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Imagine your local grocery bag transforming itself into a fabric-bound accessory. That is the fundamental design of your tote bag. The tote is as basic as bags go. In fact, if there's anything the tote and the career woman have in common, it's that they both work hard, multi-task like there's no tomorrow, and can be flexible from the get up and go.
The toting of totes began in 1944, when LL Bean released its Boat Bag. The Boat Bag was just that - a basic canvas bag that looked much like a boat and is carried about by the boater crowd. Its unabashed simplicity caught the fancy of women everywhere. By the 1950s, totes were commonly toted about as purses. Today, the tote regains its popularity as the bag of choice for the woman on the go. It's a walking activity center on its own, providing extra room for a variety of supplies from a tiny laptop to an extra clean diaper, from a pair of warm toasty mittens to a second pair of shoes. The tote also acts nicely as a dual bag. It lets you tuck in a smaller purse which you can easily whip out for a quick lunch or a coffee break. With a tote on hand, you can be one fashionable bag lady!
