I love Bolides and Plumes because they can be zipped shut and you don't have to worry about your gear spilling out all over the place. Envy me this, gals: I have a buffalo skipple 32 gold Plume on order now (I need a TOUGH handbag for this country life)!!!!!!! She should arrive in the spring--me so happy! I do love the Plumes in the exotic leathers, but the twits at Hermes Central refused to make a 32 ostrich Plume for me (SAID there was a shortage of skins and couldn't go bigger than a 28, buncha 'doids). Soooooooooooo, Ferragamo is making my large ostrich bag for me in its Gancini style, which is rather Plume-like in its structure and shape (actually, it's a bit more ornate than the Plume, with more hardware and gathered leather). I figure there's no shame in carrying a Ferragamo . . .