Sorta like some hats and caps.The satchel, man purse, or whatever you like to call it, is a very intriguing accessory. Some men can pull it off, some simply can't.
Very simple.For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would have a problem with this. Since my undergraduate days I've carried a shoulder bag if I was going to be out all day, and I toted books, newspapers, umbrellas, scarves, Kleenex, pens and paper, and other useful items and never once thought there was anything remotely effeminate about it. On another thread some time ago there were some indignant comments about "those Brooklyn hipsters" wearing beards and fedoras, and they reminded me of the endless grief I got when I was a kid for being one of the first to wear long hair. I often wonder what it is in some people that they have to impose their limited world-views on others.