Where can I find a backpack that won't make my dresses ride up?
December 1, 2013 2:41 PM Subscribe
Help me find a dress-friendly backpack
I travel a lot for work, and because I often wear dresses, the large Case Logic backpack I currently sport often has me unintentionally flashing people. So, I'm looking for a backpack for a small woman (I'm only about 5' 1") that will not continuously ride up my dresses. It needs to be able to fit a MacBook Air 13" laptop and preferably double up as a travel backpack for carry-ons.
Extra points for stylish: I really hate the standard black mesh look for tech goods. I'm also open to awesome laptop handbags.
I travel a lot for work, and because I often wear dresses, the large Case Logic backpack I currently sport often has me unintentionally flashing people. So, I'm looking for a backpack for a small woman (I'm only about 5' 1") that will not continuously ride up my dresses. It needs to be able to fit a MacBook Air 13" laptop and preferably double up as a travel backpack for carry-ons.
Extra points for stylish: I really hate the standard black mesh look for tech goods. I'm also open to awesome laptop handbags.
Have you seen this previous question? Do you have any backpacks with waist straps, I'm wondering if that will help.
posted by Joh at 3:21 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by Joh at 3:21 PM on December 1, 2013
Best answer: I was in the room when a bunch of people started talking about this. They were universally short women in college. The conclusion was that this happens when the backpack is too long for one's torso. If the backpack dips low enough with each step to touch the top of the buttocks, then it can drag one's skirt upwards as it rises.
Their solutions were
- wear pants
- carry a backpack-sized purse (I think that one was developing shoulder pain, though, so don't do this)
- carry a messenger bag and cinch it tight like she was actually going to ride a bike, so it stayed up high across her shoulder blades
- carry a messenger bag and let it swing loosely around her knees
- use a hiking backpack with adjustable torso length
One of them also mentioned that after (for some unrelated reason) she sewed a chain into the hem of one of her skirts, it stopped happening with that skirt.
posted by d. z. wang at 5:03 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Their solutions were
- wear pants
- carry a backpack-sized purse (I think that one was developing shoulder pain, though, so don't do this)
- carry a messenger bag and cinch it tight like she was actually going to ride a bike, so it stayed up high across her shoulder blades
- carry a messenger bag and let it swing loosely around her knees
- use a hiking backpack with adjustable torso length
One of them also mentioned that after (for some unrelated reason) she sewed a chain into the hem of one of her skirts, it stopped happening with that skirt.
posted by d. z. wang at 5:03 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
My Everlane snap backpack is stylish and does not do this. Wear it pretty high up- so the bottom hits just below my waist and well above my butt.
posted by amaire at 5:52 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by amaire at 5:52 PM on December 1, 2013
Fjallraven Kanken. I'm 5'4" and it's the perfect size for us short ladies and fits my 13" Macbook Pro without a problem. Not to mention that they're crazy cute and functional.
posted by youcancallmeal at 7:15 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by youcancallmeal at 7:15 PM on December 1, 2013
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