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Originally cheap and practical, canvas bags have been introduced by luxury brands in recent years as a symbol of low-key luxury and lifestyle, with prices ranging from a few hundred dollars to more than 2,000 yuan.
Canvas bags, which can be seen everywhere on the East Coast of the United States and are sold inexpensively in supermarket chains, have become popular in recent years and have taken on a new luxurious look.
The British fashion brand “Phoebe Philo”, which takes the “low-key luxury” route, focusing on “minimalism”, sells a white cotton canvas shopping bag priced at US$585.sweden The plain organic cotton canvas tote bag from luxury fashion brand Totem is priced at US$663. An analysis by The Guardian points out that if you’re willing to spend more money on a simple canvas bag, you’re making an aesthetic and lifestyle purchase.
American boutique brand “Tom Ford” canvas bag trim and handle are made of calfskin, priced at 2,080 yuan.Italy Fashion brand “Prada” canvas bag with leather details and metal accessories, priced at 2,600 yuan.
The report notes that Trader Joe’s, LL Bean, J. Crew, museum souvenir shops and many brands sell canvas bags that are very practical and relatively inexpensive. People often carry canvas bags over their shoulders when they go out to buy groceries or carry their fitness equipment.
But why do luxury brands also follow and launch canvas bags? Tiffany Hill, founder of Trend Suite, a fashion trend forecasting platform, said: “Consumers are very familiar with these low-key lifestyle symbols: the perfect supermarket, coffee mug, baseball cap or canvas bag can all communicate taste and belonging as effectively as a catchy designer logo. Rather than show price, the symbols of these objects increasingly reflect status.”
He added that the “impracticality” brought about by the use of light colors is also an essential feature of canvas bags.
Hill analyzed that practicality is no longer important for cream or off-white tote bags, which cost hundreds or thousands of dollars and will inevitably stain. “You’re buying an aesthetic and a lifestyle, not just a product to store things in,” he said.
Blog editor-in-chief Muffy Aldrich once wrote an article to share how to match the LL Bean canvas bag she had. She has twenty or thirty off-white canvas bags, and if you include bags with different colored trim and handles, the number jumps to more than three digits.
Aldrich said, “The canvas bag is probably the most representative item of the ‘East Coast Preppy’ today. It is almost impossible to pass through any coastal town in New England without seeing a canvas bag.”
Hill said the canvas bag itself has a very clear visual language. Patterns printed on the bag include boats, summer homes, farmers markets and weekend outings, conveying a somewhat traditional American rich life. “Luxury brands don’t have to create this myth out of thin air, they can borrow it.”
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Because canvas bags can express low-key taste and lifestyle and become status symbols; Consumers not only buy practicality, but also aesthetics, a sense of belonging, and the East Coast gorgeous style represented by the brand.
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The Phoebe Philo white cotton canvas bag retails for US$585, the Totem Plain Organic Cotton Tote Bag retails for US$663; Tom Ford is about 2,080 yuan, and Prada is about 2,600 yuan, both with leather or metal details.
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The report notes that canvas bags are often associated with patterns such as boats, summer homes, and farmers’ markets, symbolizing traditional American affluent life; Luxury brands don’t need to create new myths, they just need to borrow this existing visual language.
