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Wholesale messenger bags also go by a handful of other names, including carryalls, and courier bags. As you’ve probably guessed by now, they were initially used for carrying letters and other postal dispatches, even as early on as ancient times. Among others, bike couriers and Pony Express staff were the first to carry messenger bags. And nowadays in the UK, some couriers of the Royal Mail use oversized messenger bags instead of regular Postbags.

The first modern messenger bag was actually the bag worn by utility linemen in the 1950s. It was designed by the De Martini Global Canvas Company and its purpose was to accommodate all the tools that linemen needed when going up utility poles to fix them. The initial messenger bag was made of cotton canvas and lined with waterproof fabric. The shoulder strap was also made of cotton and webbed, the bag closed with two straps and it also had a pocket on the inside for invoices. These bags were not sold in stores, but issued to and by various messenger companies based in New York.

Globe Canvas was the main bag supplier for most such companies in New York during the 70s and 80s. Back then, messengers received the bags from their employers and you could tell who worked for whom only by the color of their bag. The De Martini bag got a facelift in 1984, when John Peters first made it nylon and added binding, as well as buckles and light-reflective stripes. And so, with these simple additions, the fashion craze for messenger bags begun. It’s worth noting that before these bags specifically made for bike riders emerged, fashion brands manufactured similar products modeled after map case bags used by the military. They have been in use for over one hundred years now.

 

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