I am currently looking for two smart bags, one around Roxanne/Bayswater type proportions and another either the same sort of size or slightly smaller.
I loved the Annie when I saw it in the Mulberry shop and thought it looked gorgeous in plain black *but* there is a choco and oak one on e-bay which I also like, however do you think the two tone leather gives the bag a more casual feel?
I loved the Annie when I saw it in the Mulberry shop and thought it looked gorgeous in plain black *but* there is a choco and oak one on e-bay which I also like, however do you think the two tone leather gives the bag a more casual feel?
If you really love the tooled bayswater, I'd say go for it! I would personally say that the tooled is more of a jeans-and-boots bag, but it can easily be dressed up. I also like to carry mine to business meetings with a very strict business suit - just to add a bit of spice to the outfit (and I have received compliments on it many times - even from collegues that are normally not interested in bags). I find the bayswater to be such a classic shape, that also the tooled can be worn as a business bag, together with the right outfit.
I don't do smart very successfully anyway and often my interpretation of smart is an a-line skirt (often denim, cord or patterned), worn with a t-shirt or v necked jumper, boots (brown or black) and a bright coloured jacket or coat. Annie/Roxanne would help me dress up a bit and tooled Bayswater would probably fit in quite well with my wardrobe. 
