Backpacks have a strange reputation and quite some interesting history: while recommended and considered perfect for school kids and young college goers, they are frowned upon when mixed with adult professional outfits. Backpacks have something youthful, laidback, cheerful and casual about them and not many agree such traits work best with uptight corporate environments.
If you take a look at a styling magazine for men, you will realize that wearing a backpack and a suit is considered a mortal sin for an active young urban male professional who usually commutes or moves around a lot. Is the Fashion Police thinking the same about women as well? Are young professional ladies allowed to wear backpacks with their suits, dresses and formal outfits? Let’s see a few tips, tricks and styling ideas on how to make the backpack work with anything!
Why Not Wear a Backpack?
The backpacks’ detractors say that backpacks are meant for kids and teenagers. They are meant for hikers and bikers, for outdoor adventurers, for military personnel, campers and unstylish people. Under no circumstance a woman can wear a backpack with a business suit, a cocktail dress or a pair of pumps and some pearl jewelry. The main issue with backpacks is that they diminish and undermine your professional look.
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