Looking for a more professional work bag than your current messenger bag but don’t want to go down the uber classic briefcase route? This J by Jasper Conran briefcase could be just wha you’re after as it’s been styled to look as though it was the love child of both styles.

Made from a 100% Nylon fabric with leather trimmings this grey bag has a very smart and professional feel about it thanks to the contrast between the black leather and grey fabric, and is more than capable of living up to it’s work role too thanks to the spacious interior that’s perfect for files and documents.

Sold with an adjustable and detachable striped strap that can be adjusted to be worn across your body or just over one shoulder this bag normally retails for £70.00 but if you order whilst the Debenhams sale is still on you can get yours for just £56.00!

Guaranteed to impress this mens brown leather briefcase from Osbourne Gentlemens Attire is traditional bag design at it’s best. Styled out of a gorgeous high quality Italian leather, the briefcase is made up of two main compartments – one that is perfect for storing things such as documents and files and another that will keep your pens, wallet, diary and mobile seperate from everything else.

Held closed via a classic metal clasp to the front, the bag offers two carrying options – either by the handle to the top of worn over one shoulder via the removable and adjustable shoulder strap.

Usually sold for £175.00 the quality of this bag really makes it worth every penny but thanks to the Debenhams January sale right now you don’t have to pay that as they’re currently offering it with a £35 discount that means you’ll only pay £140.00!

Taking all the best features of a messenger bag and combining them with the sleek looks of a briefcase it is no wonder that this Barbour man bag has become one of the most sought after on the high street. Designed out of waxed cotton to the outside, this bag has a real rugged, masculine feel about it that makes it perfect for an out of work bag, whilst the addition of leather to the front flap, the buckles and the grab handle give it that sophistication to make sure it’s just at home in the office too.

Also styled with an adjustable shoulder strap that can be detached if you’re after the traditional briefcase look, this man bag at the time of writing has gone out of stock at John Lewis, but should be back in stock any day so make sure you keep checking and grab it as soon as it does!

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Love the stylishness and practicality of a John Rocha bag and wish you could have more than one to use but can’t justify the cost of it? Well now you don’t have to because for a limited time Debenhams are offering up to 70% off their Rocha John Rocha bag collection.

Containing a mix of briefcases, holdalls, messenger bags and utility bags, bags within the sale usually retail for as much as £150.00 but if you buy whilst the sale is on you can get yourself on for as little as £17.50. Sounds like a pretty darn good bargain to us!

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Designed in a stylish brown leather, this Rocha John Rocha briefcase is not only going to offer all you could need in terms of functionality, thanks to a deep central pocket design, but also make sure you’ve got the most stylish briefcase in the office.

Allowing you to easily store documents and folders, this bag also ensures all that important information is kept nice and secure thanks to a zip fastening that runs across the top of the bag. You also have two options in terms of how to carry it which can be done either via the two small handles to the top or by popping the adjustable shoulder strap across your body.

Check out this and other John Rocha bags online at Debenhams.

Established back in 1966 by Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro, Bottega Veneta is renowned for it’s luxury fashion, with it’s signature product undoubtedly being it’s leather bags, with this Bottega Veneta Brown Briefcase from Matches being a shining example of why in 2001, Gucci decided to acquire the store.

Made from a brown woven leather, this briefcase just gets more and more impressive the closer you look at it with, with the woven detail complete with 9 small holes in each square of diagonal weave truly stunning in it’s attention to detail, and a delight to run your hand over and feel the gentle changes in texture. Held close by a envelope style flap, and a push through fastener, the attention to detail with this bag is seen by how the leather of the fastener and the metal of the fastener itself have both been styled to match the colour of the woven leather for a wonderfully smooth look.

Designed in a loose style that allows it to expand as you place more things in, this bag has a short handle to the top of the briefcase for that super smart bag down by your side look.

Also available in black, this bag can be ordered online at Matches.

If you can afford to spend nearly £2000 on your next briefcase, then the Zagliani Tan Python Briefcase from Matches Fashion is definitely worth taking a look at.

Designed to last you a lifetime, this Zagliani bag has combined more design with traditional design to create briefcase that is sure to get you noticed, whether it’s for the tan python leather that makes up the bag, the intricate attention to detail that have created the fan style compartmental look to the bag or the simple clasp and handle that will have you looking like a stylish gent from the 1920s.

This Zagliani Python Leather briefcase is also available in blue with both retailing for £1998.00 online at Matches.