The Edit: 2025’s Best Brown Tote Bags
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In the ever-evolving world of fashion, the brown tote bag has solidified its status as the ultimate must-have for 2025. Spotted everywhere from Miu Miu to Bottega Veneta, this season’s totes are about maximalist proportions, rich textures, and undeniable presence. Think slouchy oversized leather, buttery suede, and deep espresso tones that go with everything but refuse to blend in.
Whether you're airport-bound with a carry-on latte or power-walking into a meeting that could’ve been an email, a statement brown tote is the wardrobe MVP. This year’s best tote bags range from elevated everyday staples to ludicrously capacious showstoppers.
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This season’s must-have brown tote bags
Saint Laurent Le 5 À 7 Bea Suede Tote
Price: $3,450
Key Features:
Say hello to your new go-to bag for both daily commutes and long-haul flights. The
Saint Laurent Le 5 À 7 Bea tote is crafted from luxurious suede, featuring a generous, slouchy shape. The wide handles sit comfortably over your shoulder, while the YSL iconic gold-tone ‘Cassandre’ logo is incorporated into the tab fastening making both functional and fashionable.
Why We Love It:
This tote’s spacious design and rich hue make it a must-have staple item for any capsule wardrobe.
It’s perfect for carrying your daily essentials in style. Think of it as your very own Mary Poppins bottomless bag—you can stack it to the brim with laptops, cameras, journals, and all your daily vices you can’t bear to part with. Pair it with an oversized blazer and jeans for a chic, everyday look.
Dragon Diffusion Martha Tote
Price: $490
Key Features:
Meet the Dragon Diffusion Martha Tote, your new go-to for city girl style. This chic woven leather basket handbag features a cotton drawstring sewn onto the top for secure closure, blending classic aesthetics with modern functionality.
Its diagonal weaving is inspired by traditional wicker baskets, giving it a timeless yet fashion-forward Jane Birken inspired look. This tote’s classic wide top design makes it ready to hold everything from your laptop to your favorite novel.
Why We Love It:
Every New York fashion icon is strutting through the Upper East Side with a Dragon Diffusion tote on their arm this season. Why? Because they’re combining quiet luxury branding with seasonal trends like woven textures, chunky leather, and burgundy deep drown hues, at an affordable price point.
Pair it with baggy jeans and a vintage tee for a laidback weekend market look.
Balenciaga Rodeo Tote Bag
Price: $4,490
Key Features:
Some bags whisper luxury. This one yells. The Rodeo Top Handle is ostentatious in the best possible way, with its statement ostrich-effect leather, and a rich mahogany tone, and gold detailing. It has the ability to turn any sidewalk into a runway.
Why We Love It:
The Balenciaga Rodeo Tote is for those who believe that if you're carrying a handbag, it might as well be a statement, a power move, and a potential conversation piece. It’s the bag equivalent of arriving late to brunch in head-to-toe designer and ordering a mimosa with extra champagne.
With a name like Rodeo, we’d like to think Bella Hadid would sling this over her shoulder on her way to a front-row seat at a mechanical bull showdown.
If you don’t need this bag, you’re probably not ready for it.
Jacquemus Marino Leather Tote Bag
Price: $1,390
Key Features:
The Jacquemus Marino bag is part of his Spring 2025 collection, La Croisière. A deep, rich brown tote bag that takes inspiration from the structured silhouettes of the 1950s, made using intricately woven leather.
Why We Love It:
For those who love sizeable accessories, the Jacquemus Le Cabas Marino is a structural dream. Clean lines, sharp edges, and oversized proportions that scream “effortlessly put-together.” It’s giving minimalist with main character energy, the kind of tote that turns even a simple white tank and trousers into a look.
St. Agni Wonton Leather Tote Bag
Price: $655
Key Features:
Made from the finest calf lambskin, this well-crafted tote has been made to just the right size for your weekend essentials. With enough space to comfortably fit your laptop, wallet, iphone, and sunglasses. The long leather handles allows you to wear this comfortably over the shoulder without worring about straining the straps.
Why We Love It:
Founded in Byron Bay, St. Agni is known for its commitment to minimalism with a contemporary edge.
The Wonton Leather Tote perfectly embodies that philosophy, in a bag that feels both modern and classic. This is the tote for those who appreciate a paired back aesthetic, designed to be slung over your shoulder on days when you’re moving between a gallery opening and a beachside lunch.
The Row - N/S Park Large Textured-Leather Tote
Price: $2,600
Design Highlights: Made in Italy from exceptionally soft textured-leather, the N/S textured leather tote from The Row is a clean, softly structured tote with a single top handle.
Why We Love It: It’s delivering on the 90’s minimlist trend, with a high-quality classic design that will never go out of style.
A great investment piece, the deep chocolate brown works well with everything. Pair it with a white praire dress for a simple summery look .
Dragon Diffusion Japan Woven Leather Tote Bag
Price: $600
Description: Dragon Diffusion have delivered the season’s “It” bag again with their Japan woven leather tote bag. Don’t walk—run to add this to your cart, these totes are a hot commodity and likely to sell out before we even finish typing this article. The hype is real, and for good reason. This spacious tote is handcrafted on demand, ensuring each piece is unique with its own variations in color, texture, and finish
Why we love it: The meticulous care and attention to detail that goes into making each bag is evident in their superior quality and finish. The antique St. Christopher medal charm, hand-sewn into every bag, is a testament to the label’s dedication to their craft and a nod to the patron saint of travelers.
Bottega Veneta Parachute Large Intrecciato Leather Tote Bag
Price: $5900
Description: The Bottega Veneta Parachute tote is inspired by the gathered shape of its namesake. Crafted from lamb leather, in Italy, it features the brand’s signature weave. This spacious bag can hold all your daily essentials, including a tablet and a spare pair of flats.
Why We Love It: The texture, the deep dark brown color, the gold knot detailing on the straps—what’s not to love?
The high-quality craftsmanship of the famous intrecciato weave makes this tote a standout piece. The Parachut tote is our pick for the most elevated take on the woven leather look.
Perfect for both work and casual outings, it pairs beautifully with a relaxed blazer and jeans.
Khaite Small Leather Lotus Tote Bag
Price: $2480
Description:The Khaite Lotus tote is a slouchy style inspired by the fluidity of a scarf, featuring an unstructured, sculptural shape. Crafted from leather, it boasts a round base and slim top handle, effortlessly blending form and function to deliver the perfect everyday handbag.
Why We Love It/Need It: Celebrities like Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, and Katie Holmes have been spotted in Khaite, and it's easy to see why. Khaite’s unfussy and timeless designs make this bag an enduring addition to any wardrobe.
Perfect for both casual and professional settings, it pairs beautifully with one of the brand’s famous trench coats and strappy heels for a chic, polished look.
Tom Ford Tara Medium Tote in Suede
Price: $3150
Description: The Tom Ford Tara Medium Tote, is made in Italy from luxurious dark brown suede. It has a roomy interior with an inner strap to adjust the silhouette and capacity, making it both stylish and functional.
Why We Love It: Tom Ford is renowned for sleek, sophisticated silhouettes, and the Tara Tote is another nod to the brand’s effortlessly glamorous, wearable design style. The bag’s signature T-shaped hardware adds a discreet yet distinctive brand signature, while the capacious interior and structured silhouette ensure it’s as practical as it is elegant.
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