Another name to add to the slowly-but-surely growing list of Chicago-based brands that are doing great things, Winter Session makes goods that “[balance] utilitarian function, aesthetic appeal and real world durability” (sounds like a pretty solid trifecta to me). The brand’s Garrison Bag is handcrafted by the designers using Ecotec canvas and American-made waxed cotton. Finished with a vegetable-tanned leather strap and handles, and antique brass hardware, the bag is a low-impact, high-quality hauler, that will only get better with age.

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