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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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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