I am an avid people-watcher. I can spend my full 40-minute subway commute just absorbing the surrounding humans—the outfits they put together, how they interact with their companions, who they stare back at. Creepy? Perhaps. But this is how I came to notice an oddly specific trend in the tote-carrying habits of countless New Yorkers: an unassuming, army green, camouflage tote bag. She (being the tote bag) kept cropping up—in train stations, on the street, at the airport—to the point where I felt compelled to document the phenomenon.
Who is she, you ask? She’s a water-resistant, polyester, nylon-reinforced tote bag from none other than outdoor retailer, L.L.Bean.
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