Telfar · Tier 5

Shopping Bag

Name: Telfar Shopping Bag Small
Brand: Telfar

Catalogued July 2026

The Telfar Shopping Bag, nicknamed the Bushwick Birkin, is a minimalist unisex tote in vegan leather with an embossed interlocking T logo on the front, dual short top handles and a longer crossbody strap so it can be worn multiple ways. Designed by Telfar Clemens, it made its debut in the Fall-Winter 2014 show and reached cult status from 2017 onward as a symbol of accessible, democratic fashion. It comes in small, medium, and large sizes and a rotating range of colors.

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What it's worth

Telfar · Shopping Bag · Small

All Small colours and leathers · 497 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $75 on Fashionphile, well below the typical price (median $150).

Prices have been trending up over the tracked window.

No longer in production, so resale is the only way to buy it.

By condition · compared like-for-like

new

7 prices

excellent

113 prices

very good

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$75$240

Estimated from recorded resale prices (284 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-19.

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Status: DiscontinuedNot currently listed in production in our records — a best read, not the maker's word. Know otherwise? Suggest an edit below.

Where it stands

#526

of 529 styles in the LC Index

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⚖Blended from price, trade volume, and scarcity.
◷Recomputed monthly from recorded market prices.

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The three measures behind #526

By priceof 529 styles

#521Tabby Shoulder Bag · Coach
#522Shopping Bag · Telfar
#523Hamilton · Michael Kors

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THouseTelfarest. 2005 · United States LeatherLeather

The Story

The Bushwick Birkin, modeled on a department-store shopping bag, made for everyone.

Origin

Inspired by a Bloomingdale's bag

Telfar Clemens debuted the Shopping Bag at his Fall/Winter 2014 runway show. The team drew on classic department-store shopping bags, even measuring a Bloomingdale's bag as a reference.

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Design

Vegan leather, embossed T

The bag is made of vegan leather with an embossed T logo and designed to be unisex and carried by anyone, in three sizes that nest from small to large.

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Specifications

SizeSmall

Exterior materialLeather

ColorwayNot yet documented · know it? Tell us

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StatusDiscontinued

About Leather

Typeleather

Resale price history

+44%

$90 → $130 across 497 recorded sales

2026-06 – 2026-08

Estimated from recorded resale prices · not an appraisal or investment forecast. Values can go down as well as up.

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Care for it

Leather: A little upkeep goes a long way. Shape it, keep it dry, and clean gently.

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A mild cleaner that lifts everyday grime before it sets into the grain.

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