So this is a very late review and reveal, but I had a bunch of last minute guests and I felt a little silly taking out, hugging, obsessively photographing and cataloguing my new bags in front of them, so this took me a while. Sorry for the not-great lighting and pictures, I have to take them inside (live in an apartment building, I can't imaging how weird I would look standing outside taking photos of bags) so the color is not so great. I'll write up my impressions and reviews and then see how many pictures tPF will let me put in each post to get them all in 
For reference, I am only just over 5' tall, I got the regular sized Ormala and the Midi Sofia
Introducing my new Raspberry regular-sized Ormala with lilac suede lining, antique gold hardware, extended handle drop, detachable shoulder strap, and zipper closure!
Listed dimensions: 15.5" length x 12" height x 5.5" width
My dimensions: At the base 15" length x 5" width, 12" height (note, I do think that the leather does "poof" out a little from the sides from the base, so the extra 0.5" in length and width are probably also accurate. Didn't really feel like holding out the sides and measuring
Leather: I never actually got to see either swatch in person before I ordered, but the raspberry leather is just as expected, it is glossy and veiny, the color is gorgeous and rich, not as soft and thick as my navy, but absolutely beautiful.
It seems to slouch more naturally than my midi Sofia, even though I think that the style of the Sofia is naturally slouchier than the Ormala. I think this is due to the thinner leather. I thought that there might be a problem with buckling at the base when it has my heavy laptop in it, but the base feels significantly stiffer than the sides, and as you can see in my modeling pictures below, at least for 5 minutes, the laptop didn't make the bottom buckle.
Suede: Love the color, love the feel. Mmm... *petpetpet* *looks up and blinks* oh yeah.. review...
Pockets , etc: As you can hopefully see in my pictures, on the inside "back" of the bag, there is one zippered pocket in the suede lining, approximately 4" deep and 7" wide. This pocket has a small zipper pull tab, about 3/4" long and there has been some mention of it being a little small to pull on. If this starts to bug me, I'm going to thread a piece of leather or ribbon in lilac or raspberry through it to make my own pulltab.
There are two leather pockets below this back zipper pocket that can hold your cell phone I assume, each 4" wide by 3.5" deep.
Along the "front" inside of the bag, there is a zippered pouch, that is held to the front with a fairly strong magnet. This pouch runs the length of the inner bag and is about 6" deep. The gap between the pouch and the real front of the bag also forms it's own pocket. Having not actually used the bag yet, I can't speak to functionality yet, but I doubt I'll have trouble finding places to put things (I also have a purse-to-go)
The feet are cute
Modifications and comments:
1) extended handle drop: I am not a handheld bag person, I wear everything on my shoulder so this was a must for me and it is very comfortable with the rolled handles. With my extended handle drop, there is definitely room for a larger jacket underneath. If you are short like me and want to carry it by hand, I wouldn't extend the handle, since dropping straight down, the bag is only 2 inches from the ground. Glad I got this, for my particular preferences.
To be continued in next post... too many pictures apparently...
For reference, I am only just over 5' tall, I got the regular sized Ormala and the Midi Sofia
Introducing my new Raspberry regular-sized Ormala with lilac suede lining, antique gold hardware, extended handle drop, detachable shoulder strap, and zipper closure!
Listed dimensions: 15.5" length x 12" height x 5.5" width
My dimensions: At the base 15" length x 5" width, 12" height (note, I do think that the leather does "poof" out a little from the sides from the base, so the extra 0.5" in length and width are probably also accurate. Didn't really feel like holding out the sides and measuring
Leather: I never actually got to see either swatch in person before I ordered, but the raspberry leather is just as expected, it is glossy and veiny, the color is gorgeous and rich, not as soft and thick as my navy, but absolutely beautiful.
It seems to slouch more naturally than my midi Sofia, even though I think that the style of the Sofia is naturally slouchier than the Ormala. I think this is due to the thinner leather. I thought that there might be a problem with buckling at the base when it has my heavy laptop in it, but the base feels significantly stiffer than the sides, and as you can see in my modeling pictures below, at least for 5 minutes, the laptop didn't make the bottom buckle.
Suede: Love the color, love the feel. Mmm... *petpetpet* *looks up and blinks* oh yeah.. review...
Pockets , etc: As you can hopefully see in my pictures, on the inside "back" of the bag, there is one zippered pocket in the suede lining, approximately 4" deep and 7" wide. This pocket has a small zipper pull tab, about 3/4" long and there has been some mention of it being a little small to pull on. If this starts to bug me, I'm going to thread a piece of leather or ribbon in lilac or raspberry through it to make my own pulltab.
There are two leather pockets below this back zipper pocket that can hold your cell phone I assume, each 4" wide by 3.5" deep.
Along the "front" inside of the bag, there is a zippered pouch, that is held to the front with a fairly strong magnet. This pouch runs the length of the inner bag and is about 6" deep. The gap between the pouch and the real front of the bag also forms it's own pocket. Having not actually used the bag yet, I can't speak to functionality yet, but I doubt I'll have trouble finding places to put things (I also have a purse-to-go)
The feet are cute
Modifications and comments:
1) extended handle drop: I am not a handheld bag person, I wear everything on my shoulder so this was a must for me and it is very comfortable with the rolled handles. With my extended handle drop, there is definitely room for a larger jacket underneath. If you are short like me and want to carry it by hand, I wouldn't extend the handle, since dropping straight down, the bag is only 2 inches from the ground. Glad I got this, for my particular preferences.
To be continued in next post... too many pictures apparently...
