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Great content, as always. I am patiently waiting for the next creation of the briefcase and backpack. Personally, I do NOT like the look of a backpack while wearing a suit. It ruins the aesthetic. To wear a tailor made suit while carrying something on your back is just absurd. Luckily, they're now made of leather, but you can't put a gown on a pig and call it classy. LOL.
@@JEL52863 Exactly. If in a very casual setting, wearing a backpack seems fairly natural even if sometimes, now that I'm in my late 60's, they seem a bit off for someone of my age. A briefcase is fine in both casual and formal settings and seems far more natural as you get older.
Agree! I also want to point out the way Antonio explains "why" and "how" behind fashion is so unique that you'll get more than just "when" that you usually thought about history. He makes fashion not just an "art" but also "science" and "engineering", not just aesthetic but also measurements and functionality... And even philosophy when he started talking about finding yourself first and project it through your fashion choices. And it's all wrapped with his charismatic attitude makes it totally charming and not boring. And that's the point since fashion is the way you "paint" your outfit and everyone can do it. Antonio, in my life, is the first one that makes me realize the "soul" and deeper meaning of fashion
I carry an attache case to work. It may be outdated, but I get a lot of compliments from it, and I like to access and see all of things in one place when I open up my case. It looks the most sharp and professional to me in my opinion, and it is a good workout when carrying it full.
That's a legitimate concern. The more frequently you use a strap over the shoulder of the jacket, the more opportunities for damage. Other relevant factors are the weight of the bag, the abrasiveness of the strap(s), the durability of the jacket fabric, and the presence (or absence) of softer padding in the shoulders of the jacket. I've mostly heard suit wearers complain about damage to the padding in their jackets. For the past few weeks I've been routinely using a messenger bag over a sports coat or overcoat during my commute to work. I don't expect to have a problem with either. Neither has soft padding in the shoulders, and both are made of thick, durable Harris tweed.
That IS an issue. I went to a backpack for work and only noticed when it was too late, that my shirts and sport coats were ruined, UNDER the arm. The continual friction, over time, shredded the material. A cross-body messenger bag - lower-slung - doesn’t do that. I use a messenger bag, these days. Even the few briefcases I have have a strap. Great for travel. A briefcase takes up a hand that you could be using for your roll-aboard, musical instrument, whatever.
When I was in High School, I always yearned to have a briefcase instead of a school bag, as while a school bag is more practical, it simply doesn't have the style or timeless look (not yet anyway) unlike the briefcase which will always have a timeless look to them. I now own a black old fashioned briefcase and I love bringing it around with me when I dress up in my Semi Formal Attire.
I used to carry a Tumi briefcase and switched to a Black Tumi Alpha.3 Leather Backpack and it was the best decision! You are right, being able to use both hands makes a huge difference and still look professional. Great video Antonio! Greetings from Spain!
I’m a HUGE backpack fan. My only issue is that people are buying them for “style” instead of function. Backpacks as your history shows is a functional item. I have 8 different backpacks depending on what I’m doing for the day, if I’ve traveling, traveling in a car, bus, boat, plane all have different functions for me and for what EDC I am taking with me.
„If you‘re a business owner, if you’re a CEO, if you’re an Executive…..“ not sure if that applies. If you’re someone looking for a stylish way to carry your items you need to be productive…. Is it not the case you Dre’s for the job you want not the job you have?
I'll be honest since I moved to a tablet with Keyboard case instead of a big laptop. When I'm travelling I just use my briefcase over my backpack. It's just less bulk unless i need to stay overnight on a layover etc
Documents are increasingly digital. Hell, I myself sign documents digitally all day. So you don't really need a dainty little box to hold paper anymore in one hand. As you said, a backpack for your gym clothes and a free hand for your phone, coffee, and to hold on to a subway railing for practicality.
It was so strange to go back to USNA last Oct for our 25th reunion and see the Midshipmen heading to class wearing backpacks in their working blues. In '97 it was cloth brief cases in your left hand (right needed to be free for saluting).
In my opinion the messenger bag is even worse than the backpack if you use a suit or jacket. In addition to ruining the shoulders, the crossbody strap can also ruins the tie and it happened to me that even ripped a button. The only solution with a suit or a jaket is the briefcase
I recall having separate bags: the briefcase or Attache case for actual documents, the Garment bag as a carry on for my suits or jackets and a Messenger Bag ONLY when NOT wearing a suit or for casual Friday.
I was using a backpack to commute via train intonthe city. Then I decided carrying a backpack is like being back in middle school. Switched back to an attache case.
I think if modern Attaches' had padding for laptops, perhaps compartments for chargers and other things, it could make a bit of a revival. The case would be like a huge protector for your laptop. Even more of a revival if they were made with optional straps to transform it into a messenger style.
The laptop is the key to the pattern of change. As a high school teacher, it’s backpack and satchel FTW. Convertible backpack/satchel is where it’s at for me. Thanks again for the video!
I have a grey briefcase that I got for free from an office clearance. It is in excellent condition but I can't bring it to work since it won't fit my laptop. It is a nice piece of equipment but not practical for a techy educator like me. I wonder if there are modern briefcases with laptop protection in mind.
In the air force, backpacks are standard issue now! I bought one shortly after graduating basic in 2016 and still use it religiously every day going to and from on post
Antonio, You have not mentioned the most important factor in the rise of the backpack, better posture with the weight of laptops etc as otherwise the body is leaning only in one direction?
I'm sorry, but a backpack is still too casual, even if it's leather or a designer brand, to show up to work with (unless you are a junior employee). The problem with the backpack is the wrinkle factor, twin straps and a suit jacket don't mix.
All depends upon whether you mind having shiny shoulders on your suits! Personally, I don't, hence I still use a briefcase. Call me old school if you must! I'll take it as a complement. (And yes, I also like ties and fountain pens.)
Didn't know there were stylish backpacks. Outside of Hikers, the only people I seen wear backpacks are usually students and adults who still want to dress like they did at 6 years old. Like there is this "fashion/trend" for us millennials in our 30s wearing Nicktoons and other 90s theme equipment. I like Hey Arnold too but I wouldn't wear an entire Hey Arnold outfit with Ren & Stimpy backpack. Have you done a video addressing this "I don't care what anyone thinks" culture? Often people (in my generation) use this as an excuse to dress like 11 year olds.
I had a brief case, it was fine for a couple ounces of paper. Maybe it would carry 1-2lbs of cellophane overhead slides. But not tiring at all. Once you started needing to carry 5-10lbs of laptops, power supply, and accessories, it just wasn’t comfortable more and you needed the strap. After running through airports with just a single strap and your back and shoulders are all in pain, you realize you need two straps to be healthy. So the backpack won for a while. Now that tablets and laptops are light again, downsizing to single strap bags isn’t too bad. But I have a nice upscale leather backpack that I’ll keep using.
Kind of like the ‘lose the necktie’ thing. Messenger bags still suitable for going to meetings or if commute by car because you’re only carrying for short distances. Backpacks are practical for commuting by bus, train, walking etc.
