u/Daxuran

Travelling to Europe this summer and need a new day bag. I have a few criteria and I haven't yet found one bag that meets them all that isn't from some scammy fast fashion Temu-type site. Not sure if the bag I'm imaginign even exists lol. Any advice would be appreciated!

Here's what I'm looking for:

• Sturdy / Anti-Theft: Gonna carry my laptop and digital camera around so I'd like something that's reasonably resistant to slashing, sneaking zippers open, etc. Not sure if it needs explicitly "anti-theft technology" or whatever, or if it can just be made of a sturdy material like a waxed canvas or something. SPeaking of which...
• Canvas (or some other cottony/earthy/aesthetic material): So many of the backpacks I've researched so far are made of slick athletic nylony materials that I really don't like personally. I know this isn't nearly as important as security but I would really love to have a bag that looks nice without sacraficing the safety of its contents. Clothing-wise I'm more of a corduroy guy than a polyester guy if that makes sense.
• Foldable / Packable: This isn't a major concern at all, but I would like to be able to pack this bag inside of a bigger backpack. The idea is that the bigger one will carry all my clothes, toiletries and other travel basics while this one will be a day pack I can whip out to carry around just a few essentials without having to put all my clothes and whatnot somewhere else. I'll be staying in various hotels, dorms and hostels so I don't want to bring a suitcase but I also don't want to worry about unpacking all of my stuff if I can avoid it.
• Patch Sewable: Okay, now this is definitely the least important of my criteria. I would much rather have the peace of mind of a safe and secure backpack over the ability to sew patches onto it. But, I will admit that I'd like to be able to decorate this bag with the flags of the countries I've been to. Call me a hopeless travel romantic (it's true!) but I can't shake the desire to do some cute type shit like this.

And that's all! Again, a bag that has all of these qualities may just not exist. With a sad little twinge in my heart I could suck it up and purchase a Pacsafe bag or something of the sort. Safe, slick, sturdy, unsewable, adult.

But what if...?