With WASP-fever running rampant through the industry (and Cape Cod approaching vacation temperatures), we thought we’d take a look at a staple of New England living: the canvas satchel.

Instead of the discontinued L. L. Bean version, we’re turning our attention to a version we saw on our recent jaunt through In God We Trust. The bag is canvas trimmed with leather, sewed together in Portland, Oregon (by native hipster artisans, we’re sure). It ends up as an inspired replica of the original, with a different logo to remind you where you got it.

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With sockless weather in full swing, we’ve been rediscovering an Iberian alternative to mandals or the usual deck shoe. Welcome to the wonderful world of espadrilles.

A footwear tradition in the Pyrenees—where rugged ventilation is a necessity—espadrilles date back to the 1300s, but recent years have seen them adopted as a unisex shoe by high fashion crowds. While they’re a common sight on the streets of Paris, they’re still catching on stateside. The trick to the canvas wonders is the braided jute rope bottoms, both surprisingly soft and slick enough to keep the shoes from getting too funky over the course of the summer.

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The canvas belt is a well-recognized preppy staple, but it’s always ready for a new version. This one comes from our old friend Mr. Lauren and has the fictitious Rugby university crest all over it.

Of course, the old rule for more formal occasions is to match your belt to your shoes…in which case we’d recommend you track down a pair of espadrilles.

We’ve always had a soft spot for canvas. Whether it’s work coats or oil paintings, it’s nice to have a tougher kind of cloth around.

This kind of bag is nothing new, but it’s usually either leather or synthetic fiber, which makes it either too delicate to leave to an airport baggage handler or too cheap to take any pride in. The texture’s hard to take in from a distance, but we’d say this one manages to find a happy medium.

Speaking of web retail, our old friends at Billykirk just put this leather-and-canvas overnighter for sale online. It’s American List-approved, naturally, but this is the first Billykirk item that seems like a complete item, rather than making the best of some amazing materials. From the pitch-perfect stripe of the canvas to the smaller rivets closing up the top, the usual industrial style is toned down just enough to stay under the radar.

The result is the only engineer-style bag we could imagine taking to the beach.

Of course, we prefer all-leather satchels, but if you’re looking for something a bit less fragile, this canvas and leather stowaway bag (via SwipeLife) should do the trick.

The staid green is our favorite for a touch of the old-world luggage feeling (i.e. what Louis Vuitton was into before they discovered branding) and the reverse clasps are a clever way to set it apart from the usual satchels.

But if you’re interested, you’d better strike while the pound is low.

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Mountain Men: Justin Timberlake and Lupe Fiasco scale Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for the worldwide water crisis. We feel more aware already. [Pitchfork]

Hotel Theory: Ace Hotel comes up with our new favorite pair of summer sneakers. [Selectism]

Half In the Bag: Canvas utility bags bear an eerie resemblance to tote bags. [A Continuous Lean]

It Is Happening: A spider-shaped robot has seized control of the Japanese parliament. We, for one, welcome our new overlords. [Gawker]

A Simpler Time: Not even swine flu is immune to 70s nostalgia. [TakePart]

A Broad Canvas: Portland’s finest tents, courtesy of ACL. [A Continuous Lean]

Sale Upon Sale: The latest salvo in the department store wars. [Racked]

We’ve been digging canvas sneakers for a while, but Acne seems to have taken the look to its natural conclusion: the sailboat. These Stroll Low sneakers aren’t obviously nautical, but those grommets do look awfully familiar. Of course, actually wearing them on a sailboat would be the preppy equivalent of the trucker tux, but as long as you ditch them in the marina you should be fine.

This year’s crop of Spring Courts offers a lot of variations on the iconic white tennis shoe, but our favorite is this oilcloth version, which just arrived at Steven Alan as part of the fall/winter shipment. It’s the first shoe we’ve seen from them that looks grungy enough to be out of place on a tennis court…but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.