Although I love much about this handbag I'm not 5 star in love with it. One-I'm not sure it's authentic, but it was on sale on the Fossil site recently so maybe? The color is not the same as the image in the listing. it's a much less rich (more dull) brown. The finish of the 'leather' (not sure about that authenticity either) is strange. More of a pleather feel and no texture whatsoever. The hardware is silver, which doesn't look as nice with the bag as gold would. It's also smaller than I expected. I've watched many youtube videos on this beloved bag, and I cannot for the life of me get as much in this one as they show in the videos, which also makes me think it's not authentic and likely smaller than the original.

It's a nice handbag and I get compliments on it but I wish I had held out for something else, considering the price of over $100.