My problem with the backpack, aside from it making you look like you're in the 7th grade, is that people have no self-awareness when they wear/carry them. They are completely unaware (or more likely simply don't care) that there is this massive hump on their back, so when they turn around in an airplane aisle, back up in an elevator, or otherwise interact with people that they are invading others' space. If people maintained some etiquette while using one, they would only be ugly, not ugly AND annoying.
I dropped the backpack when I saw a picture of Ken Lay, the former and now deceased CEO of Enron, getting out of his $150K car, wearing his $5,000 bespoke suit, with a $40 backpack slung over his shoulder. Not a good look. It crystallized the message that no way does the person look like he is in control. You look like someone rushing to get somewhere. You want to be busy, but not look busy.
My problem with backpacks when I'm working is that it wrinkles any quality clothes plus the straps ruin most of the look. And when using the handle on top the straps just keep getting in the way. I honestly hope briefcases were more accepted once again. Great video by the way, I was waiting for it for a while!
100% agree with all these points and that's why i carry a briefcase still to this day. backpacks look juvenile, bulky and sloppy...all while your clothes become wrinkled and sloppy looking as well.
I get the feeling that more and more jobs don't require suits, resulting in the rise in popularity of backpacks (which are more convenient for the reasons stated in the vid). If suits were still as popular nowadays than suitcases might actually be just as popular.
@@bngr_bngr How do they feel about a western shirt, levis, western belt, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, denim jacket, and a bolo tie? That's about as dressed up as I get any more. I went to a funeral service last fall wearing the above and only one person there was dressed more formally than me.
I’m watching this video while looking at my briefcase. I honestly just don’t think there’s something better at this point. Using a backpack tends to push me to carry more weight on my back and shoulders, which I don’t think I need.
It's an evolution of tech and the person, back in the day a solider went to war carrying as much ammo required for a reasonable engagement with a few grenades (I told once that any more than six magazines was too many.) yet in Ukraine very effective fighting is achieved behind the front lines with a phone and drones being reloaded further behind you. Today we don't need to carry lots of paper or heavy laptops and endless fucking international chargers to cope with different plugs and 110/220v 50/60Hz etc, did I mention phone-socket modem support! As one advances in business one needs to carry less tech/junk. To real important person just brings their voice and decision, maybe a nice pen. 🖋
When I wear a suit and tie, I like to look razor sharp. Hence, I use a rigid rectangular attaché case. It's much more elegant. Of course, backpacks (and floppy bags with shoulder straps) are much more practical, and easier to carry. Sometimes you have to use them out of necessity. But, to me, they look more like something that a school boy would use. They just don't look as sharp.
I think part of it also is just that naturally as we grew up, we've had backpacks through school for most of our lives and there wasn't a real reason to stop using it. "Adult" backpacks just became more sturdier and rugged that they were an easy upgrade from what was used in school. At least, that's how I felt when I graduated High School and College.
No Antonio, I don't agree this time. We are free to wear what we want, but backpacks are horrible. In 2022, in Italy, if you want to be elegant you need a briefcase.
I carried a briefcase thru high school and college to hold my books and papers. I only ever had one suit and a briefcase job; but I've always carried a messenger or computer bag, just for my EDC (I hate putting anything in my pockets). Today my EDC is in my NutSac
As I've matured and grown older I've gone away from the back pack. Unless you're carrying a ton of things it's fine, otherwise it reminds me of being in school. My father had a briefcase that I loved playing with. I think I will buy myself my first briefcase even if I look like an odd ball.
I bought a very nice black Prada soft sided leather briefcase in 2000 on a trip to Italy. I ended up never using it. But i kept it. Now it is on display at my den like a piece of sculptural art. The quality, of the leather and the workmanship deserves a place in a museum.
I did the messenger bag my first couple years and then a very senior engineer told me “you only have 1 back, you’re the only one who will have to justify your chronic back pain to yourself. Is ‘style’ really the best reason?” Got a slim professional backpack the next week and never looked back!
Personally I maintain both a backpack and a messenger bag with a removable strap. I mainly use the messenger bag when in a suit because I don't like what the straps do to the look suit. Probably a hold over from my Marine Corps days when we had to carry our backpacks when in garrison. Do the straps of backpacks and messenger bags do any damage to a structured suit?
Saddleback style briefcase are kind of the best of all 3 worlds. Sometimes I carry it like an attache, sling it across the shoulder like a messenger. Or re-anchor the strap to carry it like a backpack. Side note: I used my dad’s old Wall Street leather attache for my magic tricks as a kid/teen. Still have it.
Can you compare and contrast men's business style guide in various countries, like Japan, Britain, Germany. So that international Business Travelers are dresses properly when they arrive for a person to person.
The messenger bag has an interesting history too. Variations can be found with communications systems in ancient times (marathons also share this history!) the pony express and even paper boys they were primarily used by early communication services to take telegrams and letters between people in real time vice through the mail, although postal systems soon realized a carrier could deliver multiple letters by carrying them in a bag along a set route vice one at a time. During WW1 messages and orders were delivered the same way to the HQs and trench lines. ( and sometimes by carrier pigeons!) Modern bags seem to have become popular with bicycle couriers and an even more modern variation is the hot packs used by food delivery companies. Like them or not, they are here to stay, but I still prefer my portfolio if I have minimal documents to protect , a solid attache case, my bigger catalogue case (great for multiple laptops and peripherals; a spare shirt, tie and socks or large handouts) and my trusted cashiers case. Although these aren’t always practical unless I’m driving somewhere. Too each their own, find what works for you! Keep these videos coming Antonio. Love not only seeing the items but the history lessons as well!
At 1:45 while text goes "...from the satchel, which was a 14th century bag..." a Roman soldier is depicted. Now granted, the Eastern part of the Roman Empire did survive until that time, but late Eastern Roman soldiers did not look like the one depicted. And since Roman soldiers had to carry plenty with them as they built their own fortifications each night and they had to carry plenty, I think there's some history left to be addressed.
Now I fully understand why I went back to backpacks: laptop computers were heavy! Indeed, as a young professor, carrying my laptop, a couple of (paper) notebooks and one or two books really required a backpack. But I’m not any more a young professor, neither I carry a lot of stuff on my daily commute: just my iPad, a small book, perhaps a small paper notebook. So I went back to a messenger bag. Why? In part it’s style: a leather briefcase just looks and feel nicer. And in part it’s convenience: jackets and backpacks do not really agree with each other, a backpack is a nuisance in a packed train (nor does it feel safe), and adjusting your strap every time the weather changes (since you go from a heavy overcoat to a light rain jacket and so on) is not something you want to do when you are rushing out in the morning. Part of my commute is a short bike ride to the railway station, so I need something practical, and everything considered, I now find the messenger bag much more practical than any backpack. In any case, there’s something I don’t understand in what you’re saying: if you live in New York, or in Europe, I get the point; but most Americans will just drive from home to work: isn’t an attaché case just the most comfortable thing to lay on your passenger seat?
I will be attending Bible school in the fall & the dress code is business/biz casual, so i am looking into some suits & formal/professional accessories. I will be going with a leather satchel as a backpack with a suit is not a good look in most cases (too informal/unprofessional) & a briefcase just doesn't make sense as I will typically have a laptop, Bible, & other accessories. No laptop & a briefcase would make total sense, but these days it's basically like carrying a blackberry.
