I'm pretty new to Kipling and recently bought a few in the Alvar style (the larger of the 2 Alvars) to take on vacation. I bought one from Macy's online in a really cute print. On sale and also used a coupon. I'm back from our trip and the purse worked great.
I bought another from ebay and....oops, a 3rd directly from Kipling. All in the same style.
To me, they're more like LeSportSac type handbags. I don't own any Lugs, but they seem thicker and heavier to me (from what I've seen).
I was hoping the first Kipling would be one of the cute styles in cute colors and prints, but this TSV doesn't do it for me.
Oh.... and the monkey? I took it off my Kiplings immediately and threw it away. Apparently people collect them. I had no idea, but I didn't want a monkey hanging from my purse.
Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?