Alviero Martini The Icons Geo Classic Tote & Travel Bag
Geo Classic Tote & Travel Bag
Handbags · Tote/travel

Geo Classic Tote & Travel Bag

The larger Geo canvas bag family makes the map motif feel like luggage, not just a handbag.

$349 at FARFETCH

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Story & heritage

Alviero Martini is known for the 1A Classe clothing-and-accessories range built around a map motif; the designer’s biography connects that language to an antique map that inspired the first handbag collection, and the company dates its Milan founding to 1991.

Official navigation calls out totes, travel bags and briefcases, while current retailer listings include Geo Classic drawstring totes, Geo Map totes and Boston/travel shapes.

Materials & craft

The official tradition page describes the Geo fabric as a precise multi-pass colour process that turns raw canvas into a parchment-like map surface, with models drawn by hand in Italy before becoming bags and accessories.

The tote-and-travel family uses the parchment map as a broad canvas, usually framed by tan handles, zip closures, buckles or base panels so the print remains legible at a larger scale.

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How to choose & style

A Geo tote is strongest when treated like patterned luggage: carry it with plain cotton, dark tailoring or warm leather sandals, and let the bag supply the graphic surface.

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