During college we had a no backpack policy and were only authorized to have hand carried briefcases. At the time, there was severe backlash because other students (active duty military personnel) were authorized to wear backpacks. I personally didn’t have an option on it however when I got into the military and white collar work I changed and continued to use a briefcase. Yea i got some weird looks and questions but I felt much more professional. I feel that others are somewhat childish to wear backpacks especially when wearing ACUs, AGSUs, or Professional Attire.
A messenger /postal bag would get my choice for heading to the cafe. I cycle quite a bit, I like to walk a lot too and cross shoulder for me is zero issue. I also have panniers for my bike from my touring days, you can even find nice panniers. Backpacks have always been for hiking for me, there are some nice examples for around town, but once I have one on my back. I don't want to take it off until I reach my destination. When I was in school, I remember having a backpack and as I recall, I wore it more like a messenger back with one strap over my shoulder. Ive got some good backpacks, never wear them in town. Briefcases can be nice, but they don't fit my style, plus I like being able to have both hands free
Love ya Antonio But Anti backpack guy here Sorry! But all I see are people in nice clothes now got a massive cockroach grappling them Don't start asking me about Standing on subways/in a tight queue Or worst of all On the DANCEFLOOR like having somebody waving a bowling ball at you Asking politely for them to watch out for us only works on kind intelligent people Next ANTONIO Please can you do a thing on the Horrid Canvas Eco friendly canvas shopping bag! They are a terrible design and men who don't want to appear feminine carry them to the shops scrunched in a ball then walk home with them hideously swinging and gouging their fingers. I collect old travel bags and they work for my street wear Camping and Commando units for sure. Otherwise they are a pest in crowds
I just bought an attachė case. I like it. The backpack is more practical, but if you're going to wear one, lose the suit. This is what you always preach, Antonio. Backpack is casual, no matter the shape, no matter the material, no matter the brand. It's like wearing shorts with your suit jacket, or white tennis socks with your dress shoes. If practicality is the most important, then why are you building your wardrobe? Why do you have 500 fragrances? Why more than one watch?
A briefcase is the ultimate tote. One of my heroes, John T. Malloy, once recorded a conversation with a black minister of his acquaintance. The man said about his briefcase- “Without it I’m just another n*****, but with it I am a black gentleman.” (his words, not mine.) John also stated that more briefcases are used to carry lunch than business papers. I still have my leather McBride from post secondary and by cashier leather case from my army days. Packs have their uses but that case, well, its the cats meow! When I carry that case, I feel complete. When I carry that case, people move out of my way. When I carry that case, people listen!
I’m the kind of guy that uses a briefcase. Would like to use the aluminum one or the old Samsonites, rigid, but the problem is that it doesn’t secure correctly the notebook and also when you’re at the customer you have to put the briefcase on the table to open and get your stuffs. This way, the briefcase with the zipper above are much better. You put the briefcase head up on the flor, close to your legs and you access whatever you need for your meeting.
Having to walk any kind of distance (30+ minutes) without rest, carrying a computer, various accessories, lunch box etc. makes the briefcase very uncomfortable. What I loathe about backpacks is that with a warm jacket and a computer flat against your back is sweaty...
Sorry Antonio, men carry a bag, boys wear them. The straps pill and wear your knitwear or suit jacket. I have an old school 3 pocket leather briefcase like my school teachers carried in the 70's ok so I am a dinosaur. I can fit my laptop and cheese sandwich (main reason for a briefcase is lunch) and important documents, a few pens and essentials, doesn't add to much weight, looks old school cool and doesn't ruin the the drape of my suit. If you go to the gym carry a gym bag, Nooo don't wear it. The backpack is the same symbol as men wearing t-shirts, shorts and slides, still having their ironing done by their mother. Don't forget you cannot stage a room or meeting with a backpack the way you can a briefcase, like the line in the play, my case is full of a knowledge but a backpack is just full of your crap. Just saying.
Admittedly, I am old. But backpacks for professionals, especially trial lawyers, no. When I am in court and a young lawyer shows up with a ripstop nylon backpack, it just looks dumb and they are impractical. A messenger bag in leather if you have to have a shoulder strap, okay. I have a top opening leather brief case which indispensable in carrying documents and case files. I can see using a backpack if you just need to carry stuff from your car to your office. But if you have to travel to meet clients, it just looks unprofessional.
$445.00 for a backpack. No thanks. Never really cared for them. Even when I was young, I never really had one. I preferred to use a shoulder bag. When I was a kid I had a big canvas shoulder bag, and when I got older, I got a few leather ones. I liked the shoulder bag because I not only had my hands free, but when I wanted something out of the bag, I didn't have to take the bag off my back just to get something out. It was right there. Just reach in and grab whatever I needed.
Seemed like gay people started wearing handbags 👜 then metrosexuals 💅 then everything else. It happened so quick but all the major brands stopped making them within a few years.
Look, carry around whatever you want, but you're never going to make a backpack look the way a bag you carry by the handle looks. Also, if you carry 30 lbs of stuff on your shoulders, your suit jackets will be ruined -- and there's no way you put that thing on you and no wrinkle everything up.
Hello Antonio, very interesting video, one thing casually, no problem, but if you are wearing a suit a jacket, commuting, back pack straps will destroy your jacket or suit shoulder pads, that is the caveat, tried it been there, a few jackets got messed up. Thanks.
In an Urban setting, the backpack needs to be made more secure, so that a thief can't open it up while it is on your back on the subway. While this isn't a problem in Toronto, it certainly is one in New York. And NOT just in New York. Solve that? And you have a winner. But then? There's the problem of wearing a backpack into a store and other high population areas. They won't let you do that. Same goes for concerts and public gatherings. You also have the problem of a soft case vs a hard case. Making panels that are semi-rigid with the rest being soft seems to me to a best compromise. Making such a case carry-on weight and dimension legal for flight would seem the most practical. I've even thought about built in scales as far as the airport issue goes, and integral batteries/solar as being viable. I'd also like to see an easy way to "mark" such bags, so you can tell one from the other. And organizational markings might be part of that. A bag that you could get caught out in the rain with and not have the contents ruined is a deal breaker "must". How to make such a bag not look too "military" or "utilitarian" while indeed having mil-spec quality and indeed a lot of utility. And yet? All of this may go to the wayside, when business presentations can bluetooth directly from your phone to a projection system at the office, and some phones come with 5 amp batteries that will run for three days, at we approach carrying one or two terabytes of memory. I carry an "E-bag" brand to work. It's for my lunch. There's the plenty of pockets, insulation, "regular" handle and a shoulder strap, and it has a part in the back that will fit the luggage fold up cart thingie that's built into your carry-on. You might want to check that out. Can you get the culture to finally allow men to carry a bag? Maybe... I'm sure that that guy who convinced Hasbro that little boys would indeed play with dolls had a winner when they came out with "GI Joe." But once the Conservative Fascist Knuckleheads call something "woke", will men of any political persuasion carry it? We live in an era of shocking conformity, where mostly imagined and way out of proportion to reality "threats" are everywhere, with some organizations requiring their employees to carry a TRANSPARENT satchel/case/lunchbox to work, or whatever you may call it. All the Best! 73 DE W8LV BILL
Too much weight, thanks to changes and ways offices working it seems you have to carry so much more, be prepared as you say, and i can throw my back pack in my boot, everything is one place, no need to worry about it. I got everything from my chargers, pens, pad, i got a pocket for my painkillers, chargers, internal ones for ,y mouse and wires. i got room for my headset i need, and a short keyboard. Case or a bag.. nooo! So if offices keep making us haul everything in, they staying.
