The Wrangler's Companion - Full Grain Leather Messenger Bag

Love the look, soft structure, size, functionality, feel. Was very disappointed that strap wasn't leather. The styling is subtle but not plain.b it will travel well amongst most seasons. Fall and winter for sure and probably summer as well with many outfits, certainly casual ones that involve some variation of blue jeans or even white jeans or jean shorts. It has two heavier look for the springtime regardless of outfit, but that's fine. There are a couple of improvements I would suggest for all bags whether for men, women or unisex. The first would be to go to light colored interiors. Not white because that'll show too much dirt. But light greens, light blues. You could even go for a lavender or a pink or a bandana print in a light shade. But the thing is that having a light color on the interior makes it much easier to find the things you are looking for due to the contrast. With the dark interior, it makes it much more difficult to locate loose items. Additionally, the interior fabric could be upgraded if not, for example to a sued or a cotton or cotton muslin? Even all of these options would be more in keeping with the quality of the exterior leather . For myself, I would be willing to pay a little more for such an upgraded interior . I will say that the current interior fabric was among the cheapest feeling and looking materials I have encountered in years and years where they're shopping and discount stores or more expensive boutiques .It could also use a couple of smaller narrow pockets on the interior for something like pens. Really there's no place where they won't flop around or fit into a pocket that's so large you're going to use it for other things as well and risk breaking a pen. And of course there is the missing leather strap. Please remember this is all in review where I gave the bag four stars which tells you how much I love the qualities that are positives. The extended critique is offered here genuinely as constructive criticism for the future.