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Hip Pockets

Come summer, the weekend getaway is to Boston what Viagra is to Bob Dole: equally crucial to both our mental and social health.

But how many times have you giddily hopped the boat to Vineyard Haven, only to arrive, unpack, and find your personals spilled all over your duffel? Talk about deflating.

Before you start to contemplate extreme measures (barefaced weekends among them), grab yourself a Give carryall.

The snazzy travel bags (named Give, incidentally, because 10 percent of profits go to various charities) come in soft microfiber trimmed with metallic lambskin. They not only look sleek but also arm you with an unusually high number of tiny interior and exterior pockets — just the thing to tightly hold enough brushes, eyelash curlers, hand sanitizers, and glosses for a full weekend of garden parties, sunset cruises, and beach flirtations.

There’s even room for some Viagra. If you, uh, really wanted to go that way.


Available at Louis Boston, 234 Berkeley Street, between Newbury and Boylston Streets, Back Bay (800-225-5135). To purchase online, go to shopgive.com.