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# What is the “It” Bag of Park Slope?
- URL: https://bklyner.com/what-is-the-it-bag-of-park-slope-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2012-07-06T20:56:17.000Z
- Updated: 2012-07-06T20:56:17.000Z
- Author: Rachel Silberstein
- Tags: #API-Imported

According to fashion site Refinery 29’s “[It Bags By Neighborhood](http://www.refinery29.com/nyc-it-bags?ref=bklyner.com),” Chelsea girls tote black leather Lanvin satchels and “busy UES ladies” carry red J. Crew attaché cases. And those of us in the neighborhood of “Brooklyn” carry this [Essl Austrian backpack](http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/women/essl-austrian-backpack-item-10160654.aspx?ref=bklyner.com):

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bag1-533x563.jpg "bag")

> Whether you’re toting home wares from one of the awesome flea markets, packing your towel for McCarren park, or are just riding home from work in Manhattan, many Brooklyn-centric activities are best accessed by bike. And biking is, you guessed it, best served with a backpack. We’re into the natural, light feel of this taupe one, and it just so happens to be eco-friendly, too.

Well, okay. I guess if you’re gonna pick a bag for “Brooklyn,” this one’s as good as any? But if we’re talking Park Slope specifically (which has the advantage of actually being a neighborhood), I’d argue the Essl ain’t it. So here’s the question, and a pressing question it is (also, a great first-date ice-breaker!): if we were a bag, what bag would we be? Let’s do this, Refinery 29:

**The Ubiquitous Free-When-You-Join Park Slope Food Coop Bag?**

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/coop-bag-533x539.jpg)

*Maybe you’re filling up on oh-so-in-season beet greens for one of your super-swank dinner parties. Maybe you’re toting a post-yoga change of clothes. Or maybe you’ve let your membership lapse because oy vey, but nothing gives you the same sense of neighborhood pride/neighborhood self-parody like this gotta-have-it uber-basic. We’re into the bag’s super-trendy neon accents, and it just so happens to be eco-friendly, too.*

**The Brooklyn Industries Purse-That-Can-Double-As-A-Diaper-Or-Laptop-Bag?**

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bkindustries-533x398.jpg)

*Back in the day, you moved to Brooklyn to get more space. Now, the cultural cache is enough to drag one-time Manhattanites across the river. Which is why this bag — one part hip, one part enormous — is the perfect match for The Slope. From the laptop-toting freelancer to the baby-toting still-cool mom to the I-always-bring-six-changes-of-clothes-and-no-other-bag-is-big-enough auditioning actress, the ladies of Brownstone Brooklyn are a perfect fit for the [Brooklyn Industries](http://www.brooklynindustries.com/bags/?ref=bklyner.com)‘ brand of practical chic.*

**The My-First-Bag Bag?**

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dogbag.jpg)

*Whimsical, fun, and just plain young, there’s no neighborhood in Brooklyn quite as steeped in youth culture as Park Slope. Home of the [babyccino](http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/7/all%5Fbrooklynbabycinnos%5F2012%5F02%5F17%5Fbk.html/?ref=bklyner.com), [Rolie Polie Guacamole](http://www.roliepolieguacamole.com/?ref=bklyner.com), and an unprecedented number of day care centers, the neighborhood’s an incubator for some of the borough’s youngest talent. Which is why we thought it appropriate to name this too-cute [Skip Hop Zoo Pack](http://www.target.com/p/skip-hop-zoo-pack-little-kid-backpack-dog/-/A-11406615?ref=bklyner.com#asin=B002C30S96) in “Dog” to take you from pre-K to swimming lessons and back again.*