Thank you for your kind reply. I keep going back to the saffiano because I feel that is classic but I'm not a lover of saffiano. Every one I've had, I've gotten rid of. They are too rigid even though a bag must stand up on its own for me to find usable if a tote. Do you know if the vitello daino holds its structure over time and if it has feet. In some pictures I've seen it looks like it does, in others no so I'm not sure. I also can't seem to find it in the cammeo. I prefer a season ago without the patch on the front as that seems to take away from it in my opinion. I also saw the Burberry Banner Tote in that gorgeous orchid ($1595) which is very similar to Prada's style and their leather seems to rate a bit higher in quality over time. So these are the things I am pondering. Thank you for your kind opinion, it helps.
Hey!
Well I've owned a vitello daino shopper for over a year now, and the leather is quite nice, it's not saffiano grade resistant, but definitely is not as fragile as a smooth calf or a textureless leather, in my personal case, the shopper since it is very well made and is purely vitello, is lightweight when compared maybe to a saffiano satchel that is highly structured but not as lightweight as a nylon bag perhaps, the thing, or at least with mine, vitello tends to give in through time, even when I've used it since the beginning with a little filling specially at the bottom of the bag so it doesn't lose some sort of form or "structure", then again, I'm very very careful with my bags in general (I tend to baby them actually), but to be honest, a vitello daino bag from Prada is a good choice, it is not the most structured thing ever (specially when using it without over stuffing it) and you have to be careful when storing it, I highly recommend, if you choose a vitello daino one, when not in use, you MUST stuff it with fillilng so it does not lose form or start to wrinkle, think of it as if it were a sharpei skin, it gives in, but if left without proper filling to maintain the structure, it will eventually start to get marks from the wrinkling of the heavy leather, for reference, here's a pic of mine recently (about a year and a half of frequent but not permanent use):
I like it because it comes with a strap, and I've used that strap with other bags I have and it gives them a twist and a pop of color, also, this style is pretty cool since I've been able to use it backwards since on the inside it also has a lot of details and a small "pouch" with the Prada logo stamped, so it also looks like if it were another bag, here it is used backwards (I'm sorry I can't attach the original sole pics of the backwards side, I lost a lot of photos when changing from my last phone to the current one, and I had to download this ones from my social networks):
Hope this helps you!
Sending lots of light your way...