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    Man-Purses: Hot or Not?
    Despite Criticism, More Men Carry Purses
    By JOHN BERMAN
    July 25, 2006 — - Why should Andy Roddick be scared of Chewbacca, the fur-covered warrior? It has to do with purses, sort of.

    For more on this story, watch "Nightline" tonight at 11:35 p.m. ET.

    There is a growing trend in men's fashion, the handbag. It goes by many names: the man-bag, the murse. It is a cross between a backpack and a briefcase that looks very much like a pocketbook. They have been big in Europe for quite some time. Who can forget Jerry Seinfeld's exclamation, "It's European."


    But now, it is coming to America. Why? Because in these teched-out, decked-out times, American men need to put all that stuff somewhere.


    Guys have their cell phones, BlackBerries, wallets, checkbooks, sunglasses, body spray, you name it. And the 21st century guy wants to put it somewhere special.

    "Once you are out in the work world, do you really want to be carrying a backpack when you are wearing a suit?" says Adam Rapoport, the style editor at GQ Magazine. "At the same time, most guys don't want to be like their dads and carry a briefcase."


    Hence, the man-bag, like the one carried by 36-year-old Carlo Vogel. I met Vogel in Central Park, where he carried his man-bag with pride. Inside were two cell phones, a camera, money and cigarettes (Vogel rolls his own).


    "This holds the perfect amount of stuff," Vogel brags. "There is nothing else that I need that is not in this bag."


    But there is a catch. He suffers abuse from friends who lack creative imagination. They say things like "Is that your man-purse?" "Is that your purse?" "Can Isee your purse?" "What's in your purse?"


    It's the genre of comment that shocked many when American tennis star Andy Roddick uttered his version at Wimbeldon earlier this summer. Roddick clearly didn't dig European style, saying, "Anything bigger than a money clip or a wallet is to be left to your girlfriend or wife. If you have a man-purse, the wall is waiting."



    Vogel had his own choice words for Andy Roddick: "Andy can carry my stuff the next time he's around here if he has that attitude. He's got what, people to carry his stuff? Lucky him!"


    It should be noted that Roddick hasn't won a tournament this year. Maybe a man-bag would help.


    Which brings us to Chewbacca. Take a careful look at the masculine figure next time you watch "Star Wars." What is he carrying? It must be a man-bag. Or in his case, a wookiee-bag.
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=22...C-RSSFeeds0312
    From my own female perspective:

    If we are talking about the man, going to work, in a suit and has all that crap he needs to lug around then he most likely has a laptop as well...put the stuff in the laptop bag.

    If he has no laptop, then get an over coat with a lot of pockets. Or an organizer that will hold all this.

    If it is the guy out on a weekend visiting a museum with a significant other - I say the woman should be the one to carry anything of excess (within reason) that he cannot carry. I would have no problem carrying an extra cell phone or an extra wallet. I would, however, have a problem walking around with a man who has a purse to rival my own.

    It comes down to this: the man can carry whatever as long as it cannot be a shared accessory with his girl.
    "To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are."-Sholem Asch

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  • #2
    NAY!

    The closest thing I carry is my back pack to college/work all is contained in there including laptop books etc outside of that I carry nothing.

    Hey dont mess with Chewbaca he has one of the coolest laser cross bows ever seen.
    Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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    • #3
      "Anything bigger than a money clip or a wallet is to be left to your girlfriend or wife. If you have a man-purse, the wall is waiting."
      Couldn't have said it any better myself. I fail to see how a guy can accumulate enough junk to even require a man-purse:

      Cell phone? Hello belt clip! Blackberry? Hello belt clip! Wallet/Money Clip? Hello pants/jacket pocket! Comb? Hello pants/jacket pocket! Body Spray? BODY SPRAY?!? WTF does a man need BODY SPRAY for?!? Men use COLOGNE!

      Body Spray...sheesh
      “He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”

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      • #4
        Originally posted by TopHatter
        Couldn't have said it any better myself. I fail to see how a guy can accumulate enough junk to even require a man-purse:

        Cell phone? Hello belt clip! Blackberry? Hello belt clip! Wallet/Money Clip? Hello pants/jacket pocket! Comb? Hello pants/jacket pocket! Body Spray? BODY SPRAY?!? WTF does a man need BODY SPRAY for?!? Men use COLOGNE!

        Body Spray...sheesh

        ROFLMAO
        Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by TopHatsLiberal
          ...I say the woman should be the one to carry anything of excess (within reason) that he cannot carry.
          Lol. I like the way you think.

          Personally I hate packing around a bunch of crap. One credit card, my drivers license, and some cash is about all I ever need. I hate having things clipped to my belt. Me cell phone goes in a cargo pocket in my shorts or I leave it in the car.

