Any bag will do. I've been using my Kenneth Cole Reaction messenger bag since I got it in 1994 for free for buying perfume. DH used his Jansport through college and law school and still uses it as a carry-on bag when we go on vacations.

Nickle

I’m a professor at UMD and I’d say 75% of my students have a North Face backpack.

I don't know the brand, but the backpacks that they sell at SAMs Club around back to school time are awesome.

Anonymous wrote:It's not fashionable, but the Jansport Big Student backpack is a great deal - not expensive, holds a lot, and HOLDS UP.

I had a Jansport that I used through most of HS and all of college. Of course, I was a poor, but it was a great bag.

It's not fashionable, but the Jansport Big Student backpack is a great deal - not expensive, holds a lot, and HOLDS UP.

DD at Princeton -- virtually every girl there has a Longchamp bag. Not endorsing it in any way -- for style or utility -- just an observation.

Herschel backpack

https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/comments/5sm9l1/can_anyone_recommend_a_good_backpack_for_college/

https://www.reddit.com/r/femalefashionadvice/comments/491ytf/not_so_ugly_yet_functional_backpack_for_college/

A bag to carry what?

LV neverfull

A backpack? Anything will do.

Paper or plastic?

I would appreciate any suggestions you have.