Another month has gone by, and with it, another thousand pages of glossy, gently perfumed menswear journalism has arrived on our doorstep.
Naturally, we’ve got a few opinions.
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Here’s another thing that’ll help on your pilgrimage of turkey: a sturdy duffel bag. This one comes from the Quality Mending Co., with white canvas and a surprisingly sharp paramilitary vibe. That means it can take a few kicks and still stand out on a baggage carousel. Just don’t try putting it on wheels.
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This snap of Ralph Lauren has been making the tumblr rounds today, and converting more than a few bloggers to the gospel of the large leather duffel bag. Of course, this shot was taken in the time before rollaways, but if you don’t mind the workout, you can find a similar item here.
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The duffel bag is pretty firmly entrenched as the “large and not too pretty” bag in most guy’s luggage pile, but we’d like to make a case for the camper’s backpack.
Like the military duffel, it’s strictly utilitarian—but it does a better job at it, since you’d almost always rather be carrying that weight on your shoulders. There’s also an encouraging crop of stripped-down packs arriving on the market, like this one from Herschel Supply, doing a rough approximation of what Jack Spade did for duffels.
And if, once spring rolls around, you decide to haul a two-person lunch and a bottle of red wine to your nearest scenic mountaintop, you’ll be well-prepared.
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via GQ UKAt Least It’s Not Beowulf: Does watching The Polar Express over and over constitute torture? We’re going to go with “yes.” [/Film]
Body Snatching is Not Out of the Question: Just a friendly reminder: you are not Johnny Depp. Not to be a downer or anything. [Esquire]
Suddenly Everything is Shiny: Fourteen futuristic retail spaces. If an iceberg storefront can’t convince you to like Richard Chai, then nothing will. [Web Urbanist]
Half In the Bag: A handsome leather duffel from Louis & Clegg. Look upon it in awe. [Unabashedly Prep]
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Don’t Call it a Comeback: Naomi Watts drops in for her first magazine profile in quite some time. We’re guessing when she told the interviewer there were naked pictures of her on Perez Hilton, she didn’t think that would make it into copy. [Blackbook]
Bring Out the Drille: A rundown of what Toms has in stock for summer. This is what you should be wearing instead of sandals. [Cool Hunting]
We Have No Idea Either: Apparently Will Ferrell threw out the first pitch of a Houston Astros game in character as disgraced Venezuelan relief man Rojo Johnson. And somehow, it was all for charity. [The Daily What]
Half in the Bag: Perhaps this $30 army duffel bag is the answer to your problems. Anyway, it couldn’t hurt. [Valet]
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We’re guessing there are thousands of road trips currently being concocted, so it’s good to have a weekend bag handy. We recommend something that can take a little punishment and won’t take up too much room in the trunk. If you’ve got some spare loot—and enough of a yen for canvas to make it worthwhile—we recommend this one from Aubin and Wills. You’ll have to pack light, but that might not be such a bad idea anyway.
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Whether it’s a wedding or a beach trip, odds are you’ll be hitting the road at some point in the next few weeks, with a well-chosen two-day supply of clothing securely in tow. And while your bag options are vast and many-splendored, we’d like to throw this waxed cotton duffel from Jack Spade into the ring.
It’s smaller than the “duffel” tag might lead you to believe—just over two feet from end to end—and the outside is an unbroken swath of the waxed cotton that you may have seen on a jacket or two. There are pockets on the inside for your razor and toothbrush, but the outside is as simple as a beach weekend would suggest.
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The duffel bag has a long way to go if it’s going to come back into style. But this isn’t a bad start…
These particular items come from our friends at Norsea Industries, and we’re ready to call them the beginning of the duffel revival. Trading industrial performance cloth for warm, vintage-looking fabrics and a healthily grungy approach to color, they end up with what the duffel bag always should have been: a casual approach to luggage.
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