do you use a bag?

[soccervixen]

Started using a bag for whenever I am out - always as a man. It's a "man bag" - small clutch type black leather with a wrist strap - but I've already gotten lots of comments about it. I just tell people I am secure enough to carry a bag and not stuff my pockets with wallet, cell phone, keys, tissues (I haven't yet mentioned the mascara in there!). I love it, and I love the feeling of using a bag, plus it is much easier! Us men are dumb not to use them! When I bought this ($60 from Winn International), I also got an over the shoulder small bag which was advertised as a "make 'en guess" bag! It's cute and isn't very functional, so I won't use it very often.

Does anyone else use a bag when dressed as a man?

[finacarina]

Have many bags for every occassion

[bianncats]

I have one small black bag that is just big enough for makeup and my stuff i've taken out of my wallet. I enjoy carrying it, it is such a feminine feel to it.

Bianncats

[Fallen Angel]

i have six different hand bags my self and i made sure that they had enough pockets and pouches for everything cell phone, camera, makeup, ect

[trannie T]

When traveling I carry a camera bag or a backpack {sometimes both.} It holds two or three camera bodies, lenses and other camera equipment. I also carry lunch, beverages, sunscreen and other comfort items. Otherwise I can live with what is in my pockets.

[Phyliss]

I've been carrying a "bag" since August. Made by Dopp and found in most any Samsonite store. Quite functional. Loads of pockets, a place for my day planner, very generous cell phone pocket, that I use for my eyeglasses case. The main pocket is big enough for: wallet, change purse, small make up case,(holding lipstick, compact, mascara) nail clipper, Gerber multi tool, toothbrush, poligrip, (yeah I'm a certified geezer) spare pens, note book digital camera, and I still have room.
Think of putting all that in your pockets, especially size 12p jeans, and we all know how shallow the front pockets are on girls jeans.

[Penny]

I don't carry a bag when drab. I keep everything in my purse and drab takes what is necessary and considering what all I have in my purse, that's not enough to put loles in my pockets. lol

:hugs:

Penny

[Tara Michele]

... and sometimes it drives my wife crazy. I have and use a variety of "man bags" for day-to-day activities, though in reality many of them are purses. On occasion people call it a purse, and so do I sometimes. Hey, men carried purses for centuries -- when did we decide to surrender that right? I hate having pockets full of stuff.

My latest is a black soft "Polo Sport" purse from my sister-in-law that I have always coveted. She replaced it on her last visit to NYC and when she said she was gettig rid of her old one I shouted "dibs on the purse"! :heehee: When we last visited her I was carrying that purse everywhere. She chuckled about it, but was glad that I really liked it.

NYC is a dangerous place for a "bag/purse junkie" ... there are sidewalk vendors everywhere hawking them. :D

[Lisa Golightly]

Hmmm... don't really do the drab thing, but I've always used bags... I tend to match them to shoes but I have a general M&S handbag that holds all my daily clutter :)

[melissaK]

I used a man's purse for more years of my life than not. European men seem to use them more and for years the best ones I had were from there. Porsche stores sold some very nice ones - January clearance sales were a blessing. I used to draw the odd "guy with a purse" comment.

When Daytimer organizer wallets got popular a decade back no one cared anymore and availability improved too.

The last two years I have gone the minimalist route - a credit card sized wallet that holds a few slivers of plastic, ID, and a few bills. It was sold as an accessory to a womens purse. It is cool, and plenty impractical. It's also showing its age, it really ought to be replaced, - - - I might have to GO PURSE SHOPPING!!! Thanks SoccerVixen :happy:

[bgirl]

I have Havorsacks, Sachels, Book bags, All man things. I am thinking about a shoulder bag marketed as a Back Healthy Bag by Ameribag. It was initially marketed as unisex apperal. Now it is offered only for women. So the woman side of me will just have to share.

[JoAnnDallas]

Wife and were in Kholes one day and I happen to stop and was looking at some ladies billfolds that just happen to also be an orginizer. It has places to store you money, credit cards, checkbook, pencil/pen, along with the orginizer pages. I could not decide on a red one or blue one, so I asked a GG customer that was also looking at them, which one she liked. She looked at me for a second and then said "The Red one suits you better". So I bought the Red one and carry it with me while I am at work. Funny thing is no notices it is a ladies billfold.