I didn't love this bag until I felt how supple the leather was. Even then I was like "what is this color? Mushroom? Putty? Blah!" But when I tried it with this brightass coat I was like "oh. Yeah. Now I get it." It was the perfect bag to chill out and not try to compete with the coat. And way more interesting than my regular black bag. Plus as noted it held EVERYTHING, and I didn't need to bring my normal work bag to the office. That was a big bonus. This is a big bag. No big deal.