I love Mulberry and would rather spend my money on that brand any day.
I like Mulberry too and certainly wouldn't say eff off to anyone who wanted to give me one,lol.
However, with Mulberry what you are paying for with that brand is the cachet and the fact that they are manufactured in the UK and maybe Italy.As a handbag connosieur I still believe that Coach leather's are superior to Mulberry and Coach bags get better and better with age.Another thing with Mulberry is that they have great re-sale value,I've seen the most tatty looking Bayswater's going for ridiculous sums on e-bay,just coz they're Mul's.
I have a Mulberry organizer which I love,given to me as a gift,but I wouldn't have paid the price it was going for.
Kind of ironic that QVC are celebrating this Best of British day,kicking it off with Lulu,when all her products are made in China,not that I'm a complete snob about things made there,because great things can be and are made there,Coach is made there now.Coach used to be made solely in New York and a few other American states and then they outsourced to the east sometime in the early 90's I believe,the quality dropped for a spell and then they upped their game again.
I have one Coach bag which I've had since I was 19,not one stitch had dropped,not one zip malfunction,not one stain and I'm now in my late 30's,this bag has been through the wars and it still looks great.
The way I'm banging on about this brand,anyone would think I work for them but I don't,I just LOVE,LOVE,LOVE them.I'm just enthusiastic and would recommend this brand to anyone who wants a great,long lasting,leather bag.
I would say go for the all leather designs,not the signature,because these are too easily counterfeited,like Gucci and LV.
I own 6,this is not an excessive of amount of bags in nearly 20 years I don't think??,I just bought a new one about a month ago,first new one for 5 years,I'll attach a link.
Coach has been around since 1940 and Mulberry since 1971,it's interesting that a lot of Mulberry's hardware does not look disimilar to that of Coach(I wonder where they got the inspiration?? hmm?
,I've even seen bags in Next which try to look like Mulberry's and think "that looks like a Coach".
Anyway,that's enough of a dissertation on my favourite brand,hope I haven't bored you all into a coma,here's a link to my latest baby.
You can't really get a sense of how luxe the leather is in this pic,but trust me it is and the zip quality is supreme!! This is the style I have,only my one is in pink.
Regarde.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002FSNLDS/