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42 Inventive Shopping Bags

Creative Totes and Carryalls for Clever Consumers

— June 20, 2011 — Eco
Shopping bags and totes are a must-have for the serious bargain hunter. After all, it simply won't do to be carrying all those lovely purchases home limited by what can be grasped by bare hands. Having many bags and totes will prevent that most dreaded of conditions: the truncated shopping spree.

Whether you prefer to declare your environmental affinity with eco-friendly sacks made of reclaimed billboard vinyl or recycled juice containers or display your fashion savvy with the haute couture shopping tote made of fine leather, you’re sure to find an inventive shopping bag that meets your needs in the many carrying incarnations collected here.

So gather your coin and plastic, grab a bag and do what you were born to do: Shop!
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G-Rated Shopping Bags
G-Rated Shopping Bags
The Mother and Child Bag Series Makes Shopping a Team Effort
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Eco-Bag Overload – Landfills Are Being Cluttered With Fashionably Green Alternatives
Eco-Bag Overload – Landfills Are Being Cluttered With Fashionably Green Alternatives
Landfills Are Being Cluttered With Fashionably Green Alternatives
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San Francisco May Ban Plastic Grocery Bags
San Francisco May Ban Plastic Grocery Bags
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Brilliant Green Products
Brilliant Green Products
Banner Bags
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Eco-Friendly Activist Totes
Eco-Friendly Activist Totes
Peta2's Trollsen Twins Bag
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Load-Lifting Shopping Aids
Load-Lifting Shopping Aids
The Tube Grip Will Make Your Shopping Experience Lighter
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Starving Children in Grocery Bags
Starving Children in Grocery Bags
Die Arche Guerrilla Campaign
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Couture Corner Store Bags
Couture Corner Store Bags
Plastic Handbags Upgrade With These Cast Of Vice Leather Shopping Bags
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Cartographic Hand Bags
Cartographic Hand Bags
Map Totes are a Fashionable Alternative to Google Maps
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Screaming Eco Bags
Screaming Eco Bags
Designer Thorbjorn Ankerstjerne Creates a Grocery Bag With a Strong Message
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Recycled Fence Totes
Recycled Fence Totes
ORNJ Bags
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Reusable Shopping Tote
Reusable Shopping Tote
ChicoBags
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Totes From Car Brochures
Totes From Car Brochures
Maserati Limited Edition Momaboma Eco-Bag
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Eco-Friendly Shopping Totes
Eco-Friendly Shopping Totes
Wind Bags Are Sewn Using Wind-Generated Power
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Rusticly Modern Accessories
Rusticly Modern Accessories
The Forestbound Carryall No. 3 Brings the Farm to the City
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Green Meets Mean
Green Meets Mean
Environmental Handbag Mocks Fashionistas
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Lotta Jansdotter Klara Totes
Lotta Jansdotter Klara Totes
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Big Box Eco
Big Box Eco
Earth Day 2009 Marks End of Plastic Shopping Bags at IKEA Canada
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Mean Green Totes
Mean Green Totes
‘My Reusable Bag Makes Me Better Than You' For Fierce Shoppers
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Propaganda in Retail Marketing
Propaganda in Retail Marketing
Saks Calls on Shepard Fairey to Lead the Charge
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Build Your Own Bag
Build Your Own Bag
Design A Timbuk2 Eco-Tote or Laptop Bag
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Indie Eco Bags
Indie Eco Bags
Molly Butterfoss Bags for Hayden-Harnett Feature Fun Cartoons
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Naughty Shopping Bags
Naughty Shopping Bags
French First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Bare on Pardon Totes
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Floral X-Ray Shopping Bags
Floral X-Ray Shopping Bags
The Catriona Mackechnie Packaging Designed by Bibliotheque is Upscale
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Badass Retail Promotions
Badass Retail Promotions
'Clothes in Closets' Boast Shopping Bags With Brass Knuckles
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Eco Designer Totes
Eco Designer Totes
Enviro Bags Featuring Portraits of Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld
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Simple Disposal Sack Stands
Simple Disposal Sack Stands
The Paperbag Holder by Helena Mattila Makes Recycling Easy
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Charitable Eco Bags
Charitable Eco Bags
The Market Bag for Apolis Activism Gives Back and Stays Green
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Customizable Couture Bags
Customizable Couture Bags
Personalized Prada Bags Set to Hit Stores
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Recycled Billboard Bags
Recycled Billboard Bags
Eco-Friendly Purses Made From City Advertisement
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Leather Grocery Bags
Leather Grocery Bags
Cast of Vices Creates Shopping Cart Couture With Leather Bags
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Charitable Totes
Charitable Totes
Designers Come Together for The Carry Hope Tote Bag Project
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Adverbags
Adverbags
Habitat Shoe Boutique Showcases Latest Products on Its Bags
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Reusable Grocery Totes
Reusable Grocery Totes
The Neiko Market Bag Collection Promotes Local Shopping
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Shopping Bag Canvass
Shopping Bag Canvass
Contemporary Artists for Aritzia Bag
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Typographic Eco Bags
Typographic Eco Bags
'Taste the Seasons' Reusable Grocery Totes for Sainsbury
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5
Retro Shoulder Art
Retro Shoulder Art
Andy Warhol Totes Let You Flaunt Your Flare For Pop Art
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Viral Eco Totes
Viral Eco Totes
Anya Hindmarch “I'm Not A Plastic Bag” for Environmental Shopper
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Cheap Charitable Eco Bags
Cheap Charitable Eco Bags
Famous Fashion People Make Carry-Alls for a Good Cause
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2
Biodegradable Shopping Bags
Biodegradable Shopping Bags
The Eco-Friendly 60 Bag Disintegrates in 60 Days
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Bizarre Bagvertising
Bizarre Bagvertising
Defying Boring Shopping Bags
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