I've been on the hunt for a full on black bag for a while now. And to cut a long story short, I'm pretty picky when it comes to buying bags. After searching high and low in stores to no avail I took the plunge and brought this one online, hoping it would be in my favour. I normally like to see the bag to feel the fabric and make sure it's the right size in person, but I made an exception and placed an order on The Iconic on Monday.
The bag is called the Structured Boston Bag, and is by the label Zalora which I believe is The Iconic's own private label. It arrived this morning and it's so much more beautiful in person, especially the gold hardware against the black. As I've mentioned before, I'm going on holiday for my 21st this month so I'm excited that this is the perfect size for stashing away my iPad, DSLR and a couple magazines for the flight. I'm in love with the geometric shape and really into the fact that it's structured so it won't fall over when I set it down. And the cross body strap will be perfect when my hands are full or I'm taking photos of the beautiful scenery.
This little pocket has turned out to be an unexpected favourite thing about this bag. I like having quick and easy access to my iPhone (banking, shopping lists, taking photos of things I like), so not having to fully unzip my bag to get my iPhone out is a lovely bonus. It's also pretty deep so I don't have to worry about my iPhone making its own way out when unzipped.
When I looked into my current bag to switch things over, I didn't realise I had so many items with gold hardware. I generally buy silver to match my jewellery, but I guess I'm a little bit of a sucker when it comes to black and white with a touch of gold! My iPhone case is from the Etsy store Case Cavern and is in the colour beige. I brought it the same day I brought my iPhone 5S and is the only case my phone lives in (this is big coming from the girl that had 12+ iPhone 4S cases). The striped bag with gold tassel is the Helga Purse from Citta Design and is perfect for holding lip balm, mints, pens, and my FLO perfume atomiser. And I snagged that cute little panda coin purse on ASOS a wee while back for only a couple of pounds!
I'm looking for a bright new wallet for Spring so that's next on my current to-buy list! If only Kate Spade wallets were available here, because those few displayed below would definitely be contenders. I'm hoping to find something similar available here in the near future :)
5 comments:
Such a gorgeous bag!
I'm so happy with it! I wasn't sure what to expect but with free returns I thought I had nothing to lose :)
Me too! Haha there's nothing like buying a new bag and feeling so inspired and organised. Treat yourself :)
Hi, would you be so kind as to state the dimensions? I've been searching for a bag like this and have recently stumbled upon Zalora and really wanna buy it. I'm just scared it would be too big for me :) Thanks ahead! :)
Hi there! Sorry for the late reply but the dimensions are H28cm x W34cm x D13cm :) It's a really good size for carrying just a couple items or when you need to carry quite a bit.
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