Marc Jacobs Quilted Mary

UPDATE: I saw this bag last week, I knew the straps are for design/aesthetic purposes only (not meant to be functional) and was being cheeky about the baby bjorn comment because that is what it looks like. As for the pushlock magnetic closures- makes it a bit better but I am still not into this bag. There are too many great bags out there to settle for mediocrity (like YSL's Spring line). I have a Marc Jacobs Venetia in crocodile and it is probably the last MJ bag I will splurge on, the bags have not been the same since Joy Gryson left as head of his creative team. I really did not want to do another mean story about a Marc Jacobs bag since Kelly already ragged on him the other day but I can not make sense out of this bag. The Quilted Mary is exactly like all the other MJ quilted bags but with added double straps. You know, so you can carry this thing around like a Baby Bjorn and pretend it's your baby. That is if you want to have a papaya colored baby with heavy brass chains. The color actually does not bother me, I quite like the fruity tooty shades designers are pushing for Spring and the bag is not hideous, it's just annoying and impractical. So let's say you are not insane and would not pretend this is a baby and would actually use it as a bag- you'd end up beating it against concrete the first time you try to reach in to grab your cell phone. Why? Because that would mean you'd have to put the bag down, unlock BOTH pushlock closures, lift straps/flap and by then the call would have been dropped. Now, repeat that scenario every single time your cell phone rings and you get the picture don't you?

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