Abstract: A bag is disclosed herein having a pair of flexible sheets joined about their peripheral edges to define an interior storage compartment and which includes an entrance or mouth leading into the storage compartment. A length or strip of deformable material such as wire is carried on the sheets adjacent to the mouth for selectively closing the entrance subsequent to the initial bag opening or for maintaining the bag in open position when desired. The deformable element or material may be a continuous strip which extends across the sheets at the mouth of the bag or may be trained about a convoluted path across the sheets and sides of the bag adjacent to the mouth. In one form, integral end tabs protrude beyond the bag sides at the ends of the bag mouth to effect closure.