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Cambridge Satchels available at Bohemia

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It's not often that a hot item in magazines like Italian Vogue ticks all the boxes for Retro To Go as well, but that's most certainly the case with these Cambridge Satchels. The company's new bag ranges are set to become something of a cult favourite, and with looks and craftsmanship like these it's easy to see why.

Made in a variety of sizes and colours, each satchel uses thick, great quality leather to make bags every bit as sturdy as the classroom classics of old. Shown above are a classic brown 14" version and the quirkier red 11" – ideal for men or women, these are an investment well worth making.

Now available online from Bohemia, they retail from £75 (decidedly cheaper than the £88 Urban Outfitters are asking).

Find out more from the website

Categories / Bags, Gadgets and Tech

Cassette-shaped tote bag at Truffle Shuffle

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Novelty bags don't come much quirkier than this Cassette-shaped tote bag, which is currently for sale at Truffle Shuffle.

It is what it says – a large bag shaped like an old cassette tape, with a handle that looks not unlike some that loose tape that always hung out of old cassettes.

Ideal for a beach or shopper, but especially good for getting you attention, it sells for £7.99.

Find out more at the Truffle Shuffle website

Categories / Bags, Design and Interiors, Homeware

Random retail designs

Random retail

Random Retail produce cotton cushions and tote bags based on the typography of vintage signs. 

The two designs show are a couple of examples from their collection. The bag on the left reproduces an advert for a furniture auction in Bembridge in 1923, offering everything from settees to a rowing boat. It's available in red, green, blue and grey and, as a nice touch, the back of the back shows an old bus timetable for getting to Bembridge. In contrast, the cushion shows a sign for alerting the fire brigade, slightly adapted for the cushion design. 

Random Retail's bags cost £22 while the cushions cost £30. 

See the range online

Categories / Bags, Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Gillian Kyle Creamola Foam bag

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If you are Scottish and of a certain age, you are likely to recognise the design Gillian Kyle has used on her new bag, featuring the packaging for the Creamola Foam drink. 

For those less in the know, Creamola foam was a soft drink manufactured, as it says on the bag, in the form of soluble crystals. It was made in Glasgow and sold from the fifties until 1998 when Nestlé ceased production of the drink. If you're eager to try some, there's apparently now an independent company who manufacture a similar drink but until you track them down, this bag is a tasty substitute. The charming packaging of the crystals has been foil printed in fuchsia onto a plain cotton tote. 

If you've got a sweet tooth for all things Scottish, Kyle was the artist behind the Tunnock's Tea Cake tote bag we featured a little while back.

You can get the back for £17.50. 

Buy it from Folksy

Categories / Bags

Adidas vintage football bag

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According to Adidas, this vintage football bag goes back 'several decades'. How many? We don't know, but we like the cut of its faux leather cloth.

Good for a sports bag or a weekend bag, it offers up a large main storage area, side pocket, bottom zip compartment and a 'Beautiful Game' print inside.

Available online, it sells for £85.

Find out more at the Adidas Store website