It really depends on what you are doing. I have all of them. I use every one of them in their appropriate times. If you are a business owner or working you should not bee casual. You should look your best. Some guys these days don’t care about how they look and use the justification that oh we are in 2023. It is time to lose the formal look. Time to bee casual. Not true at all. You need to look your best in all of your work. Now if yo are hanging out just going to the coffee shop or something yes. Casual is good and fine. That is how i do it. If i am just hanging out around town, i am casual and want to bee comfortable. The bag that i have for every day or E.D.C. Bag is a 3 in one backpack. I do not use that for work. The material on it is just too casual but elegant when i am using it for every day use. Now when I go to work backpack and brief case is the thing. I have lots of those. Even rolling briefcases and yes. They are cases. With modern day tech. The modern day briefcases are made for holding all of your stuff for commuting and work. The old briefcases like we were a custom to are thin and narrow of course but these brief case makers are realizing that people are taking their office with them and they needed a way to transport all of their gear. But yea. I think that they are still being used but for a different name. Now people I have even heard at work calm y briefcases suit cases but the suit case is wider. It is not the same. I always have people ask. “You need help with your suit case/“ and i am like “what??” That is not a suit case. That is a brief case. The modern day briefcase is narrower than a suit case. A suit case does have wheels like a modern day rolling brief case but the briefcase still is narrower than the suit case. It is also a bit shorter than the suit case is. So a brief case well lets say this. A rolling brief case and a suit case are not the same. The brief case is still a brief case but it has gotten bigger and easier ways to transport it. I have several brief cases and yes. I still use the world brief case today even referring to my soft sided brief case. The modern day soft side brief looks like a bag and a lot of people call it a bag but really it is still a brief case. it is just soft sided. Alright. Look at it this way. Just like taco shells. You have soft ,and hard taco shells. Well, that is the same with the brief case. I am sure that people look at me with important and they actually do take me serious when I am carrying them. People do see how serious you look when you have a case with you. So what you use for work and how you dress is totally if you want respect you better do it right. Some of the younger men just want to go casual and say oh that is good enough to. That is not good enough. At work you need to bee pro otherwise people are going to take you as not serious and just a guy who looks every day or lazy. Even if you work from home. You still have to try and get into that mentality mentality of I am going to work. Dress up. Many people i hear work at home and they are in their pajamas. now would you do that if you go to the office and just say “oh I am just at home so I have advantages of just staying in my P.j.s? No. That is not the work mentality. Even lots of people go casual to the store in their bed clothes. that is not good. You need to at least look somewhat decent for going out. It’s cause their are a bunch of lazy people out their hot just meant but women as well. The easy way out is the best and that is not the way to go if you want people to respect you. So if you cary a brief case the younger generation things of it as old fashioned and not in style that is not the case. Even yes. You can carry backpacks to work it is just finding the one that is going to work for you. They do have backpacks for work.s even a hybrid brief case will wok work just great.
i just bought Louis Vuitton briefcase for all the real property documents Im processing now. its so conveninet because aside from the codocs , it can also carry my umbrella, cellphone ballpen etc. when walking, i just carry it with my hand thru the handle but i use the strap when wrting etc
The backpack is much more funcion as the weight and quantity items goes up. But they are not stylish by there nature and interrup the look vs complementing it like a hand held bag. Yes there are nicer back packs with syle but the same detailing on a tradional bag always exudes more style. 2 foor sport coupe vs a nice looking minivan.
Backpacks are comfortable. The one single drawback I see is it wrinkles your sport coat or suit. But they are exceptionally convenient and comfortable.
I always stop watching your videos during the paid product placement. Beginning or end of video would be better. Halfway through makes it the end for me
If you throw a strap across a suit jacket, you will destroy the structure of the jacket in a matter of a few carries. The stitching and material were not designed to carry a load on the shoulders. That includes an overcoat. If you regularly carry a backpack or messenger bag, examine the shoulders of your suit jacket and compare it to one of the jackets that has never touched a weighted strap. One of them looks like you bought it at a five and dime, and also fits horribly.
Also tech dictates fashion cycles. As laptops get smaller, lighter and steadily replaced by tablets, that May free up more space for analog books or papers again. That means briefcases may come marching back so don’t throw them away.
I'm only in the office a couple days a week but I wear a suit when I am in. Don't like backpacks because I don't like the way they look and the extra wear and wrinkles they cause to suits. I have a nice messenger bag that I use occasionally but most of the time I'm using a rolling carry on bag to lug my laptop and peripherals.
A leather backpack is my daily driver. I carry it by the handle more than anything else. Morning coffee, breakfast, gym clothes, and office misc items, it does the trick.
A briefcase will always look professional and competent. A backpack throws off fit pf jacket and is completely unprofessional. This video is just an infomercial for a product that is not needed. A traditional business case is still the best chpice
I alternate between a briefcase and a backpack when going to my office. In this digital age. I need neither. But the ones I have are so nice that it would be a shame to not use them.
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I still use my briefcase nearly every day. In addition to notepads, pencils, pens, and various documents, it now also contains my laptop.
Great content, as always. I am patiently waiting for the next creation of the briefcase and backpack. Personally, I do NOT like the look of a backpack while wearing a suit. It ruins the aesthetic. To wear a tailor made suit while carrying something on your back is just absurd. Luckily, they're now made of leather, but you can't put a gown on a pig and call it classy. LOL.
@@JEL52863 Exactly. If in a very casual setting, wearing a backpack seems fairly natural even if sometimes, now that I'm in my late 60's, they seem a bit off for someone of my age.
A briefcase is fine in both casual and formal settings and seems far more natural as you get older.
Antonio can really start a history channel on every fashion accessory, just imagine the rich herritage of those.
I like this idea JP!
Agree! I also want to point out the way Antonio explains "why" and "how" behind fashion is so unique that you'll get more than just "when" that you usually thought about history. He makes fashion not just an "art" but also "science" and "engineering", not just aesthetic but also measurements and functionality... And even philosophy when he started talking about finding yourself first and project it through your fashion choices.
And it's all wrapped with his charismatic attitude makes it totally charming and not boring. And that's the point since fashion is the way you "paint" your outfit and everyone can do it.
Antonio, in my life, is the first one that makes me realize the "soul" and deeper meaning of fashion
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Agreed, one of the reasons why I enjoy watching RMRS 💯 🙌
I honestly LOVE how you blend history with style.
I carry an attache case to work. It may be outdated, but I get a lot of compliments from it, and I like to access and see all of things in one place when I open up my case. It looks the most sharp and professional to me in my opinion, and it is a good workout when carrying it full.
Backpacks are really comfortable, but I am scared they might damage suits and suede jackets. What do you think about it?
