Man Bag
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Kate | Sunday, March 6, 2005 |
Just the gift for my brothers next Christmas – the chance to stroll into the High House carrying a purse.
Wallets, cell phones, keys, PDAs, laptop computers – even the deepest of pockets can’t hold everything the average guy is hauling around these days. While no-frills nylon gym totes or ho-hum pleather business cases would suffice, men are increasingly open to carrying a bag with a bit of style … something more refined.
Enter the murse – a masculine version of the purse.
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Constantine Karonis, 25, who lives in Manhattan, estimates he owns about 15 bags. “I’ve been carrying one since high school,” he says.
His favorite is a slim, checkerboard-print Louis Vuitton shoulder bag that retails for about $1,200. “Men are willing to make a bit of an investment,” Pask says. A high-end designer suit may be too expensive, but a classy, well-made manbag from the same line is probably going to be more attainable, and a man will use it far more often.
For the uninitiated, a tailored messenger bag is a good start. “Leather always looks great,” Kressley says, and there are masculine nylon styles as well.
Though Kressley will break out a Louis Vuitton clutch or short-handled satchel when traveling or running from show to show during Fashion Week, his daily murse is often a simple suede messenger bag.
“You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a great one,” Kressley says.
Bold designer handbags and smaller purse-like totes are great accessories for fashion-forward men, but Kressley and Pask acknowledge the average Joe needs a healthy dose of self-confidence to carry them.
“They can look a little too girly for most guys,” Kressley says. “That’s a look reserved for the true meterosexual.”
About the Author: Kate is a freelance commercial and automotive airbrush artist living in Saskatchewan, Canada. She was one of the original guest bloggers at OTB in November 2004 and soon joined the permanent stable, contributing through January 2007.
Eventually, she turned to writing full time at her own blog, small dead animals, which was voted the Best Canadian Blog in the 2004 Weblog Awards and has been generally considered that country's best blog ever since.
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My head must be thicker than a fat girl's thighs. These new fashion trends(fads) for men just just fly past me. Personnally, I don't need a murse, all my pants pockets are large enough to carry my gun.
"Murse"!?
Man, I won't even wear a @#$!ing fanny pack!
metrosexual, thats a guy who can't get a girl, isn't it?
'even the deepest of pockets can't hold everything the average guy is hauling around these days.'
Maybe the solution is to not carry so much junk that you don't need a purse.
Jack's right. That's what the truck toolbox is for.
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