For the start of the school year, here are 15 bags that are as chic as they are practical to take your computer to class or to the office

You may have known, in your childhood, the stress of back to school, but also the excitement of replenishing school supplies and maybe even a new bag? If you ever want to change (or enrich the collection you shoot with) model for the month of September that is fast approaching, here are several spacious and pragmatic options that promise to be sturdy enough to last several back-to-school periods.

How to choose a good bag that lasts more than a school year?

Of course, you can choose to combine a mini shoulder bag with a more or less casual cotton canvas tote bag to carry your personal effects with you. But putting it all together in a large tote bag or backpack can make life easier for some people (especially the more stunned ones like me, for example). Especially if you opt for a model that can accommodate a standard-sized computer, usually measuring 13 inches (or 33cm long). The 15 models below have been warmly selected to enable you.

Some are in synthetic or vegetable canvas, others in genuine leather or vegan imitation leather, all in different budgets to satisfy most desires. Finally, if there is no rikiki priced model, it is also to make sure you have a bag that will hold up for more than a year, on the first hand side. But know that you can definitely find similar quality, robustness, solidity options on second-hand sites, such as Vinted, Vestiaire Collective or Depop.

Among the criteria to be considered as a guarantee of quality and therefore of sustainability, study the regularity of the seams, in particular on the side of the handles (subject to strong tensions). And above all, avoid models with too many frills, especially sets of closures that are too sophisticated to last.

15 shopping bags and backpacks to easily carry your belongings and a 13-inch computer

Front page photo credit: Mat & Nat; Doctor Martens; COS.