Spellbound

I don't often pay attention to Kenneth Cole. I remember about 25 or 20 years ago, they were the only shoes I ever wore, but for some reason the company fell off my radar (in spite of their still fabulous ad campaigns). Then I saw a terrific looking handbag in an ad, so I went searching for it, naturally, on the Kenneth Cole website.
And there it was, right on the opening page, but alas, that was the only place it was. Not on the handbag pages, not even on the new arrivals. But since I was looking anyway, I paid attention, and a few bags caught my eye.

The Spellbinding hobo, in a super shade of gray washed leather that takes on an almost elephant like appearance. Something about it reminds me of another bag, maybe it was a Chloe camera bag from a few years back (my memory is muddled lately, feel free to e-mail me if you know what I am thinking of), but it has small touches that make it appear to be more expensive than it is. The rolled handle, for example, is just a tiny detail you might not even notice at first glance, but there it is, interesting, and artfully finished off with a tiny buckled binding.
The bag is pretty wide, and has a magnetically closed flap pocket on the front, and a top zipper for the main compartment which has the usual assortment of pockets. From the few Kenneth Cole bags i have handled over the years, I would expect the quality to be decent, and definitely worthy of the reasonable $228 price tag.
The Spellbinding Hobo can be purchased from Kenneth Cole, where you can currently get $50 off a purchase of $250 or more...maybe add a shiny red wallet for $29.97!