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117 bags listed today7 materialsPrices updated 13 September 2026
What fits inside KALIDIBags for the everyday By material

Bags for the everyday

One bag, carried until it goes soft

KALIDI makes bags you reach for without thinking: a crescent that tucks under the arm, a corduroy tote that swallows a laptop and a lunch, a mesh bag that shakes the sand out on the way back to the car. 117 of them are listed today, from $6.99 to $39.88.

Everyday totes

Everyday Totes

The wide, soft ones. Corduroy, suede and vegan leather shoppers that hold a day's worth without structure, and slump honestly when they are empty.

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The shapes

Five shapes, and what each is for

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Backpacks12 pieces Beach & Mesh27 pieces Crescent & Hobo24 pieces Work Totes16 pieces Everyday Totes38 pieces

Since 2018

Small range, revised often

We at KALIDI keep the lineup short on purpose. A shape stays until something about it annoys us, then it changes and the old one goes. That is why the range is 117 pieces rather than a thousand, and why two bags that look alike on a screen usually differ by a strap length or a pocket.

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Crescent & hobo

Crescent & Hobo

The curved underarm shape on a short strap. It sits against the body, which keeps it out of the way and also means it does not hold much more than the essentials.

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By the day it belongs to

Pick by the day, not by the shelf

The same five shapes, sorted the way a week actually goes.

The commuteA padded sleeve, a zip top and enough room beside the laptop for a flask.The errand runShort strap, hands free, and small enough that it does not swing into doorframes.The long weekendThe wide soft ones. They take a jumper, a book and whatever gets bought on the way.The sand and the poolOpen mesh that drains, or a 60 litre zip tote when the towels are wet.

Work totes

Work Totes

Totes built around a padded sleeve. Most take a 15 inch machine, with room beside it for a charger, a notebook and lunch.

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Across the shapes

Corduroy, suede, vegan leather, mesh

Material cuts across the departments: the same corduroy turns up in a work tote and in a shopper, so it gets its own way in.

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Vegan leather23 piecesCorduroy21 piecesMesh13 piecesQuilted8 piecesSuede6 piecesStraw2 piecesCanvas1 piece

Beach & mesh

Beach & Mesh

Open mesh and oversized zip totes. The mesh drains and shakes out, the large ones close over wet towels and fold flat afterwards.

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The long version

Where the shapes come from

The KALIDI workshop started in 2018 with one slouchy tote and a stubborn opinion about straps. The first version had a strap that slipped off the shoulder every time its owner reached for a train ticket. The second was shorter by four centimetres and stayed put, and that became the rule the studio still works to: a bag is finished when you stop noticing it.

What we make, in plain words

The range splits into five shapes. Crescent bags curve to sit under the arm on a short strap. Everyday totes are the wide, soft ones in corduroy, suede and vegan leather. Work totes take a 15 inch laptop in a padded sleeve.

Backpacks are square daypacks that read as a bag rather than as hiking kit. Beach and mesh bags are the open ones that fold flat and dry out. Between them they cover most of what a week asks for, and nothing here pretends to be a suitcase.

Materials, and what each one does badly

Corduroy is warm to the hand and holds its shape while it is full. It also collects lint from dark coats. Suede reads richer than the price suggests, and it marks if you set it down in the rain. Vegan leather wipes clean with a cloth, then creases at the fold lines over a year.

Mesh weighs almost nothing and hides nothing inside it. Straw suits summer and fails at winter. We would rather say all of that here than have you find it out in week three.

Sizes without the guesswork

Where the maker states a volume we print it as litres, and the range runs from the small 16 litre shapes to the 60 litre beach carriers. Where the maker states a laptop size we print the inches. Where neither is stated we leave the line out rather than estimate it, because a bag that turns out to be two centimetres short is worse than a bag you did not buy.

Prices, and why they move

Everything here is listed at our retail partner, and the figure on the card is the one from our last update. Prices on the partner's side move with stock and season, so the number you see when you open a piece may differ. We update on a schedule and print the date at the bottom of every page.

How a KALIDI bag gets revised

A shape stays in the KALIDI lineup until something about it annoys the people who carry it every day. Then it changes, and the version before it stops. That is why the range holds 117 pieces instead of a thousand, and why two bags that look alike on a screen usually differ by a strap length, a pocket or the depth of a sleeve.

The revisions are small and they are the whole job. A zip that catches on lining gets a wider tape. A tote that sagged when it was half empty gets a base panel. None of it reads as news, and all of it is the difference between a bag you keep reaching for and one that lives on a hook.

Who these bags are for, and who they are not

KALIDI bags suit somebody carrying a day's worth: a laptop and a lunch, a towel and a book, a phone and keys and nothing more. The crescent shapes are for the days when you want your hands free and your bag small. The beach and mesh pieces are for the days when whatever goes in comes out wet.

They are not for a weekend away, and they are not built to be. There is no wheeled case here, no cabin bag, no expedition pack with a hip belt. If you need to carry two days of clothes, the largest beach carrier is the closest thing in the range and it is still a tote. We would rather say that in the first paragraph than in a return.

What fits inside