totes & shopping bags women

A tote is either wide or tall, and A.P.C. designs the Ninon both ways. The Ninon tote bag lies horizontal in black woollen fabric, while the Ninon Small stands upright in indigo denim. Outside the Ninon line, the tote bags for women come in canvas and poplin, so the choice turns first on orientation and then on what the bag is made of.

Horizontal and vertical tote bags for women

The Ninon tote bag is the broader shape among the tote bags for women at A.P.C., with two large handles. It can be carried by hand or on the shoulder, and A.P.C. cuts it from a recycled leather-look material in black, navy blue, nut brown and parma. Wool twill and wide-wale corduroy versions sit alongside. Upright rather than wide, the Ninon Small is one of the small tote bags for women, in the same leather-look colours and in denim, and the Ninon bags also include a drawstring Mini.

Both Ninon shapes carry a white A.P.C. logo and an interior pocket, and A.P.C. designs them as unisex models. For everyday use, the Ninon is an easy choice from everyday women's bags, since the recycled leather-look material wipes clean with a soft, damp cloth. Other women's tote bags trade that finish for a lighter fabric, and they suit the warmer months of the year better than a heavier bag would.

A shopper bag that takes the weekend shop

A.P.C. cuts the Diane shopping bag from cotton poplin, in pink or beige, and screen-prints the A.P.C. name across the front. At 45 by 35.5 centimetres, with one pocket inside, it is a shopper bag light enough for a Saturday morning at the market. It goes with the easy clothes of a weekend, a sweatshirt for women and a pair of jeans, and the pink version brings a little colour to an otherwise plain outfit.

For canvas bags for women, A.P.C. offers the Jade tote bag in ecru cotton canvas or in an ecru checked cotton, at 40 by 25 by 14 centimetres. Smaller than the Diane, the Jade makes a canvas bag for women for the working week, leaving the larger shopper bags for the weekend. A.P.C. also makes the Ninon Small in indigo denim, which places it among its denim bags as well. Size is the last question, and the Ninon answers it at several scales.

Large tote bags rather than smaller ones

Large tote bags suit days with more to carry, and the Ninon tote bag has more room than the Small. The Small brings the line down to one of the small tote bags for women, upright and carried the same two ways, by hand or on the shoulder. A.P.C. then offers the Ninon Mini as a drawstring bag in black, navy blue or parma, which puts it among mini bags for women rather than the totes.

Both Ninon totes can be carried on the shoulder, over a coat in the colder months as over a shirt in the warmer ones. Paired with a trench coat, a black or nut brown Ninon matches the darker colours of winter. Some days call for a strap rather than handles. The Atelier, Production and Creation has black shoulder bags for those occasions, while among its women's tote bags the choice still starts with a wide shape or a tall one.