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Single Strap bags

Celebrities like Jack Bauer (the protagonist of the wildly popular TV show “24″) have helped the single strap shoulder bag gain widespread acceptance. The most important design consideration – and understandably so – is that they should not look like a woman’s purse. This is achieved by making it hang lower than regular purses and including a more rectangular sort of design with a brute focus on functionality over aesthetics.

The size of these man bags make it very easy to carry around a small collection of items without committing too much into a large sized briefcase. They’re perfect for two types of men – students and travelers. Students, because they always need to carry their books with them, and frequent travelers, because some of them travel light and just need to have the basics.

And of course, secret agents .

Double Strap leather shoulder bags

These are a little more difficult to carry off well with men, but there are some that do an exceptionally good job. Most useful for students – once more for the same reason noted above – they’re easier to cart around and don’t get in your way when you walk.

As with shoulder bags, care is taken to make sure that they’re not feminine, by making them hang lower and stitching them in unique shapes that don’t make them look like the sort carried by women.