I know I just posted about searching for the perfect purple-based navy, and now I'm posting about red. I've very color-driven in my bags! Anyway, I've been exploring Rough and Tumble lately and came across their Cerise color. I guess it's technically a pink, but it reads red to me in every photo I've seen, and it just may be the shade of red I've been searching for for ages! It's here:
I am trying to decide what bag I should order in this color, and I think I'm down to two choices:
I am trying to decide what bag I should order in this color, and I think I'm down to two choices:
- The Kirigami: I'm draw to this because it seems to be one of the more "formal" styles R&T offers, and for some reason, I feel like red should be on a more "formal" bag. Not that the Kirigami is a particularly formal style - it's not like it's a Chanel classic flap or a Lady Dior. But still, I think it's one of the more "formal" offerings R&T has. The style itself is right up my alley - an open top shoulder bag. My struggle/hesitation with this option is that I have a lot of bags in this open top shoulder bag category already. I'm also not sure what size I would want with this option (it comes in two sizes). The smaller one seems like it would better fulfill this weird idea I have of a more "formal" style for a bag in this color, but I suspect I would find the larger size more functional for my needs and what I carry. This is what the Kirigami looks like (photo of of the large size, and it is a different red leather than the one I want):
- One of the convertible styles like the hobo or boho: I would still need to narrow down specifically which style if I go for this, but the general idea is to go with one of the styles that offers 3-way carry - shoulder, crossbody, and backpack. I am very much drawn to the option of convertible carry in one bag because as a new mom, I just feel like it would be really convenient. The 3-way carry convertible styles is why I started looking at R&T in the first place. I envision it taking me through the toddle and young child years when I suspect I will very much appreciate having the option for backpack carry. (I have the option with my current diaper bag, and despite never being a backpack girl before, I am loving it!) However, this is obviously a super casual style, and I'm having a hard time thinking of this beautiful red color in a casual style bag. Maybe this is just something I need to get over? I also slightly worry that when I am out of the toddler and young child years and no longer necessarily "need" different carry options in one bag that I would stop using the bag all together, and I really don't want to do that for whatever bag I get this leather in because I really do think it's likely my perfect shade of red. This is a photo of one of the Boho styles (it is in the Cerise for the main body. I would have my version all in one color - no contrast strap color):
Any thoughts or advice on what I should go for? The more "formal" Kirigami option, which better fulfill my vision of a red bag and is a style that I know works for me. But, I literally don't need another bag in that kind of style, and going for it would only be fulfilling a color desire for me, not a bag need/purpose. And going with the Kirigami means that I would very very likely still buy another R&T bag down the line to fulfill my desire for one of their 3-way convertible bag options. Considering that I am trying to minimize my bag purchases and ultimately downsize, that's less than ideal. So I could "kill two birds with one stone" and get this in one of the 3-way convertible bag option right off the bat. It would fulfill both my color desire and a bag need/purpose. But I worry that those styles are too casual for this leather color. I almost worry that it's would veer on sloppy. When I think of someone carrying a beautiful red bag, I seem to only be able to conjure up images of really "formal" and "elegant" bags like the Lady Dior, etc. Is a slouchy hobo style bag too informal for this beautiful red? What would you do?
