Earlier this month I complimented a friend on her new Bottega Jodie bag. She had recently got a promotion at work, and is now a senior manager at a respectable record label earning six figures. The bag was a celebratory gift, she told me, only it wasn’t Bottega—it was a …
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Last summer, I spent an entire concert chugging overpriced cans of water, desperately trying to not pass out from the Texas heat. It was hard not to notice that everyone else seemed to have large water bottles with them, rather than the ones that were being sold at the venue. …
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Beis has been on my radar ever since it launched in 2018. I waited months to get my hands on the brand's Diaper Pack (9/10, WIRED Recommends) when my son was born, and I splurged on two different makeup bags from the company, in a fit of hospital bag packing …
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If you were as obsessed with Disney’s Halloweentown as I was as a kid, then you likely have a vivid memory of the bottomless pit that was Aggie Cromwell's magical purse. I have one scene burned into my memory, which involves her pulling spooky Halloween decorations from it—a toy skeleton …
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I'm a Fan of the hip pack, but even I initially scoffed at a $95 sling bag. What on earth could this bag possibly do that the thirty-something-dollar waist pack I've been using for four years couldn't? A lot, it turns out. Tortuga's Travel Sling might be designed for travel, …
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My grandfather kept his tools in the shed behind our carport. It was bare metal and felt like a furnace in the midday heat of a Tucson summer. My grandfather bookended his days in the shed, surrounded by the tools he used to repair everything from trucks to TVs and …
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It's fairly common to experience some pre-flight jitters, especially if it's been a while since your last plane trip. What if you forget an important document at home? What if you get lost at the airport and miss the flight? What if you fart while the plane is in the …
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