You don't always need much. Keys, phone, earbuds and the quietly satisfying knowledge that your bag weighs 130 grams and looks brilliant. Enter the Hikerdelic x Elliker Semer – a 1-litre sling bag that punches considerably above its minimal grams. This is the smallest piece in the Hikerdelic x Elliker collaboration, but it carries the aesthetic as strongly as its bigger siblings. The diamond ripstop construction – two varieties of 600 Denier recycled polyester, PFC/PFAS-free – gives it both the look and the weather resistance. The zip-top opening is simple and reliable. The adjustable strap works crossbody, over the shoulder, or around the waist, making it equally at home at gig, festival, rave, campsite, trail or farmers’ market. Daisy-chain webbing loops on the front mean you can clip or attach small extras. Multiple internal pockets keep things organised. Nothing complicated, nothing unnecessary. Just a very good little bag with an unmistakable identity.
There's a corner of West Yorkshire where woodland gives way to open fields and the air smells like the good stuff. Elliker takes its name from exactly that spot: Elliker Fields, a local wildlife site that's been quietly inspiring its creators ever since the brand started out. And that connection to real, accessible British nature is baked into everything they make.
The idea is simple: get outside more, and carry the right kit when you do. Elliker builds lightweight, functional bags from 100% recycled polyester – GRS certified, waterproof, and genuinely built for the weather this country tends to throw at you. Every product is designed to make the gap between sofa and trail a little smaller, whether that's a no-fuss roll-top rucksack for the morning commute or a compact sling bag that works just as hard at a weekend market as it does halfway up a dale. They donate 1% of profits to UK Wildlife Trusts too, which feels like the right kind of thing to do when your entire brand is named after a patch of wildlife habitat.
Functional, considered, and made for the outdoors – just like the Yorkshire landscape that inspired it all.
For SS26, Elliker also introduces a headline collaboration with Manchester outdoor-culture pioneers Hikerdelic – a trio of technically upgraded bags that bring Hikerdelic's iconic grid-patterned ripstop aesthetic and trail-to-rave sensibility to Elliker's already-capable foundations. Where Elliker builds the function, Hikerdelic adds the character.