School's out soon, but these bags are in: Singapore youth on why they dig anello, Fjallraven, Herschel bags

Teo Yue Qi, (left) who owns a Herschel bag, poses for a portrait with Jolene Gan, who owns a Fjallraven Kanken bag, at the School of the Arts, on March 4, 2020. ST PHOTO: MARCELLIN LOPEZ
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SINGAPORE - Ngee Ann Polytechnic student Rena Tan has been using one bag for school - a frost green Fjallraven Kanken Classic backpack - for more than six years.

The 19-year-old third-year psychology student, who loves the bag's durable material, says: "You see many young people using the bag." Many of her friends, who love the durable material, also carry the bag.

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