| The appeal to own the hobo-bag continues to be one | | | | Leather hobo-bags were more popular with those |
| that never ends. The Bohemian or Hobo-Chic look has | | | | who were into the hippie clothing from head to toe. A |
| been around since as far back as the sixties. Many a | | | | leather vest with fringe, a peasant style blouse and a |
| die-hard hippie is still drawn to a frumpy curved bag | | | | pair of wide bell-bottoms was topped off with a dark |
| when they see them. Currently, they are quite detailed | | | | brown leather bag that hung with long fringe. They did |
| with rivets, straps, buckles and other embellishments. | | | | come in various sizes, but the elongated rectangle was |
| However, the curves and frump hold true to their | | | | readily available. |
| intent, which was a casual look, but could hold a ton | | | | As designers reinvented the bag each year, it evolved |
| and compliment most outfits. | | | | from the plain brown leather, patchwork, or hemp, to |
| Many of the Hobo Bags of the sixties and seventies | | | | spectacular frumpy classy fun. Hemp is still popular, but |
| were made of cloth. leather, or hemp. Patchwork was | | | | now the leathers are bright colored and the |
| one of the favorites for some time and wore well with | | | | embellishments outlandish. The Hobo Skull bags being |
| the peasant style blouses and bell-bottom jeans that | | | | one of the more popular for teens and bikers now |
| had fabrics sewn in a side seam or applique patch. | | | | come with buckles, applique, rivets and the skull and |
| Then the hemp bags appeared and very quickly | | | | bones. The bigger bags the starlets love are spacious, |
| out-shined patchwork bags. They came in all sizes and | | | | frumpy bags that will hold a days worth of shopping, |
| worked with all outfits. The light straw brown was the | | | | diapering and tons of other goodies. |
| most popular for many. You could really show off a lot | | | | The hobo bag will continue to be reinvented year after |
| of the peace sign pins and other hippie time emblems | | | | year to provide its end user the casual frump they |
| by attaching them to the strap or the bag. They held a | | | | have come to love, but in sizes and style befitting all |
| ton of personal items, but if you got the right size, it | | | | ages. Sizes, materials and embellishments may change, |
| doubled as a book bag. | | | | but the hobo bag is here to stay. |