Rob: In the US, it's just a style thing that men don't carry purses. Seeing a man carrying a purse in the US would be just about as strange as seeing a man wearing a dress

(Translation: purse = handbag)

Err yeah and that varies from Europe how exactly? I always assumed this "European Carry All" thing was some kind of joke, because there's no such thing that I've ever seen. I don't remember ever seeing a straight guy or a gay guy carrying a handbag. Well, drag queens do obviously, but they wear dresses too so that's OK.

Anyway as you pointed out, the carry case looks nothing like a handbag. If you had something with a shoulder strap I guess you could be into a grey area (I daresay red blooded Americans wouldn't be seen dead carrying a camcorder case).

I'm more concerned that our carry case design was so bland and without style that it could cause our gay customers to be mistaken for straight guys. We really should have gone with Gucci.

Rob