A decent messenger bag or briefcase has to do a lot of quiet work: carry a laptop without a scratch, survive a soggy platform at Paddington, and still look good slung over a suit jacket. Every bag in this collection earns its place by answering that brief in its own way. Klättermusen bring Scandinavian mountaineering rigour to the daily commute, built from technical fabrics tough enough to outlast a couple of laptop upgrades, while Herschel takes a lighter, more colourful route built around city living rather than city surviving. Then there's Filson, whose waxed canvas and bridle leather briefcases have barely changed since the brand's Pacific Northwest beginnings, because they didn't need to. If a backpack suits your daily grind better, or you fancy browsing further afield, our backpacks and wider EDC collections are worth a look too.