男式背包是现在的时尚饰品新宠。时髦男性会选择各类背包、单肩包、挎包等搭配不一样的服饰造型。他们用这类包不止是为了跟风，看上去时髦，而更多考虑到其实用性。
We have so much stuff to carry around these days mobile phones, keys, credit cards and lapTOPs. Some of us might stuff them into various pockets in our clothes and others will put them in a bag. For women this might be a practical and trendy handbag. But how are men supposed to carry things around and look cool?
The answer is a manbag! They are the height of fashion at the moment a stylish1 accessory that modern men are carrying around. Im a little cynical2 about these must-have items lets face it, a manbag by any other name is a bag and I have one - my trusty backpack. However, senior fashion analyst3 for market research company Mintel, Tamara Senders, describes a manbag as a bag worn by men, including backpacks and other styles such as shoulder bags. I cant see my old backpack being a style icon4, but maybe Im just not on-trend: According to Mintel, 15 per cent of men bought one in the UK last year.
Maybe its the name thats putting me off. Why does a bag have to have a gender5? I suppose theyre being marketed as a stylish fashion item designed to look good on men. Ive heard that many big names have flocked to adopt the trend. Pharrell Williams, David Beckham and Kanye West, are just some of those whove been spotted6 rocking a manbag.
My reservations about being seen carrying one may be down to my Britishness. According to Nick Carvell, the Contributing Fashion Editor for GQ magazine: In Britain we are still very tied up with that idea of masculinity that is almost so fragile that it can be dented7 by carrying a bag. So, while some British men might think a manbag to be effeminate and not very macho, he thinks that many Europeans dont have an issue with toting such a fashionable item.
Of course, if I was to exchange my old backpack for a manbag, it would come at a price. With people like Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Gucci and Dolce and Gabbana designing these bags, they can come with a hefty price tag. I suppose thats the price of fashion! And apparently8, if I had any spare cash, I could complete my designer outfit9 by buying a murse thats a mans purse!
I suppose fashions change and we have come a long way from the days when men carried their things in a very masculine briefcase10 - sturdy, sensible and practical. Now, it seems, we have to put as much thought into buying a bag as we do into buying our clothes.
