This is an archive article published on March 23, 2022

Balenciaga’s £925 tote has an uncanny resemblance to vintage Tesco carrier bag

Featuring silver hardware, snap closure, an inner zip pocket and an inner patch pocket, it is "a modern interpretation of archetypal bag", the brand wrote

The bag costs a whopping £925. (Source: balenciaga.com)

3 min readNew DelhiMar 23, 2022 05:00 PM IST First published on: Mar 23, 2022 at 05:00 PM IST

Just when you thought fashion couldn’t get more bizarre, Balenciaga launched the ‘Monday shopper bag’ as part of its Spring 2022 collection, bearing a striking similarity with old Tesco carrier bags.

It is a white-coloured calfskin bag with blue vertical stripes and the Balenciaga logo in red in the centre. Costing a whopping £925, the fashion brand’s latest offering took everyone on a nostalgic ride due to its almost-exact resemblance with Tesco bags that were given out to customers in the 1980s.

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While the supermarket has now changed the design of its bags and encourages customers to choose its more sustainable bags, it still sells its carrier bags in stores for 20p per bag. It is now made using recycled plastic waste.