Sabian Cross Body Mini Bag from Kipling: Review

Front View: Emmauel, The Kipling Logo, Classic Kipling Zipper, Blue Strap, Front Pocket

What I have here today is the Sabian Cross Body Mini Bag from Kipling. I received it as a gift and I've never owned anything from Kipling before so I was ecstatic. The color I received it in is color: 803 and is called Blubuttfly on the back. I think that Bluebuttfly stands for Blue Butterfly just condensed? I hope it does cause then it just sounds weird. It is a beautiful bag with very vibrant colors. My sister received the same bag in the same color number (803), yet her designs were different so I think every bag has its own unique color combo to it. That is pretty cool to own a unique bag. 

The bag has a dark blue strap and is lined with a light, mint-green lining. It features a Velcro closure. The dimensions of the bag are 7.5in-6in-3.25in (length-width-height). Its a pretty small bag but not too small. You could probably put your cellphone, wallet, iPod in it, and it would be pretty full. I really depends though. A regular sized water bottle would defiantly not fit in it though so that makes it slightly inconvenient if I were to take this bag for a trip. There is a little zipper pocket on the front of the bag which you could put little things in like change if you'd like. There is also a pocket on the inside. You could use that one to carry your cash with instead to lighten your load or whatever you happen to want to carry. On the inside, this bag also has a little clip thing which I would use to clip my key chain with to keep my keys handy. I think this little addition was pretty nice. Of course this bag had the classic Kipling logo, zippers, and monkey. :)

Now a little bit about the monkey cause obviously he's most important. This little guy's name is Emmanuel which I actually really like. Its totally a great name. You never see any Emmanuels anymore and now I know one who's a monkey. He is a neon, lime-green color and ,of course, his little thumb goes into his little fist and mouth. 

This bag retails for the cost of $54 but I think it is currently on sale. I'm betting that that the person who got me this bag (not mentioning names) got it at the outlets that are really near my house so it probably was on sale. Currently online, this bag is on sale for $29.99 on Kipling-usa.com but they don't have this particular color. They only have this green hue available which I don't think is quite so pretty. I don't know where else you could get this particular color of this bag, but I guess you could try your local outlets or do some major bag stalking. 

As a final thought, I really do like this bag. It's very light and Emmanuel's adorable. In terms of handiness I would rate this bag a 3 out 5 because of the fact it can't carry much, but if I were to rate on looks, it would be 5/5 all the way. 

Side View: Emmauel, The Kipling Logo, Classic Kipling Zipper, Blue Strap, Front Pocket

Back View: Emmauel, Blue Strap

Inside: Pocket, Little Clip Thing, Light