Posts Tagged ‘man bag’

Black & White: Dolce & Gabbana ‘Vintage’ Bags

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And the manbag still rocks on… :-) .

professional D&G, $725
casually cool D&G, $1140

A Man’s Bag

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As the world now knows men wear bags, more specifically men carry bags like women carry purses and in some cases men buy women’s purses and wear them in the same way. Some people hate it, others love it, I… well I see that this trend will soon not be a trend, but just a way of life. If you don’t see alot of men rockin’ bags in your city then it’s probably because your city is just a “late-bloomer” give it a year or two and you will.

The man bag and murse are fine, but I still love to see a man with a classic messenger bag.

I found a flawlessly perfect one online:

Now this a man’s bag. Its authentic, classic, and leather.
It looks like it belonged to your great great grandfather, but
yet it looks like you can give it to your grandson when he
heads to college. This satchel is perfect. If you need a new bag
and you have the funds go to jcrew.com and buy this bag $795

If the one above is too pricey for you, check out this
dark brown messenger, it’s just as original, but with a
slight modern edge for $225, jcrew.com

The Man + Purse: Murses & Manbags

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Pharrell Williams has a $67,000 purple/pink crocodile
Hermes bag


When men first began carrying bags that were traditionally worn by women people laughed- they laughed loud and they laughed hard. But with some of manliest men and top style gurus strutting . . . I mean walking around with these bags you have to ask yourself- is it really THAT bad? Some people think that the "man-bag" portrays 1 of 2 things: you're self-absorbed or you like men. I'm thinking that stigma is changing. The list of of men who rock "murses" grows everyday: Pharrell, David Beckham, Lupe Fiasco, Tom Brady, Seal, Kanye West, Ryan Reynolds, and Terrence Howard just to name a few.

David Beckham w/ a leather brown Prada bag
 

Terrence Howard w/ his black patent & leather crocodile

Lupe Fiasco and his red Goyard bag

 

Seal w/ a black leather murse

 

Tom Brady w/ an army fatigue murse

 

In his interview with Paper Magazine Pharrell talks about his murse/travel bag:

“Don’t call it a murse,” says PHARRELL, pulling out his second look from the gargantuan purple croc HERMES tote, which he has accessorized with another JACOB key chain, this one covered in yellow diamonds to match the bag’s gold hard-ware.

“It’s not a man purse. It’s my travel bag.”

PHARRELL says style is… "about who you are, where you’re going, what’s comfortable…It’s your attitude that makes it hot.”

“It’s not that I’m necessarily proud of being a nerd,” says PHARRELL. “It’s who I am.”
 

Pharrell is truly stuntin' with his 2 Hermes murses,
he's so proud!
I think he's an advocate for the murses, he'll probably start a non-profit in support of men carrying bags that look like purses. . . (I'm just playin')

Personally, I think it's okay for a man to have a bag especially if it's a satchel or messenger- I think they look great. It just becomes a little questionable when he carries it like a purse, you know under his arm like Tom Brady or the way Terrence Howard does. Pharrell's purple color choice is a bit feminine. . . it's kind of cool, but then it's not at the same time. These huge bags are very appropriate for travel, but not so much for just walking around the streets on a daily basis like below. . . (cough cough) Pharrell:

So how do you feel about murses & man-bags?


Cindy at The Urban Gentleman

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