backpacks are so fucking ugly

http://cdna.lystit.com/photos/2011/11/11/penfield-black-penfield-buckland-small-nylon-backpack-product-1-2352793-957994521_large_flex.jpeg

this is my backpack. i wear it p often & i think it's nice enough, looks good when it's not too stuffed. and it cost like 15$. my shoulders were aching last summer from wearing it while biking with my laptop inside so i started leaving my laptop at work/school and started using a tote bag. nowadays i alternate between the two

I love my backpack! It's comfortable to walk in for hours (traveling, urban mobility, walking, etc) and can fit a weekend's worth of stuff. No shame in my backpack. It looks like this only it doesn't say STAGE DIVING on it

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li7ijtK4QO1qcfzjg.jpg

you should prob make yours say STAGE DIVING too

otm

I've been thinking about backpacks and this citibike initiative that NY is about to start, because the ability to grab a bike and ride it someplace in large part depends on how you are carrying yr stuff.

i thought about buying a navy one from APC last fall but hesitated because really, do i need a $200 backpack.. surely if I have to have one i can find something in navy with no logos for less than that. i only considered carrying one for taking long walks in the city - with a shoulder bag or tote bag, I can't carry much more than a book, wallet, and phone in it or my back starts to hurt.

monogrammed ll beans were absolutely de rigeur at prep school, sometimes slung hobo-style from the end of a lacrosse or field hockey stick, sometimes embellished with flowers & big loopy handwriting in white-out pen

yeah, they were at my school & you couldn't have the exact same ll bean bag as anyone else in your class & it was necessary to write on it and you absolutely had to wear it hanging off one shoulder. they used to make these dark color, simple ones with brown leather on the bottom and they were really nice, i had one of those.. it was a pricey thing for my parents to buy, i'm sure they weren't happy when it got scuffed up/written on deliberately because that was the trend.

haha ^ totally the same at my school.

white-out yes. also on chucks.

I use a strap back for work (no laptop required) but a Jansport two-shoulder thing when I bike to the coffee shop on weekends.

yeah, they were at my school & you couldn't have the exact same ll bean bag as anyone else in your class & it was necessary to write on it and you absolutely had to wear it hanging off one shoulder.

At my school all the cool kids had army surplus backpacks and drew flowers and gothy pictures and band logos on them. I demanded one of these bags and then doubted my artistic talent or my ability to pick sufficiently hip bands and never wrote on it, and also had it long after the cool kids stopped having them (in fact my turning up in one may have been the signal all the cool kids needed to stop wearing them), thus singling me out as a nerd, though not as much as the day my can of Fanta burst and my backpack dripped all the way into school before I noticed

I observed the one-shoulder rule at the time, since both shoulders was definitely for uncool kids and tourists, but these days I'm not exactly going to be mistaken for a cool kid so I may as well have it where it's actually comfortable for walking. For all I know Cool Kid Backpack Etiquette has probably changed since my youth anyway.

i also adhered to uk one-shoulder cool rule but i think two shoulders kinda developed into an semi-ironic reference as teen americana pop culture proliferated via internet wallowing

pretty amazed that record bags havent made a comeback (afaict) while bomber jackets, kickers, naf naf &c have all been and gone again

hell yeah, Technics bag trend another one I was late to, still know where that one is so please revive now (think the zip broke though)

felt ~prepared for anything~ shoving a variety of cheap imitation swiss army knives, cheap imitation maglites, cheap lighters, etc, into the 6000 tiny pockets, none of which ever got used

My Eastpak backpack was the only cool thing I had going for me at school.

