I recently fell in love with a bag from Anthropologie-the Alfresco Bag. It is a great neutral color, soft leather, adjustable from a tote into a smaller purse and comes with a snazzy printed scarf to liven it up.
I was entranced by the website description of it being the perfect bag for a trip to the market to buy a baguette for a picnic. It also had a five star rating on Anthroplogie’s website based on 16 reviews. I couldn’t go wrong, right?
I ordered it and waited with glee for it to arrive. Finally, it came and although the leather is beautiful and the bag is chic, I immediately noticed one fatal flaw.
As I mentioned earlier, the bag converts from a tote to a smaller purse. I was planning to carry it in the smaller purse version. What I didn’t realize is that to make that conversion you fasten a clip together that stretches across the inside of the bag.
So to go from big to small, you have to put up with this.
I mean, the whole point of having a big bag is so you can rummage around inside it. How are you supposed to rummage around with a big clip in the way? I figure for as much as this bag cost, I needed to really love it, so the Alfresco Bag is in the mail on the way back to Anthropologie.
What do you think? Would you have put up with it?
3:39 pm on March 26th, 2010
hmmmm. that would bother me a lot. anthropologie rarely disappoints, this is sad. you are so good about returning things if you are not happy, i would just be annoyed all the time.