Archive for the 'Messenger Bags' Category

Tom Bihn reviewer ID

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

Tom Bihn bags: Iraq ready and media savvy. But what do they look like, really? And how well do they perform those all-important . . . pursing functions we demand in a man bag? Let’s start with the ID bag, a midsized messenger bag designed to accommodate a laptop-containing sleeve, called “The Brain Cell” (sold [...]

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Zippers and grommets and buckles, oh my!

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Let’s start, then, with this Ben Sherman “City Messenger Bag.” What kind of message does it deliver? Prominent zippers, gratuitous grommets and buckles, and silvery glow-in-the-headlights tags give this sack a tough posture — tough, that is, for a confection of sewn nylon. Hesitant about carrying a purse? Fashion-coded aggressiveness may make it safe.
Inside are [...]

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