Please excuse the sloppy after-work attire. This is my new Michael Kors collection bag. They make the same style in the Michel by Michael Kors but the collection bags, they say, are hand made and the leather is softer. It's made in Italy. Nice and soft. It appears to be a bit on the small size compared to some of my other bags but it opens up nice and wide and holds quite a bit. Since I got it on sale, it came out to only about $100 more than the lower end version (at full price). Opinions?