For a joyful expression of summer style, the market tote is my platonic ideal. The humble accessory balances whimsy with practicality and I’m convinced the style you identify most with reveals a lot about your personality. A netted shopper? You definitely have great taste in produce (I see that pint of juicy Harry’s Berries and want it). Find yourself drawn to the colorful mesh shoppers that line Mexico City’s canopied stalls? Your dream Sunday is probably trawling the weekend flower market, collecting giant tulips and sunflowers while privately manifesting a meet-cute with fellow floriculturist Jeremy Allen White. Canvas says you value utility above all else—those delicate peaches and heirloom tomatoes need safeguarding from bruises, as does your white skirt from rogue fruit stains. Sequin embellishments tell everyone you’re the life of the party. If you’re raffia ou rien, I already know Jane Birkin’s wicker basket from La Piscine is your favorite fashion film reference.
Vogue’s Favorite Market Totes:
Imagination runs similarly wild and free on the spring/summer runways, where a fascination with the everyday sparks seasonal experimentations in form. Prada painted summer stripes onto its version of the supermarket basket this year, complete with sturdy metal handles to help you carry Cavaillon melons home. Multicolored mesh totes shine bright under the beam of The Row’s glowing aura, a brand that routinely turns humble staples into cult-favorites. Elsewhere, fluid silk lends elegant movement to Hereu’s Callela tote, while frothy paillettes sparkle on Chan Luu’s recycled oversized shopper. For a modern homage, you need look little further than French label Lemaire, who teamed up with the country’s oldest purveyor of net shopping bags—the Normany-based Filt—to bring structure, and a bit of heft, to the classic netted style with contrast edging and a leather crossbody strap.
No matter which market you call home base, be it the bustling stands of Manhattan’s Union Square Greenmarket or the organic booths of Paris’s Raspail, they all have one thing in common: a bounty awaits.
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