Inked Mag Staff
May 8th, 2024
Beyond Ordinary
Exploring the Extravagance of High-End Men’s Luxury Bags
The last decade saw man bags manifesting into widespread adoption, and fashion experts don’t see the trend slowing down. When you scour the 2024 luxury collections, you’ll indeed uncover an abundance of bags in the men’s category.
When choosing a bag, fashion and function endure in the must-haves department, and the highest caliber of couturiers in the world are indulging clientele’s needs. From crossbody bags to clutches, waistband bags, and totes, options for men’s bags are vast. Go with a streamlined design when choosing monochromatic bags that integrate understated embossing. Make a strong statement with patterned fabrics, striking hues, and intricate hardware. Or drift your attention somewhere else in the fold to discover the options that suit you best. The selection can be overwhelming, so we gathered an assortment of standout styles to get started.
MCM Worldwide: Lauretos Collection
Nearly 50 years after it was founded, MCM continues to find ways to lure in lovers of the illustrious brand. Its dashing Himmel Drawstring Backpack in Lauretos is strappingly constructed with a Nappa leather trim and features adjustable shoulder straps, an exterior zip compartment, metal hardware, and the distinguished laurel logo sweeping the entirety of the exterior. With leather top handles and a drawstring closure, this swanky backpack will carry cargo comfortably and securely.
Porsche Design Studio
Confidently reverse course from a business meeting to a night on the town with a Porsche Design Studio bag or backpack. Porsche’s masterful design team interweaves clean lines with contemporary assets to produce bags and backpacks that reflect Porsche’s prestigious image. Drawing more attention toward their distinguished good looks, craftsmanship, and versatility than toward excessive frills, you’ll enjoy the same thrilling performance that built Porsche‘s reputation.
Burberry: Lunar New Year 2024 Collection
Burberry’s Lunar New Year 2024 collection shines a spotlight on rose prints, bold red tones, and houndstooth check patterns. Highlighting the latter, Burberry’s check styles scream regal yet warm, functional yet fashionable. Just feast your eyes on the roomy, nylon-woven Check Backpack and be beguiled by its duotone pattern, spacious interior, and robust construction that will carry the weight of your power, good fortune, and strength that is kindred to the Year of the Dragon.
Dior Essentials
Dior’s Essentials line includes a range of saddle bags that are inked with intricacies in all the right places. The iconic fashion brand bedecks its bags with patterns that provide texture, and sleek and functional details to balance the look. The Dior gent will appreciate the dusky hue and additional slip pockets that pair handsomely with the sturdy structure and small profile.
Prada: Re-Nylon Collection
Re-Nylon, a blend of Saffiano leather and ECONYL, is a luxurious Prada innovation. ECONYL is a reconstructed fabric made of fishing nets, textile fabrics, and recycled plastic products found in the ocean, and is the star of the icon’s Re-Nylon Collection. Since July 2023, Prada has donated 1% of its proceeds to the SEA BEYOND program, which supports ocean-related education, research dissemination, and humanitarian projects. So, when you’re outfitted with a Re-Nylon bag, you look sharp while also strengthening a cause that aims to protect our oceans, marine life, and climate.
Louis Vuitton: Nano Christopher
Louis Vuitton’s esteemed backpack, the Christopher, has a dapper miniature doppelganger: the Nano Christopher. While smaller in scale, the Nano packs a big punch with two outer pockets, sturdy silver hardware, removable and adjustable straps, and a subtle yet mighty design, akin to a gray wash tattoo. Big enough to carry your essentials yet small enough to tuck under a jacket, your Nano Christopher will be your favorite companion.
Fendi
Full size or small scale, subtle or showy, Fendi’s variety of bags and backpacks is ample and impressive. A luminary of luxury, Fendi offers monochromatic bags that assert sophistication while providing customers with the space they need to house their valuables. Buyers who prefer punches of detail will swoon over the elegantly embossed details as well as the pops of color and optional design assets.
Berluti
Berluti’s men’s luxury bag are impeccably tailored, providing a high-class, masculine allure that also includes essential utilitarian features. The paragon of savior-faire bestows its clientele with fine accouterments to keep belongings secure, incorporating locks, clasps, straps, pockets, and zippers, dependent on the design and purpose. Choose from tote bags, messenger bags, clutches, backpacks, and briefcases, all bespoke with the finest leather.
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