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
Stumble It!
like you said im for messenger bags and satchels. . . tom brady looks really suspect, and i think pharrell is doing too much
ReplyDeleteI 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
ReplyDeleteits 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:-)
ReplyDelete(didnt know pharrell had a purple one, lol)
man-bags are cool. the purple is too much tho.
ReplyDeletenot a fan.
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteIt'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.
ReplyDeletesusan
I like the way they call it manbags, I rock one too but black in color. it more masculine.
ReplyDeleteI think it takes a certian type of swaga to get away with a oversized purple bag ... and to be honest, da kid is hot wit it, he has my vote!
ReplyDeleteI've been living in Belgium for two months now. Been to Italy, Germany, and drove through many other countries here. The murse is all over, and I was surprised to see how comfortable the guys are wearing them. Given all the things men carry now it does make sense, but my midwestern values are making it hard for me to make that leap. If I stay here much longer I definately will.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE MAN BAGS, IT'LL BLEW THOSE HATERS AWAY, COS YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING YOU WANT, ITS NOT ABOUT THE GENDERLECT THING BT ITS HOW COFORTABLE YOU ARE ON WHAT YOU'RE CARRYING
ReplyDeleteGreat article! I carry a bag everyday and could not imagine living my life without them. It's always been funny to me that so many people expect men to be rough and rugged when the fact is that there is very little genetic difference between men and women. A bag is just a bag.
ReplyDeleteI have carried portfolio's & little male GUCCI waist bag & a Gucci backpack, but no I never carried a murse like Pharrel his looks like a females purse because of the size & color, but I am not judging because some of us in Chicago have had male murses since I was a young man in the 70's,80's,90's & beyond & I got best dressed in school, so I must have been doing something right & plus in Chicago people love dressing up male & females & we have a lot of stuff to carry around especially today with all of our gadgets & you must always have your business cards or a few pen's in your bag for any perspective lovely females coming your way. Also don't forget the bottle of Smell Good. I don't care what all the so called hard brothers say because if your secure in your manhood all the haters words just bounce off while us men that don't care what people think or say just walk on looking good with are heads up with a whole dump truck of swagga, doing what we want anyway & we will continue even though it crosses the status quo. We only live once & for me I must look good & feel good while I am here on earth carrying around my man bag with pride (Smile-haha-funny). My Fist Is Up For Equal Right's For Men To Gladly Wear Are Murses With Out Ridicule from others. Murse on my brothers!
ReplyDeletedudes c'mon. like seriously manbags/murses? Men are turning into little sissies. Girls have purses; us guys should use either a BACKPACK or a light SUITCASE or just use a big bag from Neuman Markus or something, ya know?
ReplyDelete