Yes! I have thought about this bag for so long, but I didn't really care for all of the tassles, and I wanted the whipstitch, rivets, signature and tattoo design to be the features. So I finally bought the bag when it went 50%, and I literally just cut off all of the tassles, and it is exactly how I wanted the bag. lol. (you could loosen those metal clips and preserve the tassles, but I just knew I didn't want them and was too lazy to pry them off.Yes! I was just looking at that last night wondering how it would look 'naked'. I love the tattooing, but hate the zig zag fringe.