Rap and fashion authority Sean Combs (aka Puff Daddy; P. Diddy; Sean John; Jennifer Lopez’s ex; his mother’s son) dishes out advice about elevator scents, home lighting, and body hair in a recent issue of Details magazine. But we know what you’ve all been waiting for from the hip-hop mogul: his guidance on men’s carrying [...]

Clearly, the highlight of Hidden Man Purse Week here at the Satchel Pages is today’s feature: man purses so well-disguised — so thoroughly camouflaged — that they could only be called . . . Hidden Cargo Shorts.

Cargo shorts, you say. Like cargo pants — the ones with the pockets all over them? What’s new about [...]

We hate to be the ones who have to break this to you. But someone’s got to do it.
It’s about that, uh . . . bag you always have with you. Yeah, that one.
It’s a man purse.

Yeah, we know, you call it something else. It’s a bookbag, or a courier bag, or an attache, or [...]

A scene from the Oscars, earlier this month: Terrence Howard, nominated for best actor for his role as a singing pimp in Hustle & Flow, uses his red-carpet moments at the Academy Awards to show off his taste in man bags.
An alligator clutch in one hand; the other ready, it appears, to receive the Oscar [...]

Do not fret, Michael Remis. Designers all around the world are working hard for you and your cargo pants: Paving the way for man-purse safety in high school, but also in the workplace and on the runways.
Behold but two snippets from the fall collections of John Varvatos (left) and John Bartlett (right), two designers on [...]

At this very moment, all around the world, untold numbers of young men are aching with desire — for a man purse. If only they could carry one without being thought . . . you know, “sissy.” Or worse, unfashionable.
Don’t believe it? The private writings of Winnipeg teenager Michael Remis provide a small window into [...]