The best designer tote bags shouldn’t be reserved for special ... If you’re elevating your everyday handbag, smaller totes by Gucci or Saint Laurent might be more suitable.

Gucci has launched a $949 (£675) rubber tote bag that would double up as a great ice bucket. It has the same value as almost 1,000 bags of ice. It's made of 100% rubber. Have you ever looked ...

or the monogrammed canvas tote (another septuagenarian), the interlocking double-G belt or the classic horsebit cross-body bag, these designs are the epitome of “tried and true”, which is no mean feat ...