I can never deny the utility of a good tote/big structured bag but they carry such strong maternal connotations that I don't think I can bring myself to go there for another decade yet (sorry mum, I love you and your posh black totes). They're undoubtedly v. useful but it's impossible to feel footloose and fancy-free, or unburdened anyway, with one.
and so here I am, carrying an oxblood one the size and shape of a briefcase, and its smaller black sister which is just about big enough to fit a fat wallet, phone, keys and lip balm/stick and maybe a little tube of sunscreen if I push it. The first reads "I came here from work" if I ever take it anywhere that isn't the office, the second isn't sexy but is perfect for touristing (the usual bum bag just feels like a "PLEASE MUG ME" sign over my head). But I would like to experience more decorative smaller (but not absurdly small) bags e.g. the Lanvin Happy, it's such a pretty bag.
Along with an oversized tote crammed with bags, I carried around issues of W, Vogue and Elle because (of course) phones were not the geniuses they are today...
I have the large telfar shopping bag in eggplant. The amount of “essentials” it carries comes in clutch, but I’d also love to wear a baguette bag with a singular pencil in it on campus just once.
By the time I get home from the office, my sad sack inevitably not only has a laptop, but also loaf of bread, a canned good or two, and an onion. Talk about a load 🤡 . Loved this story!
i've been attempting to use my LV neverfull for college, but my lower back just can't hack having textbooks, my old ass laptop, and books in it at once.
I can never deny the utility of a good tote/big structured bag but they carry such strong maternal connotations that I don't think I can bring myself to go there for another decade yet (sorry mum, I love you and your posh black totes). They're undoubtedly v. useful but it's impossible to feel footloose and fancy-free, or unburdened anyway, with one.
and so here I am, carrying an oxblood one the size and shape of a briefcase, and its smaller black sister which is just about big enough to fit a fat wallet, phone, keys and lip balm/stick and maybe a little tube of sunscreen if I push it. The first reads "I came here from work" if I ever take it anywhere that isn't the office, the second isn't sexy but is perfect for touristing (the usual bum bag just feels like a "PLEASE MUG ME" sign over my head). But I would like to experience more decorative smaller (but not absurdly small) bags e.g. the Lanvin Happy, it's such a pretty bag.
Along with an oversized tote crammed with bags, I carried around issues of W, Vogue and Elle because (of course) phones were not the geniuses they are today...
I have the large telfar shopping bag in eggplant. The amount of “essentials” it carries comes in clutch, but I’d also love to wear a baguette bag with a singular pencil in it on campus just once.
By the time I get home from the office, my sad sack inevitably not only has a laptop, but also loaf of bread, a canned good or two, and an onion. Talk about a load 🤡 . Loved this story!
i've been attempting to use my LV neverfull for college, but my lower back just can't hack having textbooks, my old ass laptop, and books in it at once.
very appropriate read as i lay here, my shoulder slick with vicks vaporub because i carried heavy totes yesterday