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Listen, we can dance around what to call the fanny pack a.k.a., the sling bag, crossbody bag, bum bag, shoulder bag, etc. But let’s not kid ourselves about what it is. Even the best fanny pack is, simply, a fanny pack. And it’s useful as hell.
Once shorthand for a whole era of ill-advised style decisions, the fanny pack has re-emerged into our good graces, a product of menswear’s gorpy overhaul and the realization that there are many funkier, weirder, wilder ways to dress (or carry a bag) than a buckle-on pocket in 2021. Lately the pendulum of sartorial public opinion is acting more like the second hand on a clock jorts are back, FYI, and trucker hats are re-ascendant. “Cool” is on pause. Wear whatever you want.