Holdalls & Duffel Bags

Somewhere between “carry-on” and “second mortgage on excess baggage fees” sits the large holdall bag — and if you’ve never owned a proper one, you’ve probably been quietly overpaying at the check-in desk for years. A large holdall bag is the soft-sided, squashable, gloriously over-capacity answer to the question “how do I fit two weeks … Read more

A good bag should disappear the moment you stop thinking about it, and that’s exactly what the best canvas holdall does. A canvas holdall is a soft-sided, rectangular travel bag made from heavyweight cotton canvas, sometimes wax-treated for water resistance, prized for its durability, character and old-world charm compared with synthetic alternatives. Search for one … Read more

There’s a particular kind of chaos that happens at 6:45am when you’re trying to leave for the gym and your trainers are somehow still damp from yesterday, your towel’s gone missing, and you’re stuffing a protein shaker into a bag that was clearly never designed to hold one. A decent gym holdall bag doesn’t sound … Read more

A decent leather holdall for men has a funny way of outliving three phones, two jobs, and at least one relationship. It doesn’t do anything flashy. It just sits by the door, ready, and somehow looks better every year you own it while everything else in your wardrobe quietly falls apart. That’s the appeal, and … Read more

Somewhere between a suitcase that won’t squash into a car boot and a rucksack that leaves your shoulders aching, there’s the humble holdall. It’s the bag that doesn’t ask questions — sling it over your shoulder, drop it in the overhead locker, wedge it under a train seat, chuck it in the loft when you’re … Read more