Hedgren String backpacks

Hedgren String is a women’s urban series of backpacks and bags for everyday movement: work, study, city errands, and short trips with a suitcase.

This is not the same backpack offered in different sizes. The series includes backpacks, a tote bag, a crossbody bag, and a handbag, so the choice is not only about colour. It is also about how your day usually looks.

Hedgren is a Belgian brand founded in Antwerp in 1993. In String, its calm urban approach comes through clearly: things should stay separated, access should feel intuitive, and the backpack or bag itself should not look overloaded.

The series is built around recycled polyester with a water-repellent finish, internal organisation, and Hedgren’s signature string logic. The cords are not just a visual detail. In some models, they help adjust the volume, gently gather the shape, or open it up around the contents.

String is not presented as a rigid or framed series. In some models, the material is described as soft to the touch, so these backpacks are closer to a soft urban format than to a bag with a fixed geometric shape.

When empty, the backpack looks calmer and softer. Once documents, tech, a bottle, an umbrella, and daily small items are inside, the shape starts to show through the contents and the internal layout.

The organisation depends on the model. Some backpacks have a laptop compartment: 14″ in AKIRA and SATOSHI, 15″ in ORIZURU. NORIO has a confirmed soft tablet pocket. Some models also support A4 documents and include internal pockets, phone and accessory pockets, and zipped pockets.

That makes String a good fit for those who do not like carrying everything in one shared space. The main items can be arranged in a calmer, clearer way, without the feeling of a complex business system.

The outside also depends on the specific model. Side pockets help keep a bottle or umbrella separate from the main items. A suitcase sleeve is useful on the move: the backpack or bag does not have to be carried in your hand all the time.

Some models have a protective back pocket. It gives small important items a calmer place to sit. Lockable zippers are not present across the whole series, so they should not be treated as a shared feature of every String model.

String works best in a women’s urban scenario: a day in the city, commuting to work, studying, light business use, A4 documents in selected models, and a laptop or tablet in the right versions.

The more spacious models can also be considered for a short trip, especially when the selected version has a suitcase sleeve.

Hedgren String is for those looking for a women’s urban backpack or bag with a soft fabric feel, recycled materials, neat internal organisation, and a choice of formats for an ordinary everyday rhythm.