St barths medium tote, chocolate brown

The St. Barths medium tote has become less an accessory than a companion.

The tote bag is light enough to follow everywhere, large enough to carry the fragments of a day, laptop, notebooks, groceries, the unglamorous survival kit of work and family. Woven by hand from neoprene, it forgives carelessness, sitting on the floor, filled past reason, exposed to sun and salt and rushed through traffic.

Each bag is slightly different, because each is made by hand. It comes with a small pouch, a practical gesture. There is nothing ornamental here, only a bag that makes it possible to move through the day with both hands free. The handles are designed to be a little shorter and they yield with time, softening to the shape of your shoulder, as if recognising the body that carries it. 

The St. Barths was the original bag that started the bags woven from the synthetic, light neoprene material. What began as a strip of neoprene on Sara Naghedi's dining room table has become the bag we so dearly needed: unprecious, dependable, and quietly elegant. A bag that carries not just our things, but the seasons we pass through.

• Size: 43 x 24 x 18 cm (body) x 18 cm (handle drop) x 907 g (weight)
• Material: neoprene
• Care: Spot clean with mild soap or gentle detergent diluted in water. Lay flat to dry. A magic eraser works on tougher stains. Machine washing/drying or dry cleaning are not recommended by the brand.
  Store flat in dust bag when possible.