Awesome Bags

G-Star’s new Challenger bag gets the details right; a wide, cushioned shoulder strap, thick piping, tone-on-tone stitching and water resistant lining equal comfort and durability.

Hard Graft’s Sporting Collection adds hand-selected Italian leather to the mix, each embossed with a badminton shuffle; choose from laptop sleeves, wallets, cases and pockets.

Oakley’s single-strapped AP Sandbag 2.0 can be carried via handle, messenger-style or as a backpack; it includes a 15″ laptop compartment, interior organizer and external pockets.

Beyond its trendy, low-key styling, this Nike Connection Cabin Wheel Bag is fairly versatile with a padded laptop sleeve, detachable shoe and wet/dry gear compartments.

BUILT’s Cargo Travel Organizer is purposely lumpy, with four compartments that’ll hold a small camera, cables and more; the stretchy neoprene is both stain resistant and protective.

If there ever was a bag for pirates, Rogues Gallery’s Shipyard Duffel Bag would be it; the motley but rugged canvas bag has more than enough space for all your peg legs and hooks.

Levis’ Canvas Messenger Bag features a vintage look but modern construction with polyurethane in place of leather, nylon-lined main compartment and antiqued metal hardware.

TAD Gear’s Dispatch Bag is a messenger bag for work or war, with MILSPEC Cordura Nylon, 13 pockets, 7 pen slots, a hideaway pocket and MOLLE-compatible PALs/TIBS webbing.

Although weighing just 4.5 lbs, Burton’s Zoom Pace Bag is eminently versatile with a removable camera pack, padded laptop area, ski attachment points and 420D nylon construction.

Gravis’ popular Digi Bag gets updated for 2009 with a fresh black and white pixel colorway; it features two padded main compartments (up to a 15″ laptop) and multiple pockets.

Jack Spade’s Wear Utility Brief may be pricey, but this utilitarian bag is designed to last: the paraffin-soaked cotton is mark-proof while the handles are reinforced with rivets.

Rugged yet stylish, WaterField’s Muzetto is a vertical messenger bag made from distressed brown cowhide leather; it’ll hold up to a 13″ laptop with three other pockets for smaller gadgets.

Most laptop bags are a jungle of cables, dongles and mice, but Cocoon’s Grid It is a versatile organizer with a weave of rubberized elastic bands that hold everything in place.

Diesel’s Shuttle Duffel Bag suffers wrinkles and wear better than most premium bags, with 100% cow leather and canvas, generous stitching, reinforced piping and metal hardware.

QWSTION’s Three-Day Travel Bag really is as functional a weekender as we’ve ever seen; it features a laundry sleeve, shoe sack, PU wheels, and seatbelt-style compression straps.

Barely a day after the Kindle DX announcement, meet Hard Graft’s new Dapper Kindle case: it fits the Kindle 1, Kindle 2 and Kindle DX and is made with wool felt and Italian leather.

Weekender bags tend to be fairly utilitarian affairs, but Fossil’s Redmond Duffle Bag injects some serious sophistication with genuine leather, contrast stitching and silver-tone hardware.

Forthright but with a dash of style, the Julius is a top-loading large shoulder bag made with washed lambskin and lined with cotton; it also features snap closures and multiple pockets.

With slash-proof shoulder straps, wire mesh front/bottom and tamper proof zippers, Metro’s Theft-Proof Laptop Bag will foil pickpockets–as long as they don’t make off with the bag itself.

Part of Diesel’s casual Black Gold line, their Revival Bag is just large enough for a laptop or books; it features techno fabric, internal pockets and silvertone metal hardware.

VAEL’s Rucksack combines a distinctive cylindrical silhouette with premium materials for some serious hauling capacity; it sports a tweed style body with padded straps and copper hardware.

Designed for the digital packrat, Oakley’s Icon Backpack 3.0 has more than enough space for your various gadgets, including side access for your laptop and a molded internal organizer.

Handcrafted and hand oiled by Amish leather workers, the Billy Kirk Bike Bag is both stylish and rugged; it features wax cording and triple collars to secure it to your bike frame.