Pharrell Williams has a $67,000 purple/pink crocodile Hermes bag
When men first began carrying bags that were traditionally worn by women people laughed- they laughed loud and they laughed hard. But with some of manliest men and top style gurus strutting . . . I mean walking around with these bags you have to ask yourself- is it really THAT bad? Some people think that the "man-bag" portrays 1 of 2 things: you're self-absorbed or you like men. I'm thinking that stigma is changing. The list of of men who rock "murses" grows everyday: Pharrell, David Beckham, Lupe Fiasco, Tom Brady, Seal, Kanye West, Ryan Reynolds, and Terrence Howard just to name a few.
David Beckham w/ a leather brown Prada bag
Terrence Howard w/ his black patent & leather crocodile
Lupe Fiasco and his red Goyard bag
Seal w/ a black leather murse
Tom Brady w/ an army fatigue murseIn his interview with Paper Magazine Pharrell talks about his murse/travel bag:
“Don’t call it a murse,” says PHARRELL, pulling out his second look from the gargantuan purple croc HERMES tote, which he has accessorized with another JACOB key chain, this one covered in yellow diamonds to match the bag’s gold hard-ware.
“It’s not a man purse. It’s my travel bag.”
PHARRELL says style is… "about who you are, where you’re going, what’s comfortable…It’s your attitude that makes it hot.”
“It’s not that I’m necessarily proud of being a nerd,” says PHARRELL. “It’s who I am.”
“Don’t call it a murse,” says PHARRELL, pulling out his second look from the gargantuan purple croc HERMES tote, which he has accessorized with another JACOB key chain, this one covered in yellow diamonds to match the bag’s gold hard-ware.
“It’s not a man purse. It’s my travel bag.”
PHARRELL says style is… "about who you are, where you’re going, what’s comfortable…It’s your attitude that makes it hot.”
“It’s not that I’m necessarily proud of being a nerd,” says PHARRELL. “It’s who I am.”
Pharrell is truly stuntin' with his 2 Hermes murses,he's so proud!
I think he's an advocate for the murses, he'll probably start a non-profit in support of men carrying bags that look like purses. . . (I'm just playin')
Personally, I think it's okay for a man to have a bag especially if it's a satchel or messenger- I think they look great. It just becomes a little questionable when he carries it like a purse, you know under his arm like Tom Brady or the way Terrence Howard does. Pharrell's purple color choice is a bit feminine. . . it's kind of cool, but then it's not at the same time. These huge bags are very appropriate for travel, but not so much for just walking around the streets on a daily basis like below. . . (cough cough) Pharrell:
So how do you feel about murses & man-bags?
Jacinda at The Urban Gentleman
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8 comments:
like you said im for messenger bags and satchels. . . tom brady looks really suspect, and i think pharrell is doing too much
I think that Pharrell is doing way to much. His murse really looks like a purse and the choice of color is all wrong. Well anyways thanks for helping us Keep up on the latest fashion. www.imkeepingup.com
its funny how they're called manbags or murses, but i like them- i'd rock one. matter o fact of thinking about buying one. great article:-)
(didnt know pharrell had a purple one, lol)
man-bags are cool. the purple is too much tho.
not a fan.
I have been carrying a man bag (murse) since the late 70's always got flak for it but so what. I need my murse! I need a lot of stuff through the day. I've carried them so long they've come in sty;le , gone out and come back again. Love 'em and have a lot of them too. 'Bye Haters!
It's getting more what men have to carry, just cigarettes and lighter are out. Fill up the pockets in pants or - since newly created - men's skirts with all this stuff now is impossible --- and looks silly. Put it in murses, and I want to see men searching in their bags. I hope this silly belted cell-phone covers are going down the river.
susan
I like the way they call it manbags, I rock one too but black in color. it more masculine.
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