These days I still have an Ugly Backpack why because convenience. It keeps out the rain, I can easily carry my computer/lunch/shopping/paperwork, it's fine for cycling. It looks something like this (I think I have an older version):

http://www.macpac.co.nz/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/466x500/602f0fa2c1f0d1ba5e241f914e856ff9/1/2/12132-blk_s.1349857666.jpg

fuck backpacks.

rucksacks are dope though.

believe mine is same as lamp's, congratulations on your purchase lamp.

http://www.filson.com/images/products/detail/70262-main-341.jpg

plus an osprey for hiking etc. when only 75l will do.

http://www.tauntonleisure.com/prodmainimg13398.jpg

2 straps for lyfe.

what's the difference between a "backpack" and a "rucksack" or a "knapsack"

other than rucksacks are dope

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8518198015_9450ec875a_c.jpg

i feel like rucksacks always have that flap over the top

knapsack means you time traveled here from 1924

big flap or pocket that folds over the opening of the main bag = rucksack

yeah what he said

This is my daily joint: Nothing amazing but non-ugly and functional.
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=32972156

wiki:

The word backpack was coined in the United States in the 1910s. moneybag and packsack were used before; they now occur mainly as regionalisms. The word rucksack is a German loanword mainly used in the UK and in the US Army: in German 'der Rücken' means 'the back' (the part of the body), and Sack for bag. The name Rucksack is cognate with Danish Rygsæk, Norwegian Ryggsekk, Dutch Rugzak, Afrikaans Rugsak and Swedish Ryggsäck. Alternative names include Haversack, and in German language called Kraxe (in 19th century the term kraxeln was used for climbing). (The term "haversack" more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder, and used to carry one or more "havers" or havercakes or oatcakes.)

Saw one of these today on the train and thought it was kinda tight:
http://shop.herschelsupply.com/shop.html

(I think it was a "pop quiz" model)

kind of funny that it turns out to be linked to Stussy, the brand of my early teenagerhood

http://i.imgur.com/n53in9X.png

My sister gave this one to my dad, I found it somewhere unused, stole it and now def enjoy using the thing.

Is it so fucking ugly?

http://extreme-brands.com/image/cache/data/Products/oakley/oakley_base_load_backpack_black-800x800.jpg

it's on the ugly side of the spectrum but not that bad

Yeah. It could be worse.

now that the weather has turned and i'm not wearing a topcoat/trench, i need to get rid of the backpack asap

really not in a position to drop a few hundos on a leather messenger/brief-- any tips?

i think minimal backpacks look actively cool

xp yeah i had to go backpack w/suit jacket yesterday and did not feel cool but i'm super strapped right now

strapped like a backpack?

i think minimal backpacks look actively cool

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree

went for it

http://indigoandcotton.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/465x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/o/topo-designs-klettersack-navy-leather-8.jpg.pagespeed.ce.4emP3Naa6v.jpg

ive had a herscehl for like 18 months now, taken it on trips, no complaints abt quality

xpost: tlg not sure if u saw upthread but i have the same model/color (except w/o the leather patches)

i totally love it, i just look like a doof when wearing a suit with it

the top compartment makes for a great secret man purse #protip

Lucky for me i work in jeans

http://i.imgur.com/EUqgcsy.jpg

really not in a position to drop a few hundos on a leather messenger/brief-- any tips?

stop carrying a fucking bag around with you everywhere

any further questions, i refer you to the title of this thread

felt like this had to be recorded somewhere. from the mean streets of downtown boston, in the year of our lord 2013:

http://i.imgur.com/YX0MQs9.jpg

4 LYFE

bloody hipsters

gr80, maybe look into army surplus retailers online for a suitable carryall? i don't know if you could find something sleek / professional looking enough to work with a suit but there are countless affordable options.

tracer will you come be my personal valet as i commute from home to two different offices on public transportation

"ive had a herscehl for like 18 months now, taken it on trips, no complaints abt quality

― max, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:40 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"

This is good to know.

This is the one I want: http://www.madewell.com/madewell_category/BAGS/backpacks/PRDOVR~56938/56938.jsp

oh i am v v taken by this herschel backpack: http://shop.herschelsupply.com/survey-backpack.html

(i use a tin tac record bag - because i have to carry my work laptop around with me most of the time, which apparently some of us are too good to do - but it is well heavy)

what do you carry in there gr80?? seriously? homework? sweet unguents? the official rules of major league baseball???