ESSENTIALS MERCANTILE, and under a short rule, LOCAL. The lettering is set the way a good corner shop paints its window, and it lands on the wide 17 inch cut of the Santa Barbara Design Studio market tote, 12 inches tall on an 8 inch base. That footprint is the point: bread stands up, a wine bottle stays upright, and the bag holds its shape on a car seat instead of folding over. Black jute between natural toned bands, genuine leather handles on metal rivets, cut long so the tote rides on a shoulder while both hands are busy. The polyurethane lining inside is waterproof, so a burst berry punnet is a wipe rather than a loss, and a 7 by 9 inch pocket keeps the small things findable.