I ordered one of these a few years ago (four?).  It is (was) a sturdy, right-sized purse for a woman who wanders to a lot of places and doesn't want to hold on to a pocketbook.

This week I decided to get my aunt one as a birthday gift and another for me in a different color.  I got a shock when I opened the box.

The first thing I noticed when I hoisted it to my shoulder was that the strap twisted in the buckle.  This never happens with my old one.  Closer examination revealed that the shoulder strap on the new one is MUCH thinner than the one on the old, and that the new buckle is both less substantial and not sized correctly to prevent strap twists.

Everything about the purse is cheaper.  The magnet clasp is not as powerful, the linings are no longer ripstop but some stretchy thin stuff, even the width of the purse is slightly smaller. The custom hardware (zipper pulls and buckle, both snazzy and substantial, have been replaced by hardware less substantial and less snazzy.

All in all, they have managed to cheapen their product in many small ways to the point where I no longer consider it a desirable brand, and I sincerely regret sending it as a gift to my aunt.  I am sure that the new purse will serve me for a time, but theyve made their unique item into a generic thing-a-ma-bob, next stop Target or Wall mart, I suppose.