Satchel often refers to the rectangle shape bags and most of them are made of soft materials. Several brands have the bag patterns called East/West which refers to the east and west direction and that is landscape orientation. Most of them could be called Satchel bags. Classic Satchel bags are Marc Jacobs Stam,Celine Bittersweet and Prada Gauffre Antic Satchel.

Marc Jacobs Stam （$1350）

Celine Bittersweet （$1200）

Shoulder bag is the one most easily confused with the Satchel by designers and customers. In fact shoulder bag has longer shoulder belt than the Satchel bags. If you just regard from the name of the bag, there is only one difference between them. That is Satchel bag is necessarily east/west bags but shoulder bag could be north/south bags. The most attractive satchel bag is the Mika bag. It is matched with thick metal chain in different colors. Another one is the green Tod’s Softytracolla Media.

Marc Jacobs Mika （$1795）

Tod’s Softytracolla Media ($1650美元)

Drawstring bag is the one with a belt closure we can also call it bucket bag. The earliest drawstring bag is the Louis Vuitton Noe in 1932 which is particularly designed for celebrities to hold champagne during travel trips. Nowadays this classic pattern is rarely seen and no one hold champagne with it. Most of drawstring bags are used for its decoration but not its functions.

Louis Vuitton Monogram Noe （$1020）

Dior Nylon Cannage Drawstring （$990）

Duffel Bag and Weekender Duffel are both names for a kind of thick and tough cloth which came from small towns of Belgium. Duffel bag we are talking about today is mostly big size travel bags made of soft materials. The most classic Duffel Bag is the Keepall of Louis Vuitton which is the former bag of Speedy. Most of travel bags of famous sports brands such as Nike and Addidas all belong to Duffel Bag.

Louis Vuitton Keepall 60 （$1000） Weekender is the bag derived from the tasteful life of upper social status. Weekender has not particular design pattern and it can be called Weekender if only it could hold several books and clothes during the travel trip.

Balenciaga Crocodile Skin Weekender （$22500）

Tusk Travel Weekender (RMB2785)

Besides there are bag patterns such as Messenger Bag,Clutch,Backpack which can be easily recognized.