Jil Sander Acetate Market Bag

I am an advocate of using shopping bags. Which means i try not to use those ugly plastic bags that do no good to our earth. The ones from the market, small retail shops and food shops still irk me with it's hideous ghastly purple, black and orange colours and the fact that it is NOT recyclable. My whole family are changing our ways slowly and surely by bringing our own recyclable bags (they are sold in almost every supermarket for less than RM 5) and we use a tiffin carrier to take away food as much as possible.

So when i saw Jil Sander's market bag, i went "yes please, i want one. thank you very much". Yes, it is basically a glorified plastic bag and this controversial bag of a kind has made its debut on Net-A-Porter. It is said by the editor that " Jil Sander puts a contemporary spin on the classic carryall with its bright-orange transparent acetate bag. Carry this statement shopper to punctuate a new-season muted palette"

The bag is no ordinary bag. The transparent acetate bag in bright orange measuring 32 cm by 58 cm is as simple as it gets. It has no inner pockets or side slots or any prints of sorts though it comes with a stamped leather tag which carries the designer’s logo. And that’s it, really.

So how much does a fashionable shopping bag cost you? According to Net-A-Porter, it is priced at GBP 90 or after conversion to our dollar - the grand sum would be around RM 440. With that price, i could just get a Longchamp Le Pliage and call it a classier shopping bag. I agree that it's a little over the top but i am still in awed with it. In fact i would love to tote it around Village Grocer when i shop for groceries or maybe to the post office carrying all my parcels just to have people turn and look at my glorified bright orange plastic bag. So what do you think?