I have gone for it in the purple. I have the Katie bag in the black nylon that I got the other week on 3 easy pay, but that was £70.50 and is too much like my sophie club leather so was going to send it back anyway as I could not justify having it ! This is much better, but it does mean I will have to queue for my entire lunch hour at the flippin post office now to send the other one back.
Hopefully the velvet material will be tough, just not in torrential rain. I had to send the Joanne City bag back the other week as the side ripped when I was at the airport coming back from a holiday. On the returns note I said perhaps Kipling should stick to the fabric they know, the nylon. Hope this one won't be a mistake too, but it's a risk I'll take, I can't resist a bargain !