Baggallini Women Criss Cross Crossbody Bag

love love love love love this bag. I mean, I really love it. Okay, here's the thing.... The last "pocketbook" I bought and use is about 20 years old. I rarely carry pocketbooks. Most everything either goes in my pockets or else I am toting some form of a camera bag. The pocketbook I purchased twenty years ago is very small. How small? My cell phone doesn't fit in it and if I put my keys in it the bag is almost full (admittedly my key chains holds a lot of keys). Now I am sure this is more information that you wanted but I've been summoned to jury duty and my 20 year old bag is too small to hold things and my camera bag wont be allowed in the courthouse so I figured it was time for something new. My requirements? A relatively small bag with lots of zippered pockets. Well the website hardly does this bag justice. It is brilliantly designed. Seriously BRILLIANT. I don't often gush and I certainly don't gush over pocketbooks (If I did I probably would have purchased more of them in the past 20 years, no?) but this bag is gushworthy. Small and lightweight yet loaded with pockets and compartments and even a sense of design..... There are three main zippered sections one of which has open pocket inside, one which has an open pocket, a zippered pocket and a pen holding elastic inside, and the last one which has open credit card slots (I find these useless.... I would never put my credit cards in an open pocket like this) and two zippered pockets/pouches. The zippers are all smooth with sturdy and reasonably attractive titular zipper pulls. On top of all this zippered wonderfulness, there are three magnetic closure pockets as well. And easy large center magnetic compartment to quickly store keys or sunglass cases quickly without having to fuss with zippers. Honestly, the designers at baggallini managed to crawl inside my head and come up with everything I could imagine wanting in a pocketbook. Perhaps the only thing they left off is a hook for securing my keys when in the bag. Lots of bag manufacturers seem to fancy those hooks these days. BOTTOM LINE: If you are a small bag multipocket freak like me you will love love love love this bag as I do. It is well designed and incredibly well made (I think all baggallini's that I've see ARE well made) and I think the price around forty dollars is very reasonable for what you are getting Read more

Great little organizer crossbody bag. Love all the pockets and zipper storage and I appreciate the wide sturdy strap which helps minimize shoulder discomfort. Read more

Great purse. Not as pink as shown (more tan/pink, which is why I gave it a 4, but I kept it. The different pockets are a winner with me. Baggalini’s are my favorites because they are so lightweight with multiple pockets to store all of your goodies. Read more

For the last 10 years or so, my handbag has been a medium-sized AmeriBag Healthy Back Bag ; I liked it so well that when it wore out I bought a direct replacement. When the replacement wore out, though, I decided that perhaps I should consider alternatives. A friend recommended the Baggallini line highly, so I took the plunge. There's a lot to like about this handbag. It looks good (in a casual, everyday-professional way... but I rarely need anything else). I like the construction, and it doesn't seem like it'll fall apart; while it's early days, I _did_ take it to Europe and back already. The bag has lots of compartments and zippered pockets, which is something I appreciate. I know my car keys are in THIS outside pocket, and I stuff my sunglasses over here, and I can reach for my bluetooth headset in the pocket inside THAT part of the bag. I know some people don't like anything that has a built in change purse, but nobody says you have to use it for that purpose; I'm happy to use the "credit card" slots for loyalty cards and such. Most of all, I like how almost everything in the bag zips closed. I'm a klutz, and I have often upended my entire handbag -- usually at the worst of times. It's one reason I liked the Ameribags; everything stays zipped together so I can't dump stuff too easily. There's one open place in between the two "wings" of the main compartments here, with a few small pockets (suitable for my Frequent Flyer cards wallet... do you get the sense I am a pack rat?). It works well for temporary storage that's unlikely to be flung about, such as -- on this last trip -- my boarding pass. The only negative is my owned damned fault: The bag is too small for me. I have an American West Everyday Cowgirl Wallet (which I love) and it takes up one of the large compartments all by itself. Requiring a shove, in fact. So if you're unsure that this might be too small... yeah, it probably is. I'm going to look for a bigger version of this bag because I like everything else about it. Read more

I have a love hate relationship with this bag. I love the style, pattern, and light weight fabric. The zippers are amazingly smooth. There is so much room in this little bag. I absolutely love this bag! I hate that the strap always ends up at my neck, rubbing my neck. It swings around out front, especially if leaning forward. The snaps in the middle section don’t meet and it never snaps, making it less secure, things fall out. It is best just for my phone, I would never put my wallet there. It doesn’t sit up if set down. When I got mine it had safety pins connected together and pinned inside. Someone definitely returned this bag. It was clean and you wouldn’t know it was used because the fabric is amazing. I’m returning it to get the hobo bag although it cost quite a bit more, It looks like it closes up better. Read more