Herschel Supply Co.
Herschel takes its name from the Saskatchewan town three generations of the Cormack family grew up in, and its Little America backpack does JanSport's job with striped lining.
7 bags tracked · from $95
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Bags like Jansport
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Patagonia
Patagonia's Ventura roots are in climbing hardware, and its bags come attached to the Worn Wear repair-and-resale program rather than a straightforward school-pack warranty.
8 bags tracked
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Topo Designs
Jedd Rose and Mark Hansen started Topo in Fort Collins in 2008, reworking boxy 1970s shapes, mesh pockets and colorblocked nylon into city-to-trail bags.
99 bags tracked · from $15
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Arc'teryx
Canadian technical outerwear brand from North Vancouver, known for Gore-Tex Alpha SV shells, Atom midlayers and its Veilance and LEAF sublines.
3 bags tracked · from $173
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MASTER-PIECE
Osaka bag label making durable, function-first backpacks and travel gear in its own Japanese factory since 1994.
124 bags tracked · from $108
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A.P.C.
Paris label founded in 1987 by Jean Touitou, known for raw selvedge denim, Demi-Lune bags and understated, long-lasting wardrobe basics.
251 bags tracked · from $40
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PORTER-YOSHIDA & CO.
Tokyo's heritage bag house, making MA-1-inspired Tanker nylon carry in Japan since 1935.
113 bags tracked · from $136
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Billykirk
Billykirk is a US-made leather and waxed-canvas bag and accessories label built on vegetable-tanned hides, brass hardware and hard-wearing everyday-carry designs.
101 bags tracked · from $25
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GANNI
Copenhagen contemporary womenswear brand known for playful prints, seersucker checks, logo knits and Western boots, led by creative director Ditte Reffstrup.
99 bags tracked · from $58
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The North Face
VF Corporation-owned outdoor label known for Nuptse down jackets, Denali fleece and Base Camp duffels, plus long-running Supreme collaborations.
85 bags tracked · from $40
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Acne Studios
Stockholm fashion house founded in 1996 by Jonny Johansson, known for oversized tailoring, mohair knitwear, denim and the Musubi bag.
83 bags tracked · from $343
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Diesel
Italian denim house founded by Renzo Rosso in 1978, now part of OTB Group and creatively led by Glenn Martens.
80 bags tracked · from $150
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