Amerileather 'Junior Julia' Recycled Leather Handbag

The purse is really cute but the straps fall off every time I pick the purse up. The little clasps that hold the straps to the purse just pop off and if you don't notice it the purse falls and everything spills everywhere. It's the same on both the long and shorter straps. There's no way to fix it and that sucks because I love how the purse looks.

• Did the color match the color displayed onsite? yes
• How is the quality of the product? fair
• Did the product fit true to size? yes

I ordered the brown and I kept it. I actually use it quite a lot, but I am not in love with it. The opening isn't very secure, the styling looks better online than in person. Still, I get compliments on it and for the type of look, it fits the bill. I would never order another, though.

I really wanted to like this purse, and mostly I did, but the bottom "platform" was so stiff and unwieldy that I couldn't get comfortable clutching it under my arm (using the shorter shoulder straps). The platform would be great if you are going to carry around a small animal (they could stand on it), but it is too bulky for a non-animal carrier. Other than that, the quality seemed ok, though the "silver" beads on the leather drawstrings were very cheap looking. The leather wasn't bad in either the brown or the black, but the brown was definitely a bit lighter than in the photo, though in the same shade range (a somewhat reddish brown). It seemed to be good space-wise, and I like that the "leaves" are on both sides, not just the front. Overall, it's not a bad purse, just not functional for me, so I returned it.

I got the brown bag which is a medium acorn color. I actually really like this bag despite giving the low rating, and that is why I am not returning it. It's cute in a slightly messy earthy way. The construction is pretty solid. In more depth, the bag is a cloth bag with many leaf shapes lined in rows glued and sewn in at the top of the leaves, with full leather in lips/opening area .The way the leaves cover the bag, sometimes you can see the cloth behinds it. The bag is fulling lined and not very big. It's good for a wallet, cellphone, some pens, small camera, and a tin of mints. The straps are leather one side and cloth on the other. Also, the bag looks ugly when nothing is in it because leather leaves don't flow right. But when stuffed it's much cuter. The "BUT" is the hardware. It has really cheap/crappy hardware. It's because of the hardware the bag gets a three instead of a four. Okay, the rivets used to secure the holes for the bag are of bad quality. I can see rust like stains on the rivets inside the bag. The beads that secure the fringe on the drawstrings have seams and looks like plastic metal beads. These things I can live with. But worst of all is the hinge for the straps. When I got my bag, the short strap's hinge hardware worked but was looked cheap and thin. You can see the seams and wire, it's also had the plastic metal color. However, the hinges on the long strap was broken. Both hinge parts didn't work properly. That was a big no-no for me, the strap hinges hold the bag. It should be one of a the strongest hardware pieces in the whole bag. Since I really like my bag, I opted to replace the hardware on the long strap with a more heavy duty one... that meant I spent extra money to get a professional to replace the hardware and sew the strap back together. So if you can live with cheap hardware or are willing to go through the extra work of replacing them, then this cute bag is a good buy.