Either/Or

All I want to carry in the summer is a trusty tote bag.

Lately I’ve been tossing my leather handbags aside and combing through our stash of grocery store totes for the cleanest and coolest one to sling on my shoulder.


Perhaps it is best though to leave the grocery bags for toting groceries and to invest in a real summer tote.

I have always loved the Longchamp Pilage bag. I know it is one of the most ubiquitous bags around but I think that’s actually why I like it. We you go to Paris, all of the hip Parisian women are carrying these around from the hipster teens, to the sophisticated women and, well you know the rule: if it is good enough for a French woman…


But then I saw this bag from Want les Essentials de la Vie at Opening Ceremony. It has the same fabric and leather mix as the Longchamp and to cool sporty feature of being yellow in the front and navy at the back.


I like them both, I can’t decide.

What is your pick for the tote with the most?

The classique très chic Longchamp?

Or too cool for school OC bag?

7 Comments

  1. michelle @ pretty mommy:

    I’m voting yellow! Loves…

  2. Sonya:

    I like the yellow, too. Those little patches detract from the simplicity of the bag.
    Plus, navy blue is one of my favorite colors right now.

  3. Lili:

    I love both for sure and am actually more partial to the OC bag despite already having a Longchamp Pliage (I actually have the one with the Eiffel Tower printed on it in light blush).

    I’d say have both for different occasions. Longchamp for lunch with grandma and Aunt Karen. Opening Ceremony for brunch and cocktails with the girls. ;)

  4. Mithy Smitten:

    I love the yellow and navy. It’s a bit simpler but I also really like the first choice.
    If I had to pick, I’d go with the first one.

  5. Anna B.:

    Both look a little simple…but I guess the color helps punch things up. Yellow!

  6. laura:

    since everyone has the longchamp, do the yellow!! still sophisticated and classic, but your own twist

  7. Jennifer:

    The yellow for sure. The other is too twee. I think if you go for the Longchamps (love those) you have to go with the classic, snap-up number. But I really like that yellow.

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