Is the paper shopping bag what we’ve been craving all along?
Last week, I was having a classically frantic New York day. I was already running late for a morning event and I had several stops to make afterwards, including selling clothes at the downtown vintage store James Veloria. I needed something to haul my stuff, quickly. In a rush, I grabbed a hulking promotional shopping bag.
I loved this white matte shopping bag for its sheer largeness. It’s a pain in the ass, so big it can hold a toddler–or two. The size is not made for the cramped confines of the subway, but rather, it begs for its own spacious reservation, the backseat of an Uber. Its heft demands glamorous handling. And that is exactly how I treated the zaftig carryall from the beginning of the day: I called an overpriced car, plopped that beacon of an XXL bag down next to me, and rode across the bridge.
A shopping bag is almost like a trophy. It reads “I came, I saw, I shopped,” but more than that play on Caesar’s motto, it really says, “I was out in the world, experiencing it.” I had long forgotten about this connection until I went to James Veloria, dropped off some suits that I never wore to trade for a saucy little Versace suit dress.
The shopping scenes that Betts describes is an apocalyptic mess of chic. These women aren’t gatherers…these are hunters, trying to track down a perfect strappy Jimmy Choo heel or the latest Prada nylon backpack. But Betts detailed more than a shopping bender: She saw women out in the world not only shopping but also being out in the world.Most Popular
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