Men's Handbags - Will They Ever Catch On?
by Rufus Steele
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The answer would have to be -- that depends.
If they continue to be called handbags -- then they may well not catch
on at all.
Call them something else and they more than likely will!
As the speed of business and everyday life continues to grow, men too
are going to need something small enough to carry the various daily bits
and pieces in, without subjecting their pockets to a barrage of seam
bursting bits and pieces.
For the majority of the week, men are catered for quite adequately with
the briefcases or laptop bags. Many now cut straight to the chase and pile
everything into a backpack, caring less for appearance and more for
practicality of being able to walk around easily.
But consider for a minute those trips where a business case isn't
required.
Maybe they aren't going out and about with their laptop or files of
papers for the day. Would they still need a laptop bag or messenger
bag?
Unlikely!
So maybe the advent of man carrying some form of male handbag isn't
that far away.
Indeed, designer names such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tommy Hilfiger
already market bags specifically for men. They obviously believe the
market is the there and that it's worth tapping into sooner rather than
later.
Nor are they just your standard duffle or messenger bags.
They are specific, cut down versions of these, more suitable for
carrying wallet, car keys and mobile phone easily than lugging big and
heavy items. Slip in a PDA or iPod and you're away.
The styles and materials used are still very pointedly masculine. With
thick leathers and rough looking suede they still shout out "manly" rather
than 'girly'. The cut and style are purposely made to appear different to
anything else gone before.
The Dior line for instance –- thinned down and mini sized messenger
type bags that aren’t messenger bags but men’s handbags.
And that's the whole crux of the matter.
Men will start to carry the man's handbag -- for want of a better name
-- just so long as it doesn't destroy their perceived likeness to John
Wayne or the Terminator.
But if it has any likeness to a true handbag as touted by millions of
women then they’ll run a mile -- fast! It’s that word, you see. Strikes
fear into even the biggest man.
“Handbag.”
It just sounds girly. It’s a word all men associate with their mom.
Nothing wrong with that, you say! I agree –- but although most men love
and respect their moms –- they don’t want to dress like her. That includes
the ‘handbag’.
Then you'll have the diehards who wouldn't touch a handbag for their
wife, let alone themselves. These men, I suspect, would rather see NASCAR
racing made into a non contact sport and the NFL forced to impose a non
violent tackling rule before they ever handled a real, live handbag!
Mark you -- I bet these are the same men who, as soon as they get the
car parked on a family trip out anywhere, turn to their wife and say "Gee
honey, can I put my keys in your handbag??"
“And my cell phone?”
“Will my wallet fit in as well, do you think?”
Tch. MEN!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rufus Steele is the author and creator of the Louis Vuitton Handbags
website, a site dedicated to all things Louis Vuitton and designer
handbags.
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