Bags Bags Bags

Because some bags are too pretty/ugly/strange/ordinary to throw away. Updated daily.

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agnès b. bag from July 2014. How nice. Happy V day, peeps!

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Gorgeous. In Kyoto. I'm swooning over those grommets.

In other news, I am heading out on an international bag hunting excursion. See you in a few weeks!

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Quality construction, this. Hard plastic handles, bold type, bold colour.

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This bag comes from beautiful Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. I don't remember how I came by the bag, but I do remember swimming in Echo Lake and eating wild blueberries like they were going out of style. Good times.

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A thick bag from a biscuit bakery in Brussels. They tied their boxes with string, like every bakery should.

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The texture on this blue beauty is so satisfying. Somewhere between an ultra fine grit sandpaper and braille.

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This treasure comes from a Japanese 7-Eleven, where I bought an excess of instant noodle bowls. I wish I still had some.

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This bag survived a suitcase journey. It comes from a biodynamic wine shop in Madrid run by a lovely chap. He used to work in marketing but gave it up to live the dream. Nice one.

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There is a magical cheese shop in London called Neal's Yard Dairy. They specialise in cheeses from the UK. Once, I bought a hunk of stinking bishop that made for a fragrant train journey home. I'm not sure how my fellow passengers felt about it, but I was pleased.

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They use these bags at the Swiss Cottage green grocer and the fishmonger on Abbey Road. I love them not because they're 100% degradable. I love them because they have no holes, making them perfect vessels for fish dinner trash.

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I may have acquired this at the Royal Academy's 2008 Russian exhibition. There were beautiful Malevich pieces there, but too many people. I waited a long time to get into the show.

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From duty free at Narita Airport. It once held sake.

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Ladies clothing shop beloved by the Japanese. My friend bought trousers and a dress. I let her keep the clothes so long as she gave me her bag.

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Welcome to side 2, where we learn that you can get your laundry done while waiting for your holiday snaps. Photos and pants all in one. Brilliant.

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Side 1 of a bag only possible in Japan. This side advertises film processing services. And yes, they do that. But they also offer another service, as indicated on side 2. Stay tuned.

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This bag brings back hilarious memories of a wedding in a Philadelphia strip mall. There were gratuitous amounts of booze and food, plus a gypsy band and jewel-clad ladies. And then there was this hotel.

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In times of lunch desperation, I stop at this store for an egg and cress sandwich. It's not glamourous but it does the job. I can't say I dislike the folk art-inspired bag, either.