After my dad found a satchel he liked a few years back, he decided to buy it for anyone he felt needed one. I was on his list. It looked a lot like the Collsants Small Vintage Canvas Travel Purse and I believe it went for less than $19. Ever since, I’ve always had it around. I use it anytime I’m heading out of the house and want more than just my phone-keys-and-wallet but don’t want to shove everything into my pockets.
And so at this point, I use it essentially as a purse, which brings me to the complicated part of writing this post: namely, what these bags should be called. The list of options is extensive, as I gathered from various brands: Murses (man + purses), travel purses, satchels, mini man bags, mini messenger bags, mini duffel bags, passport bags, and so on. If it were up to me, I’d call it a purse because that’s what it is, functionally, and it would fit well into the existing universe of purses. If people need more rugged language to help them justify getting one of these, so be it.
Regardless, I think everyone should have one of these around, genders be damned. So I compiled some bestsellers I’m considering myself as I want to finally graduate into a more pocket-forward purse. Let’s get into it.
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