The Big Bag Trend: Here's What Happened When I Commuted With One
Fredy Delgado The writer, midcommute with a massive V by Townsley tote bag in tow. The photo was regrammed from an account called “The Big Bag Club,” which shares comically large photoshopped versions of already comically large bags. Elle even called XXL bags one of its “5 biggest bag trends for winter 2019.” As a person who at any given moment can be found carrying a backpack, two tote bags and a purse, the massive bag trend intrigues me. On the other hand, as a New Yorker who commutes by subway and scoffs at people for not taking their backpacks off on a crowded train, the massive bag trend annoys me. V by Townsley is a vegan leather brand that offers beautiful normal-sized bags as well as the Eden, an oversized, buttery blue tote that, according to the V by Townsley website, is “large enough for all your essentials, with space for a few luxuries as well.” “Essentials” I fit inside this bag with room to spare go as follows: A coat.
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