I bought this backpack a couple of years ago when I was on crutches and have been using it since then.  I hadn't used a backpack since school, but this is stylish enough that I use it instead of a purse at times, for travel, or as a laptop bag.  It will fit a quick weekends worth of clothes and still fit under an airplane seat.  The distressed leather doesn't look like cheap imitation leather, and while it doesn't actually look the real deal 50 year old leather- it is fairly nice, and is thick good quality.