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Photograph by Ms Carly Tumen, Styling by Ms Heather Malmstrom
The new-season rucksacks to make hauling your stuff around a pleasure rather than a (back) pain.
Stuff: no matter how much we “streamline” our possessions at the start of the year, there always seems to be so much of it. There’s phones and tablets and laptops to keep us “connected”, and books and vinyl and proper cameras to keep us “grounded”. Not to mention all those grooming products and smoothies and gym kits that are now part and parcel of the vanity-led modern lifestyle. Exhausting. Especially if you have to cart them all into work every day.
What to do then? The world has clearly become inherently complicated, so maybe it’s counterproductive to advise you to de-clutter. Instead, at the very least, how about an attempt to keep your things in order with a nice new backpack? Of course, there are many ways to do this. Some of them more fun than others. Let’s just go for a few of the fun ones, eh? Scroll down for our current favourites.

PEACE AND LOVE
Saint Laurent’s camo print backpack nods to the kind of reworked army surplus popular among countercultural types in the 1960s and 1970s. The badges, in fact, almost look like the insignia of a particularly merry band of activists. You might, therefore, consider this a sort of sartorial protest against boringness, if you’re among the few that can find nothing else to protest about this month. But really, it’s a treat, pure and simple. Enjoy it, and carry on the vintage inspiration with this bohemian multi-coloured sweater from Stella McCartney.
COOL RUNNINGS
Who said a backpack couldn’t be sophisticated? A world away from the lesser varieties that may have seen you through your school days, this sumptuously coloured example from Berluti is fashioned from polished Venezia leather. The degradé design is seen throughout the brand’s SS17 collection, and adds edge to the pleasingly simple shape. Combine yours with this jacket, made by Ermenegildo Zegna, and you’ll be ready for any stylish urban outing.
LIVE WIRE
This Prada piece is probably the most practical of the three bags in this edit, cut from a shell fabric and fitted with buckles and fastenings and many a pocket for storing all your essentials away. And the striking design, featuring a pixelated image of a Doppler radar display adds to the adventurous feel. Whether you choose to wear it for a countryside amble or on a Mr Robot-style hacking mission in the city, Japanese brand Aloye’s graphic colour-block sweater is the perfect pairing.
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