Hello!
How is this Friday treating you?
Today I want to share a little haul + review of a darling little bag.
Another satchel style bag to make my satchel loving heart very happy!
Even though backpacks have been my go to bag all of 2017, I am a total satchel girl and have loved satchels for a long, long time.
So when I saw Scottie I couldn't resist it.
My sister found Chiaroscuro on Instagram and we've been loving their bags for a while. This is in fact the third bag we've gotten from them.
They make handmade, high-quality leather handbags. I highly recommend you check them out and fall in love their clean and classic designs.
Apart from Scottie, we also have a Sam and a Lazy Bailey.
I'll have reviews for them soon as well!
I loved the Scottie on first sight and went for the Burnt Sienna colour.
You can see her HERE.
Review:
Pros!
1. Incredibly well-made and high quality. You basically get what you pay for.
2. The Scottie has so many compartment and sections.
3. The size is perfect for everyday use.
4. I personally love bags that swing both ways- Indian and Western. This is definitely a bag that goes well with both my Indian styles and Indo-Western and completely Indian looks as well.
5. It has an adjustable strap.
6. The zips are buttery smooth. I nothing when bags comes with scratchy zips! Ain't nothing worse!
7. It is very comfortable to carry both on your shoulder as well as a cross body bag.
8. It has a key fob, which is a nice little extra feature.
Cons!
I guess the one main and pretty much only con that I can think of is that, it doesn't fit all the things I need to carry around. And I was a tad bit disappointed by it.
The main compartment doesn't have much give and I have to edit out a few essentials. I was expecting for it to have a little bit more 'give'. But given she is made out of leather, I think I can stuff her and the leather will mould itself accordingly. But at the moment, it is a little bit of a tight fit. :(
I do think I can make a few changes in my everyday carry and amend this. For instance, I carry a lot of little pouches to organise the things in my bag, I think given that this bag has several compartments and slip pockets of it's own that I could skip carrying my own pouches and reduce the volume of things I carry.
But I do wish the bag had a little more give.
:(
Overall, this is a bag I love but given how much I paid for it, it would have been nice had it been entirely con-free.
Rating: 3.5/5
I do love Chiaroscuro and highly recommend them, next I have my eye on the Little or Big Bobbie!
:)
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