I bought this as a gift for a "white elephant" gift exchange for a Christmas girls night, where everying puts a wrapped gift in the pile and picks one out to take home. There is gift "stealing" involved and you really find out which items are popular and well loved, and which items are not coveted. The price limit for the exchange was $25, so this bag seemed to fit the bill. I got it in the silver. When it arrived, I decided not to use it for the exchange after all. It is a perfectly nice bag, but it did not seem to have the quality I had hoped for for this discerning crowd. I did, however, decide to keep it for myself, because I am a fan of crossbody bags and always need small bags for my phone, credit card and lipstick. I think this bag would work great for a dressy event where there are lots of people milling about and you don't really want to leave your purse at a table or at your seat. I would actually give it 3 and a half stars if I could, because I think it is nice looking and perfectly useful and the price was only slightly higher than I would have liked to pay for it (about $5).