When you live in a city, bags are a snapshot of life. Lugging a backpack or duffel-or conversely, a garment bag-equals gym membership, a laptop case means you work too much. Leather attachés are for the make-or-break clients.

Problem: Most of us are jocks, workaholics, and masters of the universe, all in one. Result: Bag schizophrenia. The wrists ache at all this stuff that carries our stuff.