          Depending on where I am going, I may have a PPK tucked in the small of the back. ;)
          "We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008

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          • #6
            Originally posted by highsea
            Depending on where I am going, I may have a PPK tucked in the small of the back. ;)
            I've got the Argentinian knock-off of that little darling. Comfortable as hell in that location aren't they? :)
            “He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”

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            • #7
              Unfortunately for me, if I wanted to carry a pistol that I own, I will need a man purse. All the pistols I have are service size and due to the weather, it's a little conspicuous in California to wear a jacket in the summer. Fortunately, a gay looking man purse fits right in.

              Not that a law abiding citizen like me would ever carry a gun on my person in California.
              "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by TopHatter
                I've got the Argentinian knock-off of that little darling.
                Bersa?
                Originally posted by TopHatter
                Comfortable as hell in that location aren't they? :)
                Yep.

                Gunnut- yeah, a service pistol is a problem in the warm weather, my 92FS is kind of conspicuous in the small of the back, lol. That's exactly why I bought the Walther.

                I also have a belt-buckle NAA .22, which is taking the small gun philosophy to the extreme. I think of it as a remote control icepick. Contact shots to the eye socket only...
                "We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008

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                • #9
                  hehehehehe have an old friend that has a .41 cal derringer. Talk about big things in small packages. May be small but upclose as effective as any other.
                  Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by TopHatter
                    I've got the Argentinian knock-off of that little darling. Comfortable as hell in that location aren't they? :)
                    Until you have to get to it in a pinch ;).

                    On the man bag thing: I use bags on a frequent basis but the designer purses are a bit over the top...then again I'm not exactly the type to make concessions to popular culture.

                    A quick look in the closet finds a whole slew of contrivances which allow for men to get about their business without saying "purse".

                    Three day bag, gas mask bag, courier bag, Camelback carrier, so called "fanny packs" (a large Patagonia offering and a Galco "Royal Escort"), a convertible mile run rig, Pelican laptop case, several lawyer's cases of various size and description and a nice leather attache if the need arises as well as a few other bits of practical bric-a-brac.

                    The ideal solution to most "man pursing needs" is a quality leather map case. After all, its not a purse :) but handles maps, pads, pens, pistols, PDAs, phones, sunglasses, sandwiches, etc. functionally and seldom elicits those purse comments.

                    As to what men might need a purse for, if you need to ask then you are not a man .

                    Purses aside, even those of you with minimal carrying needs ought to consider carrying a sleeping bag sized stuffed sack with a few feet of shroud line in the bottom. When folded and compressed wallet size it fits in any pocket and can be stuffed in sock,upper or hat but if you need a day pack, pouch or purse in a pinch you can rig one up. Beleive me you, it is amazing what opportunities present them selves when said opportunity has to be carried in some thing bigger than a pocket or purse.

                    Best "I don't carry a purse" kind of regards,

                    William
                    Pharoh was pimp but now he is dead. What are you going to do today?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by highsea
                      Bersa?Yep.
                      Yep. Nice and small, no need for a man purse. :)

                      Still haven't gotten around to that CCP though. I'm probably going to sell my little squirt gun anyway.
                      “He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”

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                      • #12
                        Cargo pants are all you need. Of course, I wouldn't carry a cell phone if you paid me to, and my idea of a PDA is a piece of paper and a pen. All you really need is a wallet, a pen, and a pocket knife.
                        I enjoy being wrong too much to change my mind.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by ArmchairGeneral
                          Cargo pants are all you need. Of course, I wouldn't carry a cell phone if you paid me to, and my idea of a PDA is a piece of paper and a pen. All you really need is a wallet, a pen, and a pocket knife.
                          What's wrong with a cell phone? It's so convenient and it saves so much time. Of course I wouldn't talk on the phone while driving unless I have an absolute need to. I really really hate people driving while on the phone.

                          I tried a PDA for a while. I went back to pencil and paper.
                          "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by gunnut
                            What's wrong with a cell phone? It's so convenient and it saves so much time. Of course I wouldn't talk on the phone while driving unless I have an absolute need to. I really really hate people driving while on the phone.

                            I tried a PDA for a while. I went back to pencil and paper.
                            It's just that I like to know that nobody can bother me, and I have no desire to bother anybody else. The only time I can conceive of really wanting a cell is during an emergency. That would be nice, I admit, but, dang it all, we've gone for millenia without being able to call for help over long distance, why do we need it now? I just want people to leave me alone, and a cell phone doesn't help me in that at all. Oh, and I'm too cheap to spend the money for one (not that it makes any difference, since I don't have the money even if I wanted one), and I don't like the tiny buttons that don't work half the time.
                            I enjoy being wrong too much to change my mind.

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                            • #15
                              You don't have to answer the phone...

                              Or turn the ringer off and tell people your phone was out of charge, or don't even let people know you have a phone.

                              I have a friend who resisted a cell phone for the longest time. He finally got one and now he's addicted.
                              "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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