The bag is quite small so can’t really get too heavy. The strap comes off so you could change it? I intend to take the strap of at times, as I do with the Sadie, and use a small Iris handle. It turns the bag into a top handle bag then. I bought a portobello too, which from images looks the same size roughly as the standard size Stella. I was able to fit my mulberry Alexa Clutch with strap liner inside the Portobello, to give you a rough comparison. 💐Weight on bags really affects my shoulders. I would love to purchase another one of their bags, but it is so hard to judge the weights on them from a picture.