It's not often that bag-designers really think about the shape and size of a baguette. But a new series of totes takes not only baguettes but all sorts of produce into consideration. The bags are not only handsome enough for daily city life, but also designed with the urban market shopper in mind.
These totes hold about six gallons' worth of stuff, but in a sleek and sophisticated shape. There is a deep V in the front that lets you open the bag and access groceries easily, but the shape and size will also accommodate a laptop. There is separate baguette "quiver" (their term!) that will hold a long loaf of bread or a sheaf of fresh flowers.
These come with a price tag we usually associate only with high-end bags, though — not our market bags! They run $299 to $329 apiece. We probably wouldn't pay that much for any sort of bag, but we do admire the concept and the care that has evidently gone into the design of these bags. Hopefully we'll see more like them soon!
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Pah! A baguette should clearly only be carried in hand, or in the basket on the front of your bike ;)
Very cool. I wonder if I could figure out a way to incorporate the design into something I could make myself . . . hmmm.
Now, if I could only get the baggers to stop putting my eggs on the bottom... :)
i find this tacky somehow. a baguette "quiver"? nah.
I think this is a great idea - I always end up with bent baguettes! I guess I'll have to wait for the Ikea version with that pricetag, though.
Beautiful design, but yeah, too expensive for me.
Wow. Can you say 'needs creation'?
I didn't realise that baguette transportation was in such need of a new invention...is it just me, or does anyone else get freaked out about the 'exposed' top of the baguette? I always feel that its so..dirty.
saer
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@saer - I'm also always concerned about the exposed part of the baguette! Who knows what happens to it while just sitting in the grocery store...I don't want to think about it.
While I have a hard time taking my baguettes home, there is no way I'm paying $200 for a special baguette bag.
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interesting concept.... but the price....I assume if you have over $300 to spend on a grocery bag, you also have people to do the shopping for you ;)
it's such a pretty bag! I would love to carry that around at the local farmer's market, but definitely can't justify spending that much on something just for groceries. I mean, I pay enough for the groceries as it is...
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Thank you for posting an entry about SAC-à-BAGUETTE(TM). As the designer, I certainly understand concerns about price; but I wanted to note a few things about the bag's value: SAC-à-BAGUETTE is so different from the typical reusable tote bag that I have secured three design patents on it (two in the US and one in Europe). Every bag is Made in the USA of incredibly high-quality materials and construction. Its brand new, multi-functional design--wearable on the shoulder or, by many, as a backpack-- includes a zip-out, cleanable liner. It should last for several years of trips to the fresh market while saving thousands of plastic bags and tons of foreign made "reusable" totes!
I live on an island called jersey, 14 miles off the north west coast of France. As you know France is the spiritual birthplace of the baguette and if you pop into any French hypermarket you can pick up a draw string baguette sac for €2 tops, that's around $2.87. I'm struggling to understand why this particular version would cost 100 times that of the original, which are also bigger???? Ps those of you worried about the nub being dirty, this is the part that is generally eaten before you get home, cycling on your bike wearing a Breton top is optional of course ;-)