Tote Bags
Whether you are a college girl or have to run to the office, whether you are starting off on your career or you are sailing past the management. With the number of things on the shoulders of today’s women, carrying a tote that fits all the essentials is an elegant answer to her elegant style. From medium sized hand totes to large oversized ones that look like they could fit a food processor and still have room left. Totes have become a staple in every woman’s wardrobe.
What makes a tote, a tote?
Irrespective of its size or how it looks a tote bag should be easy to pack, easy to unpack, it should carry anything and everything that you might need. And whether you are headed to a coffee shop or an office it should be versatile enough to accompany you till your dinner date.
Tote Bags at ‘The Bicyclist’
Our collection of leather and canvas tote bags is designed to escort you through the day and when required transition from a day to an evening bag effortlessly. A testament to the minimalist aesthetic that defines timeless elegance. Our collection of tote bags has formal East-West, structured totes, north-south semi-casual canvas and leather totes and an easy to carry, relaxed and unstructured, durable city canvas tote.
Elegance, functionality, spacious interiors, and durability, developed around these functional ideas with thoughtful design, unique construction and careful attention to the smallest of details. We have crafted our designs to be timeless bags that are eager to accompany you everyday, to effortlessly carry your essentials wherever you plan to step out to without compromising on functionality or elegance.
More than just accessories, these tote bags symbolize your inspired, confident, and charming self. They are designed to elevate your style and embrace the allure of casual chic with an unapologetically modern twist.
Structured Leather Work Totes for Women: Lilly
If clothes makes a man, then accessories define the intentions. There is nothing that gives a more defined look than a well crafted structured tote. Among other things, a structured leather tote can stand on its own to give a sense of stability and a classic sense of style that feels reliable.
Design and Construction
The Leather Work Totes in our collection have been crafted from a single panel of leather hide. The front panel embracing the back panel like the petals of the flower, Lilly. Folded and joined together with heavy-duty metal rivets on both sides, this is a seamless tote design with minimal and graceful form.
Lilly, is available in four different colors and two different styles.
Types of Closure in Lilly:
Open Top Tote Bag: If you like to quickly pull out things from your bag un-hassled without a zip closure to get in your way, then this leather tote, with an open-top-design, and natural curves of the leather that form like the petals of the flower, is going to be your favorite tote hand bag.
Close-top Tote Bag: with a zip closure at the top, this version of the leather work tote, will keep you relaxed about things falling out of your bag or people taking a peek into them.
Color and Finishes of Leather
Crafted from 1.6mm thick leather, these designs adopt their own unique form and structure from the properties of the leather used in its making, every color of Lilly has its own finish.
Lilly, a Tote in Tan has been crafted from full-grain bovine leather and hand polished for an exquisite shine.
Lilly, a Tote in Black is crafted from full-grain semi pigmented leather with a natural finish that catches subtle reflections of light. Not too shiny and definitely not dull.
And the Lilly Tote in Deep Blue and the Lilly Tote in Off-White have been made from full-grain semi-pigmented bovine leather with a matte finish that repels dirt, moisture, and maintains its natural color over time.
Internal Lining
On the inside all our leather work tote are lined with a soft felt in light beige that also includes a removable and washable insert that has multiple slip pockets and zipped compartments to keep you organized all through your day. And in case you end up spilling something or you get an ink smudge, you can always take out the insert for a thorough cleaning and put it right back inside.
Fittings
The Zipper version uses gold plated metal zip no 3. It comes with a gold plated metal puller that gives you a feeling of a smooth and secure closure. For both the zipped version of the tote and the unzipped version, there are metal base studs that ensure that your bag never really touches the ground, keeping sure the bottom of the tote is left clean.
Threads and Stitching
We have used 3 ply nylon threads for all the stitching that ensures a firm and durable finish. You can be guaranteed that there is no stitch that is left loose and hanging.
Structured Canvas & Leather Tote: Zaira
Zaira is a structured, lightweight and sturdy tote, you will find in two variations. A striped canvas one that is casual and perfect to carry along for picnics, beach trips, shopping or shuffling around the city. And the mono-color version that is more professional with a semi-formal vibe. Perfectly suited for work and after-work outings. The mix of leather and canvas gives this tote a polished vintage look and feel, something you might find turning through the pages of a magazine from the 90’s.
A Weekend and Travel Tote in Canvas
The white and blue striped version of this canvas tote was designed with the memory of a seaside vacation, a trip to the farmers market, the occasional picnic or an overnight visit across town. This is a relaxed and a casual version of a canvas tote that will make you feel light at heart.
The White and Blue Stripe Zaira is crafted for the girl who loves to wear white long dress, big straw hats and wander about the grass fields, read a book next to the river, watch people pass by on the streets wondering what their lives might be like, and likes to carry a French loaf, a magazine, a camera and a bottle of wine all at the same time.
Office and Work Tote in Canvas
The functional advantages of a lightweight, easy to carry and easy to maintain tote are essential aspects of a work tote too. So we brought out a more toned down dual color version of this canvas tote that is perfectly suited for the work environment.
The way a white and blue stripe canvas with a tan leather flap easily fits into the weekend version of her, the dual color Zaira with Navy blue canvas with tan leather flaps exists to accompany her as the 9-to-5 professional. With the same functional details of large spacious interiors, dedicated laptop compartment and multiple pockets with a zipped closure, this lightweight canvas and leather work tote is perfect to walk into meetings on a Monday morning and relaxed enough to go out on a Thursday night after office drink.
Canvas and Leather
Zaira’s is made from 600gsm woven cotton canvas that is reinforced with rubber sheets on the inside to give it a structured shape and a safe padded section for your laptop and other things you might want to be careful carrying around.
The leather flap at the top is crafted with a leather finish on both internal and external side, made from full-grain bovine leather with a natural uncorrected leather texture over the surface. Which adds a beautiful contrast and a rich compliment to the canvas body.
The straps in this canvas tote are broad with a dual leather finish on both sides of the strap. Made from the same leather as the flaps, they have been securely stitched onto the canvas panel along with internal reinforcement so that they don’t give you any trouble while rushing about.
The drop length of the straps are longer than usual so you can easily slide the tote bag onto your shoulder without getting your arms stuck mid-way, especially when you are carrying something heavy.
Internal Pockets and Lining
On the inside this canvas tote has a soft felt lining, there is a padded compartment that can carry a 15in laptop. Two slip pockets for easy access to your wallet and cellphone. And a zipped pocket to keep your personal belongings safe and secure. The spacious interior and the light weight of the tote means you can carry a 500ml water bottle, files, papers, notebook, pouches and a lot more without having to worry about the bag becoming too heavy.
Along with the flap there is also a zip closure over the main compartment making sure that nothing really spills out, unintentionally or otherwise.
It’s not Just a Tote!
The most elegant thing is simplicity, and our collection of structured leather work tote, Lilly or the fun and semi-formal Canvas and Leather Tote Zaria are full of it. Spacious interiors, lots of pockets and compartments and a sturdy, durable and secure construction that makes sure you will have our tote by your side for many many years and seasons to come.
