My very first LV bag was a Noe in monogram-that was a very popular style in the 1980s, before Louis Vuitton got so many lines and was only bringing new bags on the market from time to time, very different from today. It is very big and shortly afterwards I fell in love with the petit Noe because the form is cuter and it is still big.
I tend to pack a lot of stuff in my bags (always a book, agenda, pochette, glasses, purse, shawl), and I recently discovered that it is easier to carry and does not hurt my back as much as when I carry my full packed baggy pm.
The leather will soften and then the shoulder strap is not so easily falling off the shoulder, at least not from mine.
I think it is really a gorgeous bag and as you do not see it as much as 15 years ago it is even more interesting, very classic but humorous, if that makes sense...