Manbag

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Manbags (a portmanteau of 'man' and 'handbags') are fashionable bags for men. Though the traditional briefcase is technically a manbag, in the current sense of the term, manbags refer to messenger bags and reporter bags. Popular^{[citation needed]} brands include Prada, Louis Vuitton, Tumi, Gucci,Lacoste and Balenciaga.

1 In popular culture
2 European perspective
3 References
4 See also

[edit] In popular culture

American television comedian Jerry Seinfeld made the manbag (described as a European Carry-all or man-purse) the subject of an episode. The comedy focused on whether a manbag was too feminine.^[1]

Kel Knight (Glenn Robbins), "Purveyor Of Fine Meats" From the hit Australian TV show Kath and Kim Had many manbags throughout the series. One of his catch-phrases throughout series one, was "Where's My Manbag?"

Kiefer Sutherland, of 24 fame, brought the man-purse into the main stream through his character, Jack Bauer. Jack frequently prominently carried his messenger bag with him in the 5th Season.

[edit] European perspective

For western Europeans the concept of men carrying a bag for much the same reason a woman would has been commonplace since the 1950s. As such English speaking Europeans consider the term 'Manbag' an American English aberration and simply refer to the item as a 'bag'.