That's a legitimate concern. The more frequently you use a strap over the shoulder of the jacket, the more opportunities for damage. Other relevant factors are the weight of the bag, the abrasiveness of the strap(s), the durability of the jacket fabric, and the presence (or absence) of softer padding in the shoulders of the jacket. I've mostly heard suit wearers complain about damage to the padding in their jackets.
For the past few weeks I've been routinely using a messenger bag over a sports coat or overcoat during my commute to work. I don't expect to have a problem with either. Neither has soft padding in the shoulders, and both are made of thick, durable Harris tweed.
That IS an issue. I went to a backpack for work and only noticed when it was too late, that my shirts and sport coats were ruined, UNDER the arm. The continual friction, over time, shredded the material. A cross-body messenger bag - lower-slung - doesn’t do that. I use a messenger bag, these days. Even the few briefcases I have have a strap.
Great for travel. A briefcase takes up a hand that you could be using for your roll-aboard, musical instrument, whatever.
When I was in High School, I always yearned to have a briefcase instead of a school bag, as while a school bag is more practical, it simply doesn't have the style or timeless look (not yet anyway) unlike the briefcase which will always have a timeless look to them.
I now own a black old fashioned briefcase and I love bringing it around with me when I dress up in my Semi Formal Attire.
Also 1997 - the Palm Pilot PDA was introduced. Threw away my Day-Timer and stopped carrying my leather portfolio bag.
I used to carry a Tumi briefcase and switched to a Black Tumi Alpha.3 Leather Backpack and it was the best decision! You are right, being able to use both hands makes a huge difference and still look professional. Great video Antonio! Greetings from Spain!
I’m a HUGE backpack fan. My only issue is that people are buying them for “style” instead of function. Backpacks as your history shows is a functional item. I have 8 different backpacks depending on what I’m doing for the day, if I’ve traveling, traveling in a car, bus, boat, plane all have different functions for me and for what EDC I am taking with me.
„If you‘re a business owner, if you’re a CEO, if you’re an Executive…..“ not sure if that applies. If you’re someone looking for a stylish way to carry your items you need to be productive…. Is it not the case you Dre’s for the job you want not the job you have?
I'll be honest since I moved to a tablet with Keyboard case instead of a big laptop. When I'm travelling I just use my briefcase over my backpack. It's just less bulk unless i need to stay overnight on a layover etc
Documents are increasingly digital. Hell, I myself sign documents digitally all day. So you don't really need a dainty little box to hold paper anymore in one hand. As you said, a backpack for your gym clothes and a free hand for your phone, coffee, and to hold on to a subway railing for practicality.
It was so strange to go back to USNA last Oct for our 25th reunion and see the Midshipmen heading to class wearing backpacks in their working blues. In '97 it was cloth brief cases in your left hand (right needed to be free for saluting).
Love the video and would love more history type like them. As always great job and I love the sweater 👍
In my opinion the messenger bag is even worse than the backpack if you use a suit or jacket.
In addition to ruining the shoulders, the crossbody strap can also ruins the tie and it happened to me that even ripped a button.
The only solution with a suit or a jaket is the briefcase
Everything can be had in a pocket cellphone. Calculator, pen, documents, presentations, contacts, phone, camera, video cam, everything
I recall having separate bags: the briefcase or Attache case for actual documents, the Garment bag as a carry on for my suits or jackets and a Messenger Bag ONLY when NOT wearing a suit or for casual Friday.
I was using a backpack to commute via train intonthe city. Then I decided carrying a backpack is like being back in middle school. Switched back to an attache case.
I think if modern Attaches' had padding for laptops, perhaps compartments for chargers and other things, it could make a bit of a revival. The case would be like a huge protector for your laptop.
Even more of a revival if they were made with optional straps to transform it into a messenger style.
The laptop is the key to the pattern of change. As a high school teacher, it’s backpack and satchel FTW. Convertible backpack/satchel is where it’s at for me. Thanks again for the video!
I have a grey briefcase that I got for free from an office clearance. It is in excellent condition but I can't bring it to work since it won't fit my laptop. It is a nice piece of equipment but not practical for a techy educator like me. I wonder if there are modern briefcases with laptop protection in mind.
In the air force, backpacks are standard issue now! I bought one shortly after graduating basic in 2016 and still use it religiously every day going to and from on post
Antonio, You have not mentioned the most important factor in the rise of the backpack, better posture with the weight of laptops etc as otherwise the body is leaning only in one direction?
I'm sorry, but a backpack is still too casual, even if it's leather or a designer brand, to show up to work with (unless you are a junior employee). The problem with the backpack is the wrinkle factor, twin straps and a suit jacket don't mix.
For me its crucial that a backpack has a water bottle holder on the side.
All depends upon whether you mind having shiny shoulders on your suits! Personally, I don't, hence I still use a briefcase. Call me old school if you must! I'll take it as a complement. (And yes, I also like ties and fountain pens.)
My pickup window gets broken two times in 3 years because i left a briefcase in the back seat. I will not make the same mistake again.
Seems like you forgot about the laptop bag somehow
Short answer: Briefcases still serve a niche purpose, but backpacks are just better overall.
I was wondering about this today. Great upload. 🫡
A grown man wearing a backpack is so funny to me.
I’m presuming that people who wear backpacks don’t live in areas where pickpocketing is rife?
I still have and use a black slim hard lock briefcase to take to my meetings at the kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses meetings
Making vids based on sponsors. Was nice channel while lasted, out, ✌️
Im more of a backpack guy. Put everything in there.
Now briefcase means it's nuclear stuff buttons ready for detonation
This would have been a great video but turned into one big sales pitch 😒
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Didn't know there were stylish backpacks. Outside of Hikers, the only people I seen wear backpacks are usually students and adults who still want to dress like they did at 6 years old. Like there is this "fashion/trend" for us millennials in our 30s wearing Nicktoons and other 90s theme equipment. I like Hey Arnold too but I wouldn't wear an entire Hey Arnold outfit with Ren & Stimpy backpack.
Have you done a video addressing this "I don't care what anyone thinks" culture? Often people (in my generation) use this as an excuse to dress like 11 year olds.
I had a brief case, it was fine for a couple ounces of paper. Maybe it would carry 1-2lbs of cellophane overhead slides. But not tiring at all. Once you started needing to carry 5-10lbs of laptops, power supply, and accessories, it just wasn’t comfortable more and you needed the strap. After running through airports with just a single strap and your back and shoulders are all in pain, you realize you need two straps to be healthy. So the backpack won for a while. Now that tablets and laptops are light again, downsizing to single strap bags isn’t too bad. But I have a nice upscale leather backpack that I’ll keep using.
The smaller laptops and tables just mean that you can carry more of them in your briefcase at the same time.
Kind of like the ‘lose the necktie’ thing.
Messenger bags still suitable for going to meetings or if commute by car because you’re only carrying for short distances. Backpacks are practical for commuting by bus, train, walking etc.
My problem with the backpack, aside from it making you look like you're in the 7th grade, is that people have no self-awareness when they wear/carry them. They are completely unaware (or more likely simply don't care) that there is this massive hump on their back, so when they turn around in an airplane aisle, back up in an elevator, or otherwise interact with people that they are invading others' space. If people maintained some etiquette while using one, they would only be ugly, not ugly AND annoying.
