The Artois bag is a nod to the Comte d’Artois, Robert 1st d’Artois, brother of King Louis IX, known as “Saint-Louis”. Just as the Comte d’Artois was the younger brother of Saint Louis, so the Artois bag is the “little brother” of the emblematic Saint Louis tote. This is also a reference to the province of Artois, situated in the North of France, which he inherited when he came of age following his father’s death, thus becoming the Comte d’Artois.