An old school bag in an old school cloth – the APC Prince of Wales satchel.
Ideal for a day bag, it’s made from a soft Prince of Wales check fabric, along with a black interior and detailing of suede and steel, plus an adjustable strap.
You can check it out online, priced at £115.
Red Hot Ruby is a new Brighton-based boutique, specialising in designs influenced by 50s Americana, with both mens and womens t-shirts, along with accessories – which includes this Trashy Novel clutch bag.
Looking like a book from a distance, this box-shaped bag has a gold clasp and red satin lining, sized at 9 x 7 inches, so enough room for your essentials.
You can pick it up online for £34.50. And while you’re there, check out the t-shirt designs too.
Find out more at the Red Hot Ruby website
Perfect for those summer days in the park, the NGC DJ Mixer Stereo Boom Bag offers some old-school style and gives you ample opportunity to annoy passers-by.
A colourful set of decks on one side, a black and white image on the other, this Boom Bag doesn’t just offer storage, it also packs in an FM radio, a pair of speakers and connections for your iPod – so just like an old 80s boom box, you can annoy the world as you’re out and about.
Also available in an old reel tape design (see image over the page), you can pick up the bags for £18.99 each.
Find out more at the iWorld website www.iworld.co.uk
This could be just about the most stylish bowling bag I’ve seen – but I would probably need a minor Lotto win to afford the Dior Homme coated canvas bowling bag.
Everything about the design is classic. And if you need to look cool on a weekend break, it’s just the thing with that glossy finish, dogtooth lining and Dior Homme tag on the side.
But there is the inevitable downside of price – it will cost you £610.
Find out more at the Browns website
We’re all trying to cut back on our plastic bag use – but at the same time, dragging bags around with us can be a pain. Enter the Zip Bag.
Out of Australia, these bags fold away into a zip wallet small enough to fit into your handbag or coat pocket. So when you do some shopping, just unzip the bold retro-styled bag and you have something that looks good, helps you carry your shopping and helps the environment.
You can buy one online, priced at $24.95AUS, which is around £11.75.
Find out more at the Love Your Planet website
If you are cutting down on your plastic bag use, you need a sturdy shopper to replace them. And ideally a stylish one too.
That’s what you get with the Sigvard Textile bag. It’s made from thick cotton cadiz (100 per cent cotton), featuring the classic Virrvarr pattern, designed by Sigvard Bernadotte in 1961 in a choice of light or dark grey. There’s also a signature label (so you can show off) and a capacity of 10 litres.
You can pick one up online, priced at £29.78.
Find out more at the Scandinavian Design Center website