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I dropped the backpack when I saw a picture of Ken Lay, the former and now deceased CEO of Enron, getting out of his $150K car, wearing his $5,000 bespoke suit, with a $40 backpack slung over his shoulder. Not a good look. It crystallized the message that no way does the person look like he is in control. You look like someone rushing to get somewhere. You want to be busy, but not look busy.
My problem with backpacks when I'm working is that it wrinkles any quality clothes plus the straps ruin most of the look. And when using the handle on top the straps just keep getting in the way. I honestly hope briefcases were more accepted once again.
Great video by the way, I was waiting for it for a while!
100% agree with all these points and that's why i carry a briefcase still to this day. backpacks look juvenile, bulky and sloppy...all while your clothes become wrinkled and sloppy looking as well.
The straps also ruins the shoulder cushion of your suit. ✌
I get the feeling that more and more jobs don't require suits, resulting in the rise in popularity of backpacks (which are more convenient for the reasons stated in the vid). If suits were still as popular nowadays than suitcases might actually be just as popular.
@@danshakuimo Deloitte one of the largest CPA firms hasn’t required a suit in over 20 years.
@@bngr_bngr How do they feel about a western shirt, levis, western belt, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, denim jacket, and a bolo tie? That's about as dressed up as I get any more.
I went to a funeral service last fall wearing the above and only one person there was dressed more formally than me.
I’m watching this video while looking at my briefcase. I honestly just don’t think there’s something better at this point. Using a backpack tends to push me to carry more weight on my back and shoulders, which I don’t think I need.
Swear by my A-frame briefcase. If it gets too heavy, then I know I'm packing too much. And it is easy to open, when you need to take out documents.
Same, and I don’t like having that much weight on my back. To me, the briefcase IS the more convenient option.
It's an evolution of tech and the person, back in the day a solider went to war carrying as much ammo required for a reasonable engagement with a few grenades (I told once that any more than six magazines was too many.) yet in Ukraine very effective fighting is achieved behind the front lines with a phone and drones being reloaded further behind you. Today we don't need to carry lots of paper or heavy laptops and endless fucking international chargers to cope with different plugs and 110/220v 50/60Hz etc, did I mention phone-socket modem support! As one advances in business one needs to carry less tech/junk. To real important person just brings their voice and decision, maybe a nice pen. 🖋
When I wear a suit and tie, I like to look razor sharp. Hence, I use a rigid rectangular attaché case. It's much more elegant.
Of course, backpacks (and floppy bags with shoulder straps) are much more practical, and easier to carry. Sometimes you have to use them out of necessity. But, to me, they look more like something that a school boy would use. They just don't look as sharp.
We need to bring briefcase back!!!
Agreed!
Just pulled out my old taho
I think part of it also is just that naturally as we grew up, we've had backpacks through school for most of our lives and there wasn't a real reason to stop using it. "Adult" backpacks just became more sturdier and rugged that they were an easy upgrade from what was used in school. At least, that's how I felt when I graduated High School and College.
No Antonio, I don't agree this time. We are free to wear what we want, but backpacks are horrible. In 2022, in Italy, if you want to be elegant you need a briefcase.
I carried a briefcase thru high school and college to hold my books and papers. I only ever had one suit and a briefcase job; but I've always carried a messenger or computer bag, just for my EDC (I hate putting anything in my pockets). Today my EDC is in my NutSac
Everything needs to be "casual" and "easy" these days. Be a man. Dress up. (Fyi..I haven't watched the video yet)
nothing grinds my gears more than a man in a suit carrying a backpack... it's a hard no for me. Backpacks have no place in my life
As I've matured and grown older I've gone away from the back pack. Unless you're carrying a ton of things it's fine, otherwise it reminds me of being in school. My father had a briefcase that I loved playing with. I think I will buy myself my first briefcase even if I look like an odd ball.
I'm in school and I always disliked backpacks, especially due to the fact it reminds me of being in school. Last thing I want to be reminded about.
I bought a very nice black Prada soft sided leather briefcase in 2000 on a trip to Italy. I ended up never using it. But i kept it. Now it is on display at my den like a piece of sculptural art. The quality, of the leather and the workmanship deserves a place in a museum.
I did the messenger bag my first couple years and then a very senior engineer told me “you only have 1 back, you’re the only one who will have to justify your chronic back pain to yourself. Is ‘style’ really the best reason?” Got a slim professional backpack the next week and never looked back!
Personally I maintain both a backpack and a messenger bag with a removable strap. I mainly use the messenger bag when in a suit because I don't like what the straps do to the look suit. Probably a hold over from my Marine Corps days when we had to carry our backpacks when in garrison. Do the straps of backpacks and messenger bags do any damage to a structured suit?
Will not do anything good for the shoulders of the suit.
Saddleback style briefcase are kind of the best of all 3 worlds. Sometimes I carry it like an attache, sling it across the shoulder like a messenger. Or re-anchor the strap to carry it like a backpack. Side note: I used my dad’s old Wall Street leather attache for my magic tricks as a kid/teen. Still have it.
I miss my Old attache. Tired of The backpacks.
Can you compare and contrast men's business style guide in various countries, like Japan, Britain, Germany. So that international Business Travelers are dresses properly when they arrive for a person to person.
The messenger bag has an interesting history too.
Variations can be found with communications systems in ancient times (marathons also share this history!) the pony express and even paper boys they were primarily used by early communication services to take telegrams and letters between people in real time vice through the mail, although postal systems soon realized a carrier could deliver multiple letters by carrying them in a bag along a set route vice one at a time.
During WW1 messages and orders were delivered the same way to the HQs and trench lines. ( and sometimes by carrier pigeons!)
Modern bags seem to have become popular with bicycle couriers and an even more modern variation is the hot packs used by food delivery companies.
Like them or not, they are here to stay, but I still prefer my portfolio if I have minimal documents to protect , a solid attache case, my bigger catalogue case (great for multiple laptops and peripherals; a spare shirt, tie and socks or large handouts) and my trusted cashiers case.
Although these aren’t always practical unless I’m driving somewhere.
Too each their own, find what works for you!
Keep these videos coming Antonio.
Love not only seeing the items but the history lessons as well!
The big thing for me was your hands were free when you ditched the briefcase and used a back pack or messenger bag.
At 1:45 while text goes "...from the satchel, which was a 14th century bag..." a Roman soldier is depicted. Now granted, the Eastern part of the Roman Empire did survive until that time, but late Eastern Roman soldiers did not look like the one depicted. And since Roman soldiers had to carry plenty with them as they built their own fortifications each night and they had to carry plenty, I think there's some history left to be addressed.
Video editors these days know how to edit they skipped history, chemistry, physics, geography, any mathematics in depth etc.
Now I fully understand why I went back to backpacks: laptop computers were heavy! Indeed, as a young professor, carrying my laptop, a couple of (paper) notebooks and one or two books really required a backpack.
But I’m not any more a young professor, neither I carry a lot of stuff on my daily commute: just my iPad, a small book, perhaps a small paper notebook. So I went back to a messenger bag.
