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Best Alternative Briefcase

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Utilitarian features like paraffin-treated twill, thick leather, dense padding, and plenty of pockets have made must-haves out of Filson’s simple, good-looking bags (from $97.50 for a tote). The $275 laptop briefcase, with brass fittings, a storm flap, and bridle leather handles, looks intended for a rugged safari, but it’s ideal for the daily abuses of city living. The line is available at Camouflage (141 Eighth Ave.; 212-741-5173) and Steven Alan (103 Franklin St.; 212-343-0692), who washes the bags to expedite the worn-in look.

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From the 2007 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine

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Our mission this year: to hunt down not just the best but the best values in the eating, shopping, drinking, and general-consuming universe of New York. It’s quite the process, this, requiring eating and shopping and drinking (all in the name of research), followed by heated but civil discussion, and heated but less-civil discussion, until a winner emerges in each category.