man handbag

[parish]

hi guys

i'm looking for a man handbag to carry things like wallet, moleskine, ipod, cellphone blah blah blah...but i'm not looking for the usual messenger bag. what i want is an handbag, a purse...don't really know how to explain...something usually worn by women however, to put on the shoulder...i've seen some guys walking around in milan or london with one of those, mostly japanese men i have to say...so if you have some advice please give! i really need it...cheers everybody!

[minya]

It's called a tote bag.

Head Porter, out of Japan, makes tons of tote bags that are relatively masculine (as masculine as a tote bag could ever be)... check them out, I'd definitely go with Porter if I was going to get a tote bag.

[djrajio]

Jas-M.B. They sell them in London. You're welcome.

[ayn]

what is the easiest way to cop porter bags?

[Kasper]

what is the easiest way to cop porter bags?

2000db is probably your best bet although ace-web has a crazy selection, really good prices and ship internationally.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/ace-web/c/0000000111/

[homme.homme]

Dior Homme - Deville bag.

[partytaco]

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[@work]

I'm looking for something similar but not a "murse". Something up the alley of a hip pack. Anything else than Porter, possibly cheaper?

[nwhysee]

filson http://www.filson.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2092406&cp=2065001.2075128

[lemons]

i'm sorry i just cannot get behind this trend. your wallet, your keys, and your cell phone can all go in your pockets.

[Kasper]

i'm sorry i just cannot get behind this trend. your wallet, your keys, and your cell phone can all go in your pockets.

so?????

is there anything wrong with carrying it in a bag???

[lemons]

personally i think its excessive and silly. and it's called a purse, not a 'manbag' or whatever halfway masculine name you want to give it to justify you carrying one around. purse.

while you are at it, you should get that chain wallet in the picture too.

[minya]

personally i think its excessive and silly. and it's called a purse, not a 'manbag' or whatever halfway masculine name you want to give it to justify you carrying one around. purse.

while you are at it, you should get that chain wallet in the picture too.

Don't shit up this thread.

[DJ2xTech]

There's a Head Porter store here in NYC.

I don't know how much expensive it is over here.

[lemons]

My apologies. I figured dissent was fair game in a public forum such as this. I guess the chain wallet comment was where I crossed the line, huh?

[minya]

My apologies. I figured dissent was fair game in a public forum such as this. I guess the chain wallet comment was where I crossed the line, huh?

No, every time we have a bag thread it devolves into a "omg bags are SO GAY! Haha fag!" type of thing and it gets pretty old.

If you don't like bags and have an alternative suggestion, that's cool. Post it. But the "carrying bags is not masculine" thing has been done to death so let's just move on.

[lemons]

my alternative solution was to put your shit in your pockets and spend your hundreds of dollars on somethat that you aren't going to be too embarassed to use in 2 years. i thought i made that clear.

[2000dB]

Like djrajio said, Jas mb has some good stuff out there (except those horrible outfits on their (?) models). Porter has some good stuff out there too, but they're completely different. Might get a perf leather porter tote today...

[xcoldricex]

damn filson has some nice duffles.

[votefornara]

[djrajio]

Balenciaga! Haha. Man, if I wanted to spend $1,000+ for a bag. A bit too fresh even for me.

[Servo2000]

Something about that balenciaga, if rajio is correct on that, looks a little feminine to me. Keep in mind, I'm a fan of the man-purse, but something about the combination of leather, extra straps, and bonus buckles is throwing it off. I don't know what it is, it just is leaning slightly more on the purse side of the "man purse" equation.

Jas MB (Straight-up jacked from Coldrice)

[CactusArmy]

wjk & julius

[su8m3rg3d]

am using this. big enough to store my cigarettes, minidisc player (no i don't use ipod), wallet and keys.

[seenmy]

im on the search for a bag at the moment im bored of carrying a backpack,Id really like to find something in this shape obviously minus the 1000 plus price tag.

[parish]

thanx alot, some of them are really nice...but i still can't find something that makes my eyes shine. my first choice was freitag: some of their bags come in wonderful colours and all of them are hand made and one-off...what do you think? maybe too kitsch?

lemons i only have 4 (sometimes tight) pockets and one 30g ipod, one big wallet, one cellphone, one moleskine, mint candies, keys, cigs, would like to carry on a digital camera, frames and god knows what else...i could hang all this stuff all over my body but i don't think it would look very good. that's why i love cargo pants but i also love to change my look...

moreover, as i said before i've seen some guys walking round with purses and they look really nice. i think when you say they're too girlish you say it with a very closed mind. i guess 8 years ago you thought pink t-shirts were too girlish...if something looks good...what a difference does it make? it's just a state of mind imho...

cheers

[ayn]

there is a place in hayes valley in sf that sell the freitag bags, they look ok in person but they smell really really bad!

I've been using a Tumi "body flap bag", it's not the most stylish thing or anything but it's very practical...

[minya]

seenmy, what's the guy in the top pic carrying? That is an insane bag.

[poly800rock]

im on the search for a bag at the moment im bored of carrying a backpack,Id really like to find something in this shape obviously minus the 1000 plus price tag.

and i thought backpacks were bad. if i ever carried a bag like the bottom pic it would be for like 10 feet, it looks so fucking heavy!

[seenmy]

top bag is hobo burberry i googled it but couldnt getany more pics?Im just really liking the shape of both of those bags they still feel masculin although id want them in a dark brown or black leather i think rather than the patent that burberry seems to be,and the lv i think is pony skin.looks great though