Yesterday I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Greige Designs where Christina wrote a lovely post about a late summer picnic she had over the weekend. In addition to beautiful images, she mentioned French Basketeer, a company that sells authentic French baskets, carts and totes. Christina used one of their totes to carry all of her picnic goodies.
Now, anyone that knows me, knows I have a slight obsession of with handbags (totes included). I can always find a reason to add yet another bag to my ever-growing “collection”. So, after reading Christina’s post, I immediately clicked over to check out the French Basketeer website. They had me hooked with the image on the opening page…a gorgeous bright yellow tote!
Spurred by the efforts of France to reduce the amount of disposable products and waste, and eliminate the use of plastic bags in their country, French Basketeer was born and “the elimination of plastic bags was identified as a goal” for the US market.
French Basketeer’s mission is “to provide authentic French baskets, carts and totes which are practical yet stylish and to help get the word out that plastic bags are indeed, “so passé.”
I couldn’t agree more and have been using canvas totes for several years now, for all my grocery shopping. After seeing the wonderful array of totes available from French Basketeer, I’m upgrading and will be carrying one of these wonderful bags whenever I shop.
I love that their bags are perfect for grocery shopping, mall shopping and antique shopping!
Check out a few of my favorite styles:
Cassis In Fuschia–$42
St. Tropez in Rust–$43 to $48
Eze–$43
Dijon in Natural–$48
Have you given up the use of plastic bags. If not, consider a French Basketeer tote. Not only will you be saving the planet, but you’ll look Stylish in the process!
p.s. French Basketeer has a wonderful blog you’ll want to check out too!