One of my first designer bags was a Prada nylon backpack. I remember thinking I was just the coolest girl in school with it (how I cringe now when I look at it!). I haven’t sported a backpack since (making it through High School and college by carrying my books in various handbags probably is one of the major reasons I’m now 24 with serious back pains!), but I feel a wave of backpacks coming our way. Isaac Mizrahi just showed some handbags-turned-backpacks (lined with fur!) on the runway which you can watch here and celebs from Kanye West to Jay-Z have been rocking them on the streets. For those going for the geeky-chic look I could see the backpack working or for reasons of convenience (ie they’re useful for lugging around groceries), but aside from not at all being my style, isn’t it really easy for someone to steal from you if you’re wearing a backpack (or is that just the born-and-raised Manhattan-ite in me being overly weary?).
What do you think about backpacks? Snob or Slob?