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- Dagne Dover is a women's handbag company specializing in commuter-friendly totes, satchels, and much more.
- The company's Landon Carryall from its new travel collection comes in three colors and sizes: small ($125), medium ($155), and large ($185). The largest size is perfect for long weekends and trips to the gym after work.
Not all weekend bags are created equal. Dagne Dover's new Landon Carryall makes that abundantly clear — in a good way. You don't have to choose between versatility, durability, and style. Instead, you can have all three for a price that doesn't bank the bank.
For those who aren't familiar with Dagne Dover, it's a women's handbag company specializing in commuter-friendly totes, satchels, backpacks, and much more. I reviewed their Classic Tote earlier this year, calling it "the work bag professional women everywhere have been waiting for," and their large Landon Carryall is just as practical and stylish for long weekend trips, or for going from the office to the gym after work.
The large carryall the company sent me to review has a roomy interior with lots of compartments for all of your long-weekend essentials: There's a padded laptop sleeve; a water bottle holder; a key leash; two interior mesh pockets that are great for storing a book, charging cables, or portable batteries; and another large interior pocket for whatever other odds and ends you want to pack. There's even a separate mesh pouch for toiletries and a shoe duster for your footwear you don't want making contact with your clothes. Dagne Dover also put a pocket on the back of the bag, so you can keep your keys, phone, or passport tucked away and secure, but still readily accessible in a pinch. For further convenience, the bag unsnaps at the sides to create more room for the extra pair of heels you swear you're going to wear.
Now, a spacious and stylish design is all well and good, but a weekend bag is rendered pretty useless if it's not also a ergonomic carry.
Thankfully, Dagne Dover really did consider everything when it came to the design of this travel bag. The bag is made of 100% premium neoprene, a high-tech fabric that is hand washable, quick to dry, and, crucially, very lightweight. Its flexible, lightweight body and an adjustable crossbody strap made it a breeze to tote around Port Authority, even when it was full of all my clothes and tech. As far as I'm concerned, any travel bag that doesn't have an adjustable crossbody strap isn't very good at being a travel bag, but Dagne's passed with flying colors.
"Much like Lululemon Lab, Nike, and Moncler, we consider ourselves to be part of a new category of performance brands that sits above the status quo. It's no longer good enough to just be 'arm candy,'" Dagne Dover's founder and CEO Melissa Mash told Business Insider. "Nowadays we expect the services and products we use to multitask, to be data-driven, and to work harder." I couldn't agree more.
Dagne Dover's large Landon Carryall costs $185 and comes with tons of features that make it great for travel and easy to stay organized. It doesn't hurt at all that's it's also one of the most stylish weekend bags I've ever used. If you're someone who invests in their travel gear and has struggled to find a weekend bag that has everything you want, I can't recommend Dagne Dover enough — it checks all the boxes.
Better yet, if you are a teacher or member of the military, you are eligible for a 20% discount on any Dagne Dover purchases you make. Just fill out this form using your official education or military email address and the company will give you an exclusive code to use at checkout.
Dagne Dover's Landon Carryall comes in three colors and sizes: small ($125), medium ($155), and large ($185).
The largest size is perfect for long weekends and trips to the gym after work. You can buy it here.
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