Good History of Purses Including Men Wearing Them

[jamie001]

I highly recommend watching the whole video from start to finish. However for those who are in the TLDW (Too Long Didn't Watch) fast forward to 18:30.

Jamie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-EF0OhpHS4

[Mouse]

I have followed Abby Cox's channel for some time, as she has many videos on historical dressing which I am interested in.

For me 2024 was the year of the handbag, stating with getting a handbag for Christmas http://www.skirtcafe.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24650 and ending with three handbags in constant use.

I am now totally fine with my handbags and only leave them at home when I am going out to work, where I already have a much larger bag with tools, computers etc.
I like the point Abby makes at the end, about the amount of stuff we normally carry about, which makes the handbag the smart, choice however big your pockets.

[jamie001]

Mouse,

Those purses are beautiful. It is great to have one in each color.

Jamie
Fashion Freedom for Men!!

[Faldaguy]

I am a fairly recent convert to purses. I expressed my 'reservations' on this site a while back, and with the encouragement from fellow SC members, pushed myself a bit to using handbags regularly. My wife had encouraged it for several years, but I didn't fully get there comfortably. Just today I found myself wondering what the heck took me so long, they are so very convenient (as long as you aren't inclined to put things down and move on--without them).

Short of a bit of frustration with the "fashion" rules of color matching to outfits.... I'm fully on-board now. I have established a 'system' to swab between my two key purses -- a black and a brown -- quickly without much hassle by using an stand alone wallet much as I carried before, inside the purse -- so there it is not a big task using another familiar bag. Mouse has taken simplicity a step further with multiple colors of the same model. Anyway, thanks guys -- it has been a very helpful 'push'!

[JeffB1959]

I watched the whole video and found it interesting. I didn't take me long to become a convert to purses/handbags because of how minuscule pockets were on skirts and nonexistent on dresses, also, I disliked having stuff bulging in pockets because it killed the smooth silhouette skirts provided. From the start, carrying a decidedly femme looking bag was never a problem for me, if anything, I loved the styling and wouldn't carry anything less. Oh, and for the record, I don't keep all that much in my bags while out and about: wallet, cellphone, car fobs, house keys, car insurance/registration, my Amazon Kindle (on outings to get in some reading), not much else beyond that as I believe in traveling light. Oh, yeah, I also subscribe to the fashion rule about making sure my bag and shoes match! HA!

[Modoc]

While out and about lately, I took notice of the number of men carrying their stuff, wallets, phones, keys etc, stacked in their hands. I just smiled to myself and thought,so much easier just to grab a bag of some kind and make your life easier dude,.

[JeffB1959]

While out and about lately, I took notice of the number of men carrying their stuff, wallets, phones, keys etc, stacked in their hands. I just smiled to myself and thought,so much easier just to grab a bag of some kind and make your life easier dude,.

But, I’m sure those guys felt plenty manly holding all their stuff.