Remember the ubiquitous Vans checkered shoes?

Image credit: DaveShaw

What if you could put these chess-like designs on your messenger bag? Well this is exactly what I saw and found out when I visited a few shops early last week. It seems that bag manufacturers have placed these heavy prints on men’s bags.

As you can see, the two bags below have checkered prints - and it is starting to become the trend nowadays for urban professionals and of course, students.

There are also some varieties like the one below, containing stars instead of the squares:

Let’s wait and see if this trend will really click for the rest of the guys. But as for me, yes, I have to admit that I love the designs - they’re cool!

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