I love an unhinged tote and Paris and fashion documentaries. Never enough reports from Paris! And that sandwich! There was a very fun (and nostalgic) doc about the 90s supermodels on Apple+ a few years ago, uncreatively called The Super Models. I loved it.
Totes are my nemesis and always have been since kindergarten and first grade when I had a canvas tote bag as my school bag. I am unusually short with long arms - you know how they say your wing span should be the same as your height? Well mine is nearly 3” longer, kinda like Michael Phelps. Sadly this manifests itself as being unable to use a tote bag because it hangs too low. As a kindergartener it dragged on the ground during my walk to school and by the end of the school year I had torn holes in it. As an adult it just means it bangs into my knees. And since I’m short, I cannot throw it over my shoulder because it will entrap my entire torso. My travel bag is always a PacSafe backpack for hauling around lots of gear, a very sturdy Timbuk2 mini messenger bag, or my Tom Binn Café cross body.
It is true that strap length has to be perfect for a tote to really work. That is my one complaint about my LeBag, the straps aren’t long enough to “tote” it properly
I bought a foldable tote from a Japanese company (Shupatto) when I was in Salzburg last year, and it has become my favorite travel and shopping tote of all time. The amount it holds is magic, and it's so easy to keep in my purse.
I love an unhinged tote and Paris and fashion documentaries. Never enough reports from Paris! And that sandwich! There was a very fun (and nostalgic) doc about the 90s supermodels on Apple+ a few years ago, uncreatively called The Super Models. I loved it.
I loved that Super Models documentary!
Totes are my nemesis and always have been since kindergarten and first grade when I had a canvas tote bag as my school bag. I am unusually short with long arms - you know how they say your wing span should be the same as your height? Well mine is nearly 3” longer, kinda like Michael Phelps. Sadly this manifests itself as being unable to use a tote bag because it hangs too low. As a kindergartener it dragged on the ground during my walk to school and by the end of the school year I had torn holes in it. As an adult it just means it bangs into my knees. And since I’m short, I cannot throw it over my shoulder because it will entrap my entire torso. My travel bag is always a PacSafe backpack for hauling around lots of gear, a very sturdy Timbuk2 mini messenger bag, or my Tom Binn Café cross body.
It is true that strap length has to be perfect for a tote to really work. That is my one complaint about my LeBag, the straps aren’t long enough to “tote” it properly
I bought a foldable tote from a Japanese company (Shupatto) when I was in Salzburg last year, and it has become my favorite travel and shopping tote of all time. The amount it holds is magic, and it's so easy to keep in my purse.
https://www.shupatto.com/en/product/compactbag-m/?color=13
Oh I really like the shape of that bag!!