The last day of the holidays

Tomorrow the alarm goes off at the old time and nobody's ready for it, least of all the pencil case. Diddl - Diddl is back 2026 - Back To School Edition - Pennenzak Box - blauw brings Diddl back for another generation, in a box shaped like it means business — this is a Tekenetui that has clearly noticed how many pens go missing in September.

Lunches resume too, and Lässig Happy Trails Lunchbox RVS - Flower is stainless steel with a flower print doing its best to make Monday look optional. Filed here as a Vershouddoos, though its real job is surviving a backpack.

Somewhere between the last barbecue and the first school photo, someone has to deal with a beard that got away from them over summer. The Philips Multigroom MG9557/15 - Trimmerset - Srebrny - Nat en Droog - Zelfslijpende Bladen handles that quietly, wet or dry, with blades that sharpen themselves — a Trimmerset for anyone recalibrating for term time.

Dakine School Case - Etui 22 cm (black) is a plain black case doing a plain black case's job: twenty-two centimetres of room for whatever Stift collection survived the holidays, from Dakine, who mostly make bags for people who'd rather not think about their bags.

Hydration re-enters the school schedule with Lässig SmileyWorld Drinkfles - Blauw, a Drinkfles in blue with SmileyWorld's cast of characters looking more cheerful about Monday than anyone else will be, courtesy of Lassig.

And for the parents standing at the gate for that first drop-off, whatever the sky is doing: NOMAD® Regenbroek Dames Premium | XXL | Zeer waterdicht | Waterkolom 15.000 | 10.000 g/m² Ademend Vermogen | Regenbroek met Rits is a women's rain trouser in XXL, rated to a 15,000mm water column, filed under Regenbroek for reasons that will make sense the first wet Tuesday in October.