Help choosing the leather strap!

[aks8586]

I bought this bag from School of Leather, Florence and the quality of the bag is great. The crossbody chain is pretty heavy for daily use. I'm looking for a replacement strap for casual wear. The chain/strap the bag came with, is a loop chain and it goes through holes on both sides of the bag. Also, since the chain goes through the bag, the sides of the bags tend to get pushed in.

Appreciate any recommendations.

 

[foxgal]

If you don’t like the chain, you could use a rolled leather strap like the BV Andiamo. Not sure where you’d source such a strap but there are tons of replacement strap makers on Etsy.

I have a Chanel camera bag that has the same strap construction like this where is goes through grommets on either side of the bag. To prevent mine from smooshing together when worn on one side, I got some plastic tubing from a hardware store, cut two pieces the width of the bag, and sliced a slit through the tubing so I could put the strap inside the tube on the inside of the bag between the grommets. So the chain slides freely but prevents the bag from crumpling inward when one side is pulled taut. Hope that makes sense! I’m traveling at the moment and don’t have the bag with me so I can’t show a picture.