I'm going to have tell like everyone I meet that I'm just
holding it for my girlfriend...who doesn't exist.
(jazzy music)
- [male voice] A week ago, to help with video production,
I got a fanny pack, so I figure
this is just a slippery slope.
- There's a very fine line between feminine
purses and man bags, so whatever.
- I feel like I'm going to leave it
somewhere and lose all my shit.
- And I'm expecting that I might get locked out.
- I'm actually excited.
I'll finally have a place to put my sunscreen.
- [male voice] This is my color for sure,
but it's also a bright green purse.
- This one's more of a winter.
What do you think would look good with me?
- [male voice] This one would be a statement piece.
- [male voice] Maybe I should be different
and just get this one.
- If you're going to do something in life,
you got to go big, so I'm going to take the red purse.
- This seems the neutralist of the bunch, so I'm going to
be a wimp and go for this one I think.
- I can never find anything in here.
- [male voice] This is awesome.
It feels like Hanukkah or something.
- I have my wallet.
- I've got the giant iPhone.
- Miscellaneous gum wrapper.
- I'll be I'm the only person doing this where the first
thing they put in is a knife.
- - [male voice] Can I fit this in here? Oh, I can.
- A week from now, I expect to have a full-on
rain poncho in here.
- I actually think I might be able to handle this.
- [male voice] So it's been like five minutes since
I got the purse and I've already put my phone
in my pocket twice.
- I actually got a lot of compliments on this.
- Chris is working the purse.
- Thank you.
- I can't even tell it's a purse.
- The key to rocking a purse in public,
you got to rock the walk.
- That was highly disappointing.
I don't think she--
She either didn't notice my purse or it's just like,
I don't care.
- [Voiceover] This is not her first man purse.
- Yeah, this is not her first time.
- Audrey, why did you laugh at me earlier today in class?
- Because of your purse (laughing).
- So I am doing laundry and as soon as I get in here,
there's this gorgeous girl in a bikini top and just
being super nice and hi and friendly and
I immediately go to hide it.
- That's right world, I'm riding a scooter with a
fashionable handbag.
Deal with it!
- When I was at home, my mom asked me specifically
to not bring my purse with me because, you know,
she was concerned that I was going to be made fun of.
You know, In Hollywood, most people really don't care.
I think in other parts of the world, this experiment
wouldn't even be able to happen because there would
just be way too much ridicule that nobody would want
to do it, you know.
- [male voice] Let's un-bag.
- My keys, my wallet, and my phone.
- This is such a great place to keep your receipts.
- Vick's Vapor Rub.
- I have three USB chargers.
- Uh, hello, a change of clothes.
I can carry this around with me in case I need
to change t-shirts.
- I've never carried hand lotion in my life.
- Some lipstick (smacks lips), I mean chapstick, oh gosh.
- Guys don't have a socially acceptable place
to keep your condom.
- And a copy of 1988's Big with Tom Hanks.
- And if your'e like me, you'll get one that's actually
a garden gnome with a pornographically long...member.
- [male voice] A week of wearing a purse was a little
easier than I was hoping it to be.
- It helped me be organized in that I know
where each of my essentials are.
- I think I got like a couple of jolly smiles when I
would be purchasing stuff.
- But I never fully lost the self-consciousness
of having a purse on me.
- I don't think I'd ever do it daily.
- After this, I'm actually considering switching over
to a bag of this size.
- That is the benefit of the purse.
All this I get to carry around with me,
and I need all this stuff.
- I'm amazed at how strong the gender bias is.
- How crazy of an idea is that if we just called it
the bag that everyone gets to wear.
- If you want to carry a purse, do it.
If you want to carry a man bag or a satchel, do that.
It's great, but please just let me use my pockets again.
- [male voice] My girlfriend was like, oh my god,
whose purse is that?
And I was like, oh, I'm doing this for a Buzz Feed video
and I explained what it is.
And she was like, oh my god, thank god.
I thought you got me a really tacky purse.
And I was like, I picked this out.