Company HQ: Georgetown, DC

Designer: Deb Johns

From four colorful totes in 2004, to over 400 bags, coolers, and storage containers today, Scout has become a staple for fun and functional storage. The brand is full of life and color, and all about being unpredictable. Scout offers a product, a pattern, a color for every sort of lifestyle.

Best of all? Head designer and Co-founder Deb Waterman Johns stays on track with New York and London designers, thanks to her background as a colorist and trend forecaster at Vogue. So you know you're schlepping in fun, whimsical, style.