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With autumn just around the corner, it’s officially back-to-school and back-to-office season. After two years of virtual learning and working from home, returning to life in-person may even require a rethink on some of your everyday accessories. And what goes better with a cozy fall wardrobe than a new backpack for 2022? Not only are […]

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Made for urban-dwellers.

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Shahad Mahdi, 22, was tired of seeing Muslim women misrepresented and stereotyped in the media. She wanted to shatter those cliches so she created Black Orchid, a line of hoodies, sweatshirts and accessories that bear Mahdi’s signature illustration: An adorable Matryoshka shaped doll in hijab in various poses. Mahdi who was born in Jordan was inspired […]

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Reading through the fashion advice from our Style Panel for this week’s challenge, the most obvious similarity is that everyone loves the hands-free bonus that comes along with carrying a backpack. We’re not disagreeing. It’s the best of both worlds rolled into one: functional and fashionable. Plus, there’s no risk of looking like a school […]

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After decades of being condemned alongside fellow nineties accomplice, the fanny pack, mini backpacks have made a triumphant return. The pack’s been coming on strong for the last few years, but lately, it’s proved itself staple (just take a look around any online shop’s accessories section for proof). The best and also the most boring […]

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No longer just for high schoolers, the backpack has undergone full fashion resurgence over the past few seasons. Its appeal is quite simple: it leaves you hands-free and perfectly in-line with fashion’s ongoing nineties fascination. Whether you need to schlep around your groceries or double fist two coffees, the backpack is a must-have for gals and guys on the go.

This season, everyone from Proenza Schouler to 3.1 Phillip Lim have created luxe versions of the style. And while the backpack has been making runway appearances since 2011 (lest we forget The Row’s alligator skin $34,000 take), some skeptics still deem it too junior. Haters would be directed to Chanel’s Spring 2014 collection, which featured a graffiti style canvas number already holding a waitlist demand.

Read ahead to see all three festival looks! » Festival style has become such a sartorial staple that even mega retailers like H&M have jumped on the festival style wagon, creating entire collections inspired by the motley crew of Aztec print wielding, face-paint dabbing festival goers that make the trek to far-away locales every year. […]

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Following the sold-out success of their $39,000 alligator backpack for The Row last year, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s followed up with a $16,900 patchwork fur backpack for their pre-fall accessories collection this year. A drop in the sea!

Channel that back to school spirit with this bright, foldable nylon backpack. Perfect for the books, or a heap of September issues. ($24, urbanoutfitters.com)

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If you’re heading back to school, why not do it in style? Textbooks look better in a canvas backpack. ($39, urbanoutfitters.com)

Some of my friends have gone backpacking in Europe for the summer, and even though I couldn’t join them, I partook in their fun by, er, buying myself a new backpack, too. Swedish brand Fjällräven (fjallraven.se) developed this “Kanken” backpack over 30 years ago to help school children keep their backs straight—how cute is that?