Handbags

[Shawnie]

If you like Saffiano and like a bargain, check out TJM.  Mine has oodles mostly in Michael Kors.  Only a couple of other brands.  

[libbyannE]

I feel the same about saffiano, and Dooney and even higher-end couture brands are using it. It looks and feels cheap and simply is not the equestrian saddlelike feel that drew me to Dooney ( and coach) in the 1980s. I will not buy saffiano and hope Peter Dooney comes to his senses and brings us the quality florentine, pebble, and samba cowhide that we want. I am so glad you brought this up. Well done! Hope someone st Dooney is listening. The last tsv (April) did not do very well. In fact, I preordered two and loved the design so I wrote good reviews, but guess what? I could not make peace with the thin, costed, textured leather, which my husband thought was vinyl, so I returned both. Hoping the next tsv is pebble or better. I own four of last november's pebble leather Brenna bag and cannot say enough good things about that bag.

[Raider Fan]

Thank you so much, all of you, for your kind and thoughtful replies to my question.  I am grateful to now know more about the Doony leather.  After I wrote my question, I pulled out one of my oldest Doony purses, a navy crossbody, and I am thinking...why in the world don't I just wear that one again?  lol  (I think I will)  I want real leather, cowboy saddle leather.  My impression of Saffiano leather is now not good.  I don't get my purses dirty so I don't need something easy to clean.  I think I might agree with those of you who wrote that D&B is going a bit downhill.  Thanks again everyone!

[libbyannE]

You're welcome. I still love the Dooney style and should clarify that It is not Dooney, per se, but a trend across many brands, including coach, to use the thinner, embossed leathers, not on everything but on some styles within the line. I have written about it in hopes that Dooney reads or hears about such posts and that QVC also gives us the higher quality, thicker leathers that we want.

[Lilmissy10]

I purchased a Dooney saffiano a few years back as a TSV and really disliked it.  I agree with your comment that it feels like plastic over cardboard.   I haven't purchased another once since.  I do still love the pebble leather and the coated cotton recently has been nice.   I always love it will Jill Bauer refers to the Safianno bag as the one Kerry Washington uses that costs thousands of dollars.  For me, it's a no go.