Why?

I could see a very fashion-focused person using these. I just use a bag I got for free from a conference as my reusable shopping bag. They are neat-looking!

I totally appreciate these bags. I guess i am a fashion-focused person and it matters to me whats on my shoulder. A lot of canvass bags do not strike my fancy, so I'm totally behind these more glamorous shopping bags. :)

I must be reading too many snarky blogs, because I took the headline literally. These look like insulated bags to keep cold food cold.

I've always been partial to this bag.

http://store.theonion.com/stop-staring-at-my-tote-tote-black-p-51.html

I don't really understand the purpose for these....

When I think "reusable shopping bag", I'm thinking about inexpensive and durable grocery bags....

These bags look like pretty grocery bags... but why on earth would someone spend $20 a pop for a bag for a half gallon of milk and some bread?

So I'm guessing this is more like a large bag to shove your umbrella and lunch for work? In that case, why not get something that looks less like a grocery bag?

The silver one kinda looks like the dress that almost got Christopher kicked off Project Runway a couple weeks ago.

I think the gold one is rather pretty and can see using it for rainy day grocery shopping. I walk to the market and take 1-2 nylon bags to fill up and they get pretty wet by the time I get back home.

I can see these for us urban people, probably don't need it if you drive to the store and back.

all i can think of is the nonstop crinkling noise. i like shiny, but these are not my style.

The point, modern on long island, is that you REuse it, not that you spend $20 a pop.

It would've been nice to mention the dimensions. Different companies have VERY different ideas about what constitutes a good "shopping bag" size.

I want that gold one.

I find "$20 a pop" preferable to the $2 ones most grocery stores sell, which frequently break and puncture.

I like the look of these, but I wouldn't spend $20 on one.

Hey, if it gets someone to reuse a grocery bag (that otherwise might not) why judge? It's better than plastic any day of the week. Some folks just need to feel stylish and shiny when they do their shopping!

Jezebella,

I get the re-use thing. I have 15 reusable grocery bags myself. But I bought them for under $2 a piece at target (the red ones with the picture of a tree). They're a year old and still in perfect shape. I use them for grocery shopping and bringing my lunch to work... so they get daily usage and don't fall apart.

you definitely don't need to spend $20 to get a reliable reusable grocery bag. You can spend less than 1/10th that.

I think these would be great for shopping beyond groceries. I try to carry reusable bags with me when I buy other things, too, and I have to say I feel super dorky whipping out my trader joe's canvas bag in a nice department store and my nylon baggu is rather transparent and I prefer not displaying my purchases when walking down the street. I think if you really incorporate resuable bags into your everyday life (and you're not just storing them in the trunk of your car for grocery runs) then paying $20 for one you find attractive is quite reasonable.