status.
Worked at a manhattan designer boutique in the mid aughts when the logomania was at such a fever pitch, people would try to request separate bags for each individual item they purchased and we were forced to impose a bag quantity limit. The number of times I was on the receiving end of full blown screaming melt downs over shopping bags still scars me 😆
Tapped a seam here. In late 90s Southern California high school, brown bag lunch was in a small gap bag (just reporting the facts). Now in Beirut my tailor sends back the alterations in a battered Hermes bag… and I bring it back to him… much internal tension on my part as to whether the bag will stay with me or get back to him.
Love this! Have the Ganni shopping bag hanging up on my wall - I just like the standout font against the bright white background - if we can frame posters, why not shopping bags …
Def pro shopping bags. I remember seeing all the “medium brown bags” or “large brown bags” that all these cool young women had when I’d take the subway to school. I thought they were the coolest and so delighted when I finally had my own Bloomingdale’s bag. When I stayed in Vienna’s Sacher hotel I also took the shopping bag because it’s delightfully sturdy and a great burgundy color
I never kept any shopping bags as a practice, but I do have a lot of Colette bags. Karl Lagerfeld said they were Choupette’s favourite place to sleep so I knew they were something special. I am ready to take one out for its maiden voyage.
I’ve also loved the idea of using dust bags to carry things and felt so validated when I saw MK Olsen carrying one crammed with stuff in a candid a few years ago.