Why? In part it’s style: a leather briefcase just looks and feel nicer. And in part it’s convenience: jackets and backpacks do not really agree with each other, a backpack is a nuisance in a packed train (nor does it feel safe), and adjusting your strap every time the weather changes (since you go from a heavy overcoat to a light rain jacket and so on) is not something you want to do when you are rushing out in the morning. Part of my commute is a short bike ride to the railway station, so I need something practical, and everything considered, I now find the messenger bag much more practical than any backpack.
In any case, there’s something I don’t understand in what you’re saying: if you live in New York, or in Europe, I get the point; but most Americans will just drive from home to work: isn’t an attaché case just the most comfortable thing to lay on your passenger seat?
Briefcases are not comfortable. My stuff is just too roomy/heavy.
You can’t wear a backpack with a sport coat. So when the coats went away the backpacks came in. Evolution in action. 😊
I will be attending Bible school in the fall & the dress code is business/biz casual, so i am looking into some suits & formal/professional accessories. I will be going with a leather satchel as a backpack with a suit is not a good look in most cases (too informal/unprofessional) & a briefcase just doesn't make sense as I will typically have a laptop, Bible, & other accessories. No laptop & a briefcase would make total sense, but these days it's basically like carrying a blackberry.
I commute by car. So I usually stick to the old briefcase. A messenger bag in a pinch.
During college we had a no backpack policy and were only authorized to have hand carried briefcases. At the time, there was severe backlash because other students (active duty military personnel) were authorized to wear backpacks. I personally didn’t have an option on it however when I got into the military and white collar work I changed and continued to use a briefcase. Yea i got some weird looks and questions but I felt much more professional. I feel that others are somewhat childish to wear backpacks especially when wearing ACUs, AGSUs, or Professional Attire.
A messenger /postal bag would get my choice for heading to the cafe. I cycle quite a bit, I like to walk a lot too and cross shoulder for me is zero issue. I also have panniers for my bike from my touring days, you can even find nice panniers. Backpacks have always been for hiking for me, there are some nice examples for around town, but once I have one on my back. I don't want to take it off until I reach my destination. When I was in school, I remember having a backpack and as I recall, I wore it more like a messenger back with one strap over my shoulder. Ive got some good backpacks, never wear them in town. Briefcases can be nice, but they don't fit my style, plus I like being able to have both hands free
I just can’t get myself to carry a backpack…they all look cheap and immature. School kids is what comes to mind.
Love ya Antonio
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Anti backpack guy here
Sorry! But all I see are people in nice clothes now got a massive cockroach grappling them
Don't start asking me about
Standing on subways/in a tight queue
Or worst of all
On the DANCEFLOOR
like having somebody waving a bowling ball at you
Asking politely for them to watch out for us only works on kind intelligent people
Next ANTONIO
Please can you do a thing on the
Horrid Canvas Eco friendly canvas shopping bag!
They are a terrible design and men who don't want to appear feminine carry them to the shops scrunched in a ball then walk home with them hideously swinging and gouging their fingers.
I collect old travel bags and they work for my street wear
Camping and Commando units for sure. Otherwise they are a pest in crowds
I just bought an attachė case. I like it.
The backpack is more practical, but if you're going to wear one, lose the suit. This is what you always preach, Antonio. Backpack is casual, no matter the shape, no matter the material, no matter the brand. It's like wearing shorts with your suit jacket, or white tennis socks with your dress shoes. If practicality is the most important, then why are you building your wardrobe? Why do you have 500 fragrances? Why more than one watch?
A briefcase is the ultimate tote.
One of my heroes, John T. Malloy, once recorded a conversation with a black minister of his acquaintance.
The man said about his briefcase- “Without it I’m just another n*****, but with it I am a black gentleman.” (his words, not mine.)
John also stated that more briefcases are used to carry lunch than business papers.
I still have my leather McBride from post secondary and by cashier leather case from my army days.
Packs have their uses but that case, well, its the cats meow!
When I carry that case, I feel complete.
When I carry that case, people move out of my way.
When I carry that case, people listen!
As a Miami police office, homicide detective, I carry some of my equipment in a fanny pack, which I carry to in a guess what?
YES! AN ATTACHÉ CASE!
I’m the kind of guy that uses a briefcase. Would like to use the aluminum one or the old Samsonites, rigid, but the problem is that it doesn’t secure correctly the notebook and also when you’re at the customer you have to put the briefcase on the table to open and get your stuffs. This way, the briefcase with the zipper above are much better. You put the briefcase head up on the flor, close to your legs and you access whatever you need for your meeting.
Having to walk any kind of distance (30+ minutes) without rest, carrying a computer, various accessories, lunch box etc. makes the briefcase very uncomfortable. What I loathe about backpacks is that with a warm jacket and a computer flat against your back is sweaty...
Bring back the boxy suitcase. It's practical, looks smart and brings a bit of nostalgia into an ever-changing world.
Sorry Antonio, men carry a bag, boys wear them. The straps pill and wear your knitwear or suit jacket. I have an old school 3 pocket leather briefcase like my school teachers carried in the 70's ok so I am a dinosaur. I can fit my laptop and cheese sandwich (main reason for a briefcase is lunch) and important documents, a few pens and essentials, doesn't add to much weight, looks old school cool and doesn't ruin the the drape of my suit. If you go to the gym carry a gym bag, Nooo don't wear it. The backpack is the same symbol as men wearing t-shirts, shorts and slides, still having their ironing done by their mother. Don't forget you cannot stage a room or meeting with a backpack the way you can a briefcase, like the line in the play, my case is full of a knowledge but a backpack is just full of your crap. Just saying.
Admittedly, I am old. But backpacks for professionals, especially trial lawyers, no. When I am in court and a young lawyer shows up with a ripstop nylon backpack, it just looks dumb and they are impractical. A messenger bag in leather if you have to have a shoulder strap, okay. I have a top opening leather brief case which indispensable in carrying documents and case files. I can see using a backpack if you just need to carry stuff from your car to your office. But if you have to travel to meet clients, it just looks unprofessional.
$445.00 for a backpack. No thanks. Never really cared for them. Even when I was young, I never really had one. I preferred to use a shoulder bag. When I was a kid I had a big canvas shoulder bag, and when I got older, I got a few leather ones. I liked the shoulder bag because I not only had my hands free, but when I wanted something out of the bag, I didn't have to take the bag off my back just to get something out. It was right there. Just reach in and grab whatever I needed.
Seemed like gay people started wearing handbags 👜 then metrosexuals 💅 then everything else. It happened so quick but all the major brands stopped making them within a few years.
Look, carry around whatever you want, but you're never going to make a backpack look the way a bag you carry by the handle looks.
Also, if you carry 30 lbs of stuff on your shoulders, your suit jackets will be ruined -- and there's no way you put that thing on you and no wrinkle everything up.
Hello Antonio, very interesting video, one thing casually, no problem, but if you are wearing a suit a jacket, commuting, back pack straps will destroy your jacket or suit shoulder pads, that is the caveat, tried it been there, a few jackets got messed up. Thanks.
