My husband bought this bag for me for Christmas 2014. I really liked the design and color, and the faux leather is nice and soft, but the hardware is incredibly cheap and breaks easily. I think I had the bag less than a month before one of the pieces connecting the cross body strap broke. The other one broke about a week later. I didn't have it loaded down, and I had not used it very many times. My husband got it specifically because I wanted a cross-body bag, so this was very disappointing. I don't expect a cheap purse like this to be durable, but I expect the hardware to last more than a few weeks.