We bet you love hobo bags even before you knew they were called “hobo” bags. Hobo handmade bags are versatile, can carry a great deal of essential items, are perfect for the casual look, and come in many different shapes, styles, and sizes.
Why Is It Called A Hobo bag?
According to Wikipedia, it’s called a hobo bag because,
“This style of purse is called a hobo bag because it resembles the shape of the bindle on a stick that hobos are portrayed as carrying over their shoulder in drawings and cartoons.”
How Do You Wear A Hobo bag?
Hobo bags are typically worn on the shoulder, but there are also cross body hobo bags, small hobo bags, and long hobo bags.
Hobo bags can be used to dress up a casual look or simply be your everyday go to bag.
We, of course, love handmade hobo bags because as with many things handmade, you are going to get something unique to you. Here are our favorite hobo bags on ETSY as well as a few American made hobo bags available on Amazon.
Small Hobo Bags on ETSY
Beautiful gray canvas Hobo Bag from Independent Reign; a New York based small business selling on ETSY since 2008. She comes highly rated with well over 2500 reviews and 5 starts.
We really love this small hobo bag made from Woven Flax by Independent Reign.
"A smaller version of our popular Woven Flax Bucket Bag, this cute tote has been scaled down to just the right size for casual Summer days."
This small handmade hobo bag is made by Mother Tucker's Place form Houston, TX. It's is 34" and large enough to hold an iPad, but still small enough not to be worn on your shoulder, on your arm, or carried in your hand.
Crossbody Hobo Bags on ETSY
This beautiful leather crossbody hobo bag by the Leather Experts is large enough to fit a 13" laptop, tablet, chargers, and your wallet. Our favorite feature are the two outer side pockets perfect for quick access to keys and cell phones.
2LeftHandz makes beautiful custom made to order crossbody long hobo bags that you are gonna love.
SmiLe Styles also offers beautifully custom designed crossbody hobo bags with multiple patterns and colors to choose from. These are some super cute hobo bags made in America in Salem, OH.
Cute Hobo Bags on Amazon
While ETSY definitely dominates the market when it comes to handmade goods, Amazon did launch a handmade department in 2015. Here’s a selection of cute hobo bags available from Amazon.
We absolutely love this Canvas Crossbody Hobo bag from Left Coast Original in Largo, FL. The color is stunning, but if you don't like the navy, it also comes in red, cream, and light blue.
Genuine leather bags from fgalazebags . She offers several different colors from blue, to gray, to traditional brown leather all handcrafted in her shop in California.
Super cute casual pink hobo bag from The Pink Hill Jewelry shop on Amazon.
Do you have a favorite maker of American handmade hobo bags? We’d love to hear about them.
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