When Julie was in Calgary, she bought me a new messenger bag from some hipster boutique. It’s called the Dirty Harry, from a Canadian company called Matt & Nat. Their site is built in crazy frames, so here’s a peculiar page from their online shop, and a bigger image of the bag itself. Oddly, they don’t show the nice olive-green woven shoulder strap that goes with the Dirty Harry.
Here’s the interesting thing about Mat & Nat–their products are all vegan. I found that hard to believe when I first saw the bag–it totally looks like leather (see for yourself). I’m neither here nor there on leather clothes and accesories–I have so few. Still, it’s neat that there’s a stylish choice for the leather-eschewing vegan.
The bag doesn’t have any built-in support, so it’s kind of floppy with only a laptop in it. I’ve got a little laptop sleeve, so I may use that to add some structure.
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I have quite a few bags from them and really love them..great design, colours, etc..plus the handy keychain!
The NYT style section featured “vegan chic,” (including Matt and Nat) a couple of weeks ago.
Sadly, I can’t afford $700 Stella McCartney shoes, but if I could, it would be a very nice development.
I love things that look like they aren’t vegan, but are vegan. I’m a vegan, and people who know me will ask, so it’s fun.
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Scott Hughes
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I actually have one of their bags called the “jobs” which is the same as the dirty harry but with a laptop sleeve…its perfect for work and things don’t flop around..you should check it out!
It’s a shame someone can’t make something similar using natural, sustainable (vegan) organically grown materials.
It is a nice looking bag though. For office workers or anywhere else such a bag is appreciated.