It took moving abroad, then traveling a lot, to firmly cement my comfort with a cross body bag to carry my personal items. Initially my wife “suggested” that she would no longer carry my stuff in her bag (that always helps!) Now that I’m used to it, I carry it every time I leave the apartment, and I don’t feel uncomfortable with it, how to handle it in restaurants and on airplanes and trains. And I realize just how practical and efficient it is to have, rather than pants pockets loaded with loot! Tip: I have carried a Travelon anti-theft ballistic nylon cross body bag for years, and I even had a leather copy made and I don’t like it, so I carry the original everywhere, especially when we travel.
Another great article about something Italian that I have completely overlooked. The borsello is so practical and stylish. I especially dig the types with the “zio energy” (love that description, lol). North American men looks so frumpy and sloppy carrying all their stuff in the pants pockets. I may try to gift my father one and see if he’ll at least use it when we travel in Italy. It’ll be much better than that tactical-style belt he typically uses.
Ah, the feared and loathed Man Bag, threatening N. American masculinity for decades!
Women use bags out of necessity as many women’s clothes have no pockets - why??!? And now, men have more junk to carry: wallet, pile of keys and fobs, phone, glasses, sunglasses, water bottle and more. Arriving at a concert, my husband would ask “Can you put these in your bag?”, passing me two handfuls of his stuff including everything but his wallet. This made for a heavy bag for me to carry around. I bought him his own bags, offering any number of varieties hoping one would do the trick: waist pack, canvas borsello style bag, messenger bag - manly, practical, technical bags. No dice! It’s good to hear that there is greater adoption of these manly bags now. Women of N. America rejoice!
It took moving abroad, then traveling a lot, to firmly cement my comfort with a cross body bag to carry my personal items. Initially my wife “suggested” that she would no longer carry my stuff in her bag (that always helps!) Now that I’m used to it, I carry it every time I leave the apartment, and I don’t feel uncomfortable with it, how to handle it in restaurants and on airplanes and trains. And I realize just how practical and efficient it is to have, rather than pants pockets loaded with loot! Tip: I have carried a Travelon anti-theft ballistic nylon cross body bag for years, and I even had a leather copy made and I don’t like it, so I carry the original everywhere, especially when we travel.
Another great article about something Italian that I have completely overlooked. The borsello is so practical and stylish. I especially dig the types with the “zio energy” (love that description, lol). North American men looks so frumpy and sloppy carrying all their stuff in the pants pockets. I may try to gift my father one and see if he’ll at least use it when we travel in Italy. It’ll be much better than that tactical-style belt he typically uses.
Ah, the feared and loathed Man Bag, threatening N. American masculinity for decades!
Women use bags out of necessity as many women’s clothes have no pockets - why??!? And now, men have more junk to carry: wallet, pile of keys and fobs, phone, glasses, sunglasses, water bottle and more. Arriving at a concert, my husband would ask “Can you put these in your bag?”, passing me two handfuls of his stuff including everything but his wallet. This made for a heavy bag for me to carry around. I bought him his own bags, offering any number of varieties hoping one would do the trick: waist pack, canvas borsello style bag, messenger bag - manly, practical, technical bags. No dice! It’s good to hear that there is greater adoption of these manly bags now. Women of N. America rejoice!