Whether you’re heading off to high school, college, or graduate school, you’ll need a dependable, light weight, and ultra-stylish book bag that can get you and your many books, binders and notebooks to and from the classroom. MARKAonline.com offers a wide range of styles at a variety of accessible price points for every student in search of the perfect book bag.
MARKAonline.com manufactures its bags in Europe using only the finest Italian materials, offers excellent customer service and always stands behind its products with a full manufacturing guarantee.
It’s often difficult to find just the right book bag when there are so many brands and styles to choose from. At MARKAonline.com, the designers have come up with their own take on the traditional book bag, adding color, comfort, style, and femininity.
Some of our top selling book bags include:
Factors to consider when purchasing a book bag:
There are a number of criteria to keep in mind when purchasing a book bag. First and foremost is size. Ask yourself how much you will need to carry to and from class every day in your book bag. Will you need room for a laptop as well as large books or binders? Or will you need room for only a few notebooks? What else will you need to carry in your book bag – A wallet? Blackberry/cell? Cosmetic case? Your lunch?
If you’re someone who needs a lot of capacity, we would recommend a book bag with a lot of width vs. height, such as the Sinclair Slouch or Corwin Tote. The horizontal orientation will keep the weight at your hip versus below your center of gravity. If you are only taking a few notebooks or a laptop each day however, you should consider a sleek and compact book bag like the Clarke Attaché. The Clarke even has built in foam walls, providing extra protection for a laptop.
Or, if you need something in between super-size and sleek, two great, mid-size book bag options are the Spencer Hobo and Hudson Tote. Both are loaded with pockets and compartments to keep you organized and either book bag can be worn messenger style.
Finally, if you are a laptop owner, make sure that your book bag is big enough to accommodate the dimensions of your screen. The Sinclair Slouch, Spencer Hobo, Clarke Attaché LLL and Corwin Tote are large enough to accommodate most 17” screens, while the Regular Clarke Attaché and Hudson Tote can accommodate most 15” laptops. Also consider whether your book bag has enough protection for your laptop. You may want to plan on a little extra room for a neoprene sleeve.
Another key criteria to consider when purchasing a book bag is weight. Given you are likely to be carrying heavy notebooks and binders as it is, you’ll want to keep the weight of the book bag itself to a minimum. All of the bags at MARKAonline.com have been designed to be extremely lightweight (between 2-3 lbs each), without sacrificing durability. Surprisingly, there is also no difference between the weight of a book bag with a fabric body versus a leather one. To ensure your bag’s handles won’t rip under the weight of its contents, MARKA uses Teflon fillers to prevent breakage. In fact, MARKA bags are designed to pass stress tests up to 25 lbs.
The right size and weight aside, what good is a book bag if you can’t look stylish carrying it? When most people are asked to picture a book bag, they think of ballistic nylon backpacks and messenger bags. But for all of those women who want their book bag to be just as stylish as what they wear to and from class each day, that image just won’t do.
At MARKAonline.com, we offer elegant, classic options like the Sinclair Slouch, Spencer Hobo, Clarke Attaché, and Corwin Tote that come in traditional wardrobe hues (black, camel, espresso) and timeless silhouettes. If you want a book bag with a little more flair however, you can try the Hudson Tote in either a fabric or leather body, which pairs classic hues with a contrast pop color.
For those gift givers who still aren’t certain which book bag is best for the student in their life, just email us at info@markaonline.com and we’d be happy to help!
