Dior’s latest campaign just dropped, featuring the new book totes (modelled by writers and… ‘lit-fluencers’?) photographed at Paris’s famous booksellers stalls along the Seine – a smart way to tap into the zeitgeist for book clubs and performative reading.
The Dior book totes do retail for £2650* (or a small one for £2400*) despite the furore about how they’re actually made. But there are other options for mere mortals.
Daunt’s sturdy canvas bags (£15, below)) are made from organic cotton by Re-wrap, a social enterprise founded to improve the lives of rural women and farmers in India. They look good, are a good size and are well made. They’re possibly already more fashionable than the Dior ones.
The London Review of Books bag is a little less twee (I like these new graphic stripes). It’s equally well designed and if you get it from the store in Bloomsbury, you can display it next to you in the (excellent) adjoining St John Cafe while performatively reading the latest Fitzcarraldo Edition. (Side note: tragically, this Fitzcarraldo tote is out of stock.) And if you don’t want to put your book tote on the floor, don’t forget to hunt out one of these handy bag hooks – very likely coming to a Dior store soon for ££££!
Me, I’m still attached to my – now 30+ years old – Strand Book Store tote. Alas, the strap is almost non-existent rather threadbare, so I’m planning to get it replaced with something strong, sturdy and indestructible. P.S. You can find my latest book recs here.
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WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGES: 070shake by Angèle Châtenet for Dior; Emily Ratajkowski with a Daunt Books tote; Travawyn Taylor by Angèle Châtenet for Dior
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