I seem to be the only one so far to not dislike Tillie. I think she looks a lot better than I thought it would (ie the black one) compared to the one in some snake print shown on here earlier on. I think the clasp in the middle is to ease the closing of the push-lock under the flap. The price is huge though, I will let my pennies go towards something else.
I'm with you on this one Lakrits! I don't dislike Tillie either, I think it's sort of cute actually in an odd way. I'll reserve better judgement when I see it IRL, but so far I'm not hating on it or anything.