I was really excited for this book bag because it's so cute. It arrived quickly and was very lightweight. The outside material is a very soft and stretchy material. I had planned to use it for college but unfortunately, it just didn't last. I used it to carry 2 notebooks, my iPad, and pens so nothing too heavy that should cause it to wear quickly. However, the outside material started stretching out just after using it for one week. I continued using it because it didn't affect the bag's ability to hold my things. Then, the stripe material began ripping from the seams. The stitching was still intact, but the material just started to pull away from it. This was just your everyday use, walking to and from class, and opening to get out notebooks. After two weeks the snap completely ripped out of the material just from opening it everyday. If a sturdier striped fabric was used, I'm sure none of these problems would have occurred. It's just the wrong material for a book bag. It's more of an apparel fabric and it just didn't hold up to the tugging of the snap or the weight of notebooks. It's very disappointing and sadly after the snap ripped out, I was unable to fix it so I had to throw away to bag and purchase another sturdier book bag.