In an Urban setting, the backpack needs to be made more secure, so that a thief can't open it up while it is on your back on the subway. While this isn't a problem in Toronto, it certainly is one in New York. And NOT just in New York. Solve that? And you have a winner. But then? There's the problem of wearing a backpack into a store and other high population areas. They won't let you do that. Same goes for concerts and public gatherings. You also have the problem of a soft case vs a hard case. Making panels that are semi-rigid with the rest being soft seems to me to a best compromise. Making such a case carry-on weight and dimension legal for flight would seem the most practical. I've even thought about built in scales as far as the airport issue goes, and integral batteries/solar as being viable. I'd also like to see an easy way to "mark" such bags, so you can tell one from the other. And organizational markings might be part of that. A bag that you could get caught out in the rain with and not have the contents ruined is a deal breaker "must". How to make such a bag not look too "military" or "utilitarian" while indeed having mil-spec quality and indeed a lot of utility. And yet? All of this may go to the wayside, when business presentations can bluetooth directly from your phone to a projection system at the office, and some phones come with 5 amp batteries that will run for three days, at we approach carrying one or two terabytes of memory. I carry an "E-bag" brand to work. It's for my lunch. There's the plenty of pockets, insulation, "regular" handle and a shoulder strap, and it has a part in the back that will fit the luggage fold up cart thingie that's built into your carry-on. You might want to check that out. Can you get the culture to finally allow men to carry a bag? Maybe... I'm sure that that guy who convinced Hasbro that little boys would indeed play with dolls had a winner when they came out with "GI Joe." But once the Conservative Fascist Knuckleheads call something "woke", will men of any political persuasion carry it? We live in an era of shocking conformity, where mostly imagined and way out of proportion to reality "threats" are everywhere, with some organizations requiring their employees to carry a TRANSPARENT satchel/case/lunchbox to work, or whatever you may call it. All the Best! 73 DE W8LV BILL
Antonio, you're full of crap! LOL... just kidding. Love your videos, plus you are former active duty Marine like me. SF
Too much weight, thanks to changes and ways offices working it seems you have to carry so much more, be prepared as you say, and i can throw my back pack in my boot, everything is one place, no need to worry about it. I got everything from my chargers, pens, pad, i got a pocket for my painkillers, chargers, internal ones for ,y mouse and wires. i got room for my headset i need, and a short keyboard.
Case or a bag.. nooo!
So if offices keep making us haul everything in, they staying.
It really depends on what you are doing. I have all of them. I use every one of them in their appropriate times. If you are a business owner or working you should not bee casual. You should look your best. Some guys these days don’t care about how they look and use the justification that oh we are in 2023. It is time to lose the formal look. Time to bee casual. Not true at all. You need to look your best in all of your work. Now if yo are hanging out just going to the coffee shop or something yes. Casual is good and fine. That is how i do it. If i am just hanging out around town, i am casual and want to bee comfortable. The bag that i have for every day or E.D.C. Bag is a 3 in one backpack. I do not use that for work. The material on it is just too casual but elegant when i am using it for every day use. Now when I go to work backpack and brief case is the thing. I have lots of those. Even rolling briefcases and yes. They are cases. With modern day tech. The modern day briefcases are made for holding all of your stuff for commuting and work. The old briefcases like we were a custom to are thin and narrow of course but these brief case makers are realizing that people are taking their office with them and they needed a way to transport all of their gear. But yea. I think that they are still being used but for a different name. Now people I have even heard at work calm y briefcases suit cases but the suit case is wider. It is not the same. I always have people ask. “You need help with your suit case/“ and i am like “what??” That is not a suit case. That is a brief case. The modern day briefcase is narrower than a suit case. A suit case does have wheels like a modern day rolling brief case but the briefcase still is narrower than the suit case. It is also a bit shorter than the suit case is. So a brief case well lets say this. A rolling brief case and a suit case are not the same. The brief case is still a brief case but it has gotten bigger and easier ways to transport it. I have several brief cases and yes. I still use the world brief case today even referring to my soft sided brief case. The modern day soft side brief looks like a bag and a lot of people call it a bag but really it is still a brief case. it is just soft sided. Alright. Look at it this way. Just like taco shells. You have soft ,and hard taco shells. Well, that is the same with the brief case. I am sure that people look at me with important and they actually do take me serious when I am carrying them. People do see how serious you look when you have a case with you. So what you use for work and how you dress is totally if you want respect you better do it right. Some of the younger men just want to go casual and say oh that is good enough to. That is not good enough. At work you need to bee pro otherwise people are going to take you as not serious and just a guy who looks every day or lazy. Even if you work from home. You still have to try and get into that mentality mentality of I am going to work. Dress up. Many people i hear work at home and they are in their pajamas. now would you do that if you go to the office and just say “oh I am just at home so I have advantages of just staying in my P.j.s? No. That is not the work mentality. Even lots of people go casual to the store in their bed clothes. that is not good. You need to at least look somewhat decent for going out. It’s cause their are a bunch of lazy people out their hot just meant but women as well. The easy way out is the best and that is not the way to go if you want people to respect you. So if you cary a brief case the younger generation things of it as old fashioned and not in style that is not the case. Even yes. You can carry backpacks to work it is just finding the one that is going to work for you. They do have backpacks for work.s even a hybrid brief case will wok work just great.
i just bought Louis Vuitton briefcase for all the real property documents Im processing now. its so conveninet because aside from the codocs , it can also carry my umbrella, cellphone ballpen etc. when walking, i just carry it with my hand thru the handle but i use the strap when wrting etc
The backpack is much more funcion as the weight and quantity items goes up. But they are not stylish by there nature and interrup the look vs complementing it like a hand held bag. Yes there are nicer back packs with syle but the same detailing on a tradional bag always exudes more style.
2 foor sport coupe vs a nice looking minivan.
Backpacks are comfortable. The one single drawback I see is it wrinkles your sport coat or suit. But they are exceptionally convenient and comfortable.
I always stop watching your videos during the paid product placement. Beginning or end of video would be better. Halfway through makes it the end for me
If you throw a strap across a suit jacket, you will destroy the structure of the jacket in a matter of a few carries. The stitching and material were not designed to carry a load on the shoulders. That includes an overcoat. If you regularly carry a backpack or messenger bag, examine the shoulders of your suit jacket and compare it to one of the jackets that has never touched a weighted strap. One of them looks like you bought it at a five and dime, and also fits horribly.
Also tech dictates fashion cycles. As laptops get smaller, lighter and steadily replaced by tablets, that May free up more space for analog books or papers again. That means briefcases may come marching back so don’t throw them away.
I'm only in the office a couple days a week but I wear a suit when I am in. Don't like backpacks because I don't like the way they look and the extra wear and wrinkles they cause to suits. I have a nice messenger bag that I use occasionally but most of the time I'm using a rolling carry on bag to lug my laptop and peripherals.
A leather backpack is my daily driver. I carry it by the handle more than anything else. Morning coffee, breakfast, gym clothes, and office misc items, it does the trick.
A backpack briefcase hybrid with high quality leather looks so elegant while being jampacked with utility
A briefcase will always look professional and competent. A backpack throws off fit pf jacket and is completely unprofessional. This video is just an infomercial for a product that is not needed. A traditional business case is still the best chpice
I don't use a backpack or travel on airlines, but, could you do one on the recent addition to travel luggage-the carry-ons w/wheels and handle?
I alternate between a briefcase and a backpack when going to my office.
In this digital age. I need neither. But the ones I have are so nice that it would be a shame to not use them.