After seeing pics here of the drifter, I was anxious to go see it in person. I went to the boutique last weekend and fell in love with the smaller drifter. Was so on the verge of getting the black. But then I tried it on with the long shoulder strap and my love affair was over. The short handle hung down on the front of the purse and totally ruined the look. A huge pet peeve of mine. One easy design change and the handle could've fallen to the front or the back of the purse, where it would've been out of the way. Several of the SAs totally agreed with me and they were trying to see if there was a way to make the handle fall the other way. They had even discussed the same thing with another customer who almost bought the bag. So sad...