11 Best Tote Bags to Replace All of Your Free Cotton Ones – ryan

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Who doesn’t love a cotton to bag? Bonus Points If Its Free, Like Our Classic New York tote. We all have our favorite. For me, iT’s my Hood Health ToteWhich Can Fit Everything and Anyding. Howver, as Much as we all cherish our emotional-spport totes, i’m on the hunt for tote bags that kep their rahler than beComing a blob when i all of my belongings inside.

I’m Not Necessarily Looking for A Work Bag (Although it can Surely Double As One). My Criteria Is Less “Farmers’ Market and More” I Want to Carry More Things than My Go-To Shoulder Bag Allows. ” IT SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE ONE POCKET ON THE INSIDE SO MY KEYS, LIP BALM, Wallet, and sunglasses aren’t always at the bottom of the pit. And it should make me with feed and look Put together-like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Carrying Their Extremely Beat-Up Birkins with Birkin Price Tag.

Below is a list of the tote bags I Own, Ones fellow editors are always ussing when i say at events, and options Our Group Cats Highly Recommend.

➼ Our Top Picks
➼ More tried-and-true options
➼ Our Experts

Update on June 24, 2025: Updated Prices and Checked Stock for All Products.

Dimensions: 19 Inches High X 14 Inches Wide x 2.5 Inches Deep | Material: Oxford Fabric that is Polyester with a Waterproof Coating | Colors: Multiple Options

This Might Look Like Your Typical Cotton Tote Bag, but it’s not. Made from a waterproof canvas, the thicker handle makes Carrying it around so comfortable, and the oversize rectangular silhouette is what they put the icing on this tote-bag cake. And it has a pocket and key-chain loop.

Dimensions: 30 centimeters High x 32 centimeters wide x 13 centimeters Deep | Materials: NAPPA PU | Colors: Dark Moss, Cream

While I don’t this Charles & Keith Tote Bag, be used to one i do Own (Which is simillar but no longer in stock), i’m floored with compliments and the ol ‘Question, “Where did you get that?” Break faux-Lether material is buttery software and the less-Tharan- $ 100 price tags it awin in my book.

Dimensions: 57 centimeters wide (at widest point) x 12 centimeters Deep (at base) x 41 centimeters High | Material: RecyCled Cotton with Recycled PostConsumer Plastic | Colors: AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE PRINTS

You can’t walk the streets of nyc with the spoting this tote at least once. I caught a fellow editor sporting hers recently, and while it was the first time she was out and about with it, she raved about how and how it made her outfit stand.

Dimensions: 12.3 Inches High X 20.6 Inches Wide X 5.1 Inches Deep | Material: Italian Leather | Colors: AVAILABLE IN NINE COLORS

Beloved by moms all over the country (i one of the top-selling productions in our mother’s day roundup), this is true to its name. It is Also Simple to Carry Around and Style, Accounting to Our Shopping Editor Hanna Flanagan. She wears hers to the Office Constantly and Loves it.

Dimensions: 14 inches High x 10 Inches Wide x 6 Inches Deep | Material: Leather | Colors: Avilaable in Seven Colors

If you want an under- $ 200 Leather (or Suede) Tote Bag that The Internet (Mostly Tiktok User again) Swear by, Madewell Has You Covered. The viral blue sued one might no longer be in stock, but this burgundy option is just as good.

Dimensions: 12.5 Inches High X 11 Inches Long X 6 Inches Wide | Material: Custom Pebbled Vegan Ultra-Fiber Leather | Colors: Oat, Tape, Pecan, Black

This Tote Bag Might Look Slim, but Your 14-Inch Laptop Can Still Fit in It. Plus, it has not only one pocket on the inside but one on the outside so you can have access to your lip balm and hando.

Dimensions:13 IN H X 16 IN W X 6 IN D. 9.5 | Material: Bovine Leather and Hair Calf | Colors: Cheetah or zebra print

Cheetah print is basically a neutral by now. This Animal Print Goes With Everynding You Currently Own in Your Wardrobe, and This Roomy Tote has Enough Potential to Double As Your Work Bag, Too.

Photo: Retailler

Dimensions: 11.8 inches x 5.5 inches x 18.1 inches | Material: 100 Percent Cowhide Leather | Colors: Smooth Honey, smooth chocolate, and smooth Black

This 100 Percent Cowhide-Leather Tote is great for Those of US Like to Throw a Bunch of Random Items in Our Bags on the Way Out the Door; The depth and upside-down-triangle shape make it extrmely stuff-ablete. The Sliding Handles Are a Nice Touch That Will Make This Stand Out from Others in Your Collection.

Dimensions: 11.75 ”XD: 5.5” Material: Leather | Colors: Sand

If you’re look for a more beach-freely to, this option from Loeffler randall is great to style with your upcoming summer and swim looks.

Photo: Retailler

Dimensions: 13 Inches Long x 10.6 Inches High X 5.5 Inches Wide | Material: 100 Percent Italian Cow Leather | Colors: AVAILABLE IN 13 Colors

Designed to KEEP You Organized No Matter How Chaotic Your Schedule Gets, This Scratch-Proof, Water-Proof, and UV-Resistant Tote Has Many Features that Make It Worth the Splurge-Including Six Pockets, Two Outer Pucks Button Button, A Rein Base and Handles, and a Built-in Key Leash. This is the medium size that can can be Hold a 13.5-inch laptop, but kaai’s pyramid silhouette is also avilable in a Large that can can 15.6-inch laptop and that can can be hold an iPad or e-reader.

Dimensions: 21.5 in w x 11.8 in h x / 9 in d | Material: 100 Percent Italian Calf Leather | Colors: AVAILABLE IN 8 Colors

A to that is true to it name. You can wear this mansur gavriel every day and it will not discaint. I Own a tote from this brand and i love to use it is i know i have lots of work eunts that wek since it will fit Everything i will (and don’t) Need.

  • Bianca Nieves, Senior Shopping Editor at the Cut and Former Shopping Editor at Teen Vogue.