{"product_id":"leather-backpack-for-women-a-bend-in-the-river","title":"A Bend in the River — Women's Leather Backpack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Bend in the River\u003c\/strong\u003e is the commute, solved — the leather backpack for the lawyer who arrives by Metro or by bicycle, in running shoes, with the day's real equipment riding behind her: the laptop, the lunch, sometimes a thermos, and the good leather pumps that will walk into the building on someone who never broke a sweat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ritual has a birthday. In April 1980 a transit strike stopped New York's subways and buses for eleven days, and the city's professional women walked to work in suits and sneakers, changing into their heels on arrival. The strike ended; the practice didn't — it spread city to city and became part of the permanent grammar of the commute. Our founder watched the Washington version through his years in D.C. practice: running shoes below a good suit on the Metro platform, the pumps stowed with the case files. The profession still holds occasional hearings on whether a backpack belongs at counsel table. It has never once questioned the commute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFull-grain, vegetable-tanned Italian cowhide (Vachetta), hand-dyed by the maker\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCompartment for a laptop up to 13″\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e14-liter capacity — the machine, the shoes, the lunch, and a folder, without negotiation\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMultiple compartments and pockets; suitable for A4 documents and folders\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAdjustable shoulder straps; top carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eInterior lined with cotton and leather\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e11.4 × 5.1 × 14.6 in · 2.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eShips in the maker's gift box\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrown or black · Made in Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFourteen liters is the number that matters. It is the difference between a bag that carries a laptop and a bag that carries a morning — and still closes. The clean, origami-inspired fold keeps it composed enough for an office doorway, and full-grain Vachetta does what nylon never will: it takes the commute personally, and improves for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe name is the maker's. \u003cem\u003eA Bend in the River\u003c\/em\u003e is V. S. Naipaul's 1979 novel; Naipaul took the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe backpack's job is getting there. For the bag that walks into the meeting, see \u003ca href=\"\/products\/womens-leather-tote-bag-work-bag-shirley\"\u003eShirley\u003c\/a\u003e — or read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/field-guide\/the-shirley-or-the-camilla\"\u003eField Guide No. 08: The Shirley, or the Camilla?\u003c\/a\u003e For a slim electronics carry once you've arrived, see \u003ca href=\"\/products\/leather-briefcase-laptop-bag-orlando\"\u003eOrlando\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee the rest of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bags-briefcases\"\u003eBags \u0026amp; Briefcases\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarrister \u0026amp; Bespoke Curated Collection — hand-selected from Time Resistance, for its craftsmanship and fit within our world. Curated pieces carry their maker's own identity rather than ours; our house collection, designed and branded exclusively for Barrister \u0026amp; Bespoke, is marked separately throughout the shop.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarranty.\u003c\/strong\u003e This Product carries Time Resistance's lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects, remedied by repair, and Barrister \u0026amp; Bespoke's own Thirty-Day Assurance for the first thirty days after delivery. Full terms, including how to make a claim, are stated in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/warranty-policy\"\u003eWarranty Policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Time Resistance","offers":[{"title":"Brown","offer_id":51571858276667,"sku":"5220501W","price":345.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black","offer_id":51571858309435,"sku":"5251201W","price":345.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/8153\/4523\/files\/dee9b4f9771a786b6ac805780d3adc2cf966e6e73112630027cb9da1fc228e9c.jpg?v=1787277472","url":"https:\/\/www.barristerandbespoke.com\/products\/leather-backpack-for-women-a-bend-in-the-river","provider":"Barrister \u0026 Bespoke","version":"1.0","type":"link"}