Monday 11 April 2016

Visible Monday, cross-body bag.

I'm going to London this week and giving some thought to what to wear. I like to have my hands free for traveling about, up and down on the tube, on and off buses. I've treated myself to a new cross-body bag from Osprey in patterned suede. It's light and comfortable and also, hopefully, of no interest to pickpockets. I like to think that I'm fairly street savvy as I worked around London for years, lugging my portfolio. The only city where I have been very successfully pick-pocketed is Florence. They lifted my bank card and spent to the limit at an up-market men's shop. No wonder the men in Florence were so well dressed!
This design of the bag couldn't be simpler, just a large zipped envelope with an adjustable strap which can be removed to create a clutch. We'll see how it performs once I've crammed it with stuff!

6 comments:

  1. This is a great-looking bag, Rosemary. I have had my purse pick-pocketed only on the subways in Washington DC, and in a movie theater. Take good care, and thanks for sharing, xo

    -Patti
    http://notdeadyetstyle.com

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    1. I'm back home, suitably stimulated by a trip to the city and happily unpickpocketed!

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  2. Love your bag. Keep it close. My friend wrote a travel book with a chapter on how to keep your valuables safe, and then was pick-pocketed. They are so sneaky! But I hope you have so much fun you don't really have to worry about such things.

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    1. The bag works well, light and comfortable even with a bottle of water and my usual bits of junk.

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