I was using this as my daily purse to retire my Usagi Purse of the same shape well the claps are held on the bag by plastic parts that look like gold metal. Somewhere down the line not very long after I got the bag the plastic broke and now I can no longer use the bag as a back pack. Pretty much stopped using it in whole because i am afraid the second strap will break and they i cannot use the bag at all without having to buy new straps.