It's a beautiful purse. It's generous size. But....... It is too heavy. It's heavy before you put anything in it. The handle was very uncomfortable in my hand when I carried it in the house. It was an instant, "I need to send this back." I do wish it had worked. It is so beautiful. It does have a shoulder strap but I only use that for a cross body strap. This would have been way too heavy for that. Maybe they could make this as a little backpack.