To cut to the chase, I am disappointed. 
I think between these two, the Gerard Darel wins hands down...and for less $, the GD is much better quality.
I will take pictures tomorrow, when there is better lighting, but for now I will try to explain what I don't like.
It says that it is a washed leather. Yes....I can tell that. But, it looks like to me, that they put the bag together, washed it, and THEN added (looks like it was sprayed on) the color to the leather. So where there are two pieces sewn together, seams, handles to bag, etc., there is a white tell tale line where the coloring did not get to! If you hold the bag by the straps, the weight of the bag pulls a bit on the little tab of leather where the handbag and the ring that holds the strap are attached to, and the white shows. How the handles are attached to the rings is kind of shoddy as well. The little piece of leather tucks around and then is pushed up inside the underside of the handle. One of them had come undone...the tip of the strap was white where it hadn't been colored, and because of being stuck up into the inside of the handle, the leather pleated, so the coloring looks whiskered. I hope that makes sense. The stuffing inside the handle is poking out as well, and it looks like a cloth rope is up inside there.
The leather is textured, but not smooth, like a short suede but it isn't suede. It's porous. The only example I can think of is flat wall paint being the Moni Moni, where as an eggshell or semi-gloss is a Paddington.
The Caramel color looks very similar to the Chloe Whiskey, but the Chocolate doesn't hold a handle to the chocolate Chloe. It looks faded...almost like a grey brown...dusky like..not a true yummy chocolate brown.
I promise I'll take pics first, and then they are going back asap. :evil:
I think between these two, the Gerard Darel wins hands down...and for less $, the GD is much better quality.
I will take pictures tomorrow, when there is better lighting, but for now I will try to explain what I don't like.
It says that it is a washed leather. Yes....I can tell that. But, it looks like to me, that they put the bag together, washed it, and THEN added (looks like it was sprayed on) the color to the leather. So where there are two pieces sewn together, seams, handles to bag, etc., there is a white tell tale line where the coloring did not get to! If you hold the bag by the straps, the weight of the bag pulls a bit on the little tab of leather where the handbag and the ring that holds the strap are attached to, and the white shows. How the handles are attached to the rings is kind of shoddy as well. The little piece of leather tucks around and then is pushed up inside the underside of the handle. One of them had come undone...the tip of the strap was white where it hadn't been colored, and because of being stuck up into the inside of the handle, the leather pleated, so the coloring looks whiskered. I hope that makes sense. The stuffing inside the handle is poking out as well, and it looks like a cloth rope is up inside there.
The leather is textured, but not smooth, like a short suede but it isn't suede. It's porous. The only example I can think of is flat wall paint being the Moni Moni, where as an eggshell or semi-gloss is a Paddington.
The Caramel color looks very similar to the Chloe Whiskey, but the Chocolate doesn't hold a handle to the chocolate Chloe. It looks faded...almost like a grey brown...dusky like..not a true yummy chocolate brown.
I promise I'll take pics first, and then they are going back asap. :evil:
(I don't even want a gaucho.)
