Cast of Vices leather bodega bag

As an ex-New Yorker, the sight of bodega bags has become etched in my psyche pretty much permanently. Between daily food and drink needs to 3am munchies, I must have clutched about a thousand of these bags, many of them suggesting that I ‘have a nice day’. Obviously my day would have been nice had I been clutching one of these all-black lambskin bodega bags from Cast of Vices. Beautifully made pieces that echo the timeless look of one of NYC’s most ubiquitous accessories, the bags are available in a variety of sizes and designs. Thanks to these bad boys, a visit to my local Berlin spätkauf will now remind me of those late-nite sandwich cravings…..now if only I could get a decent pastrami on rye.

Published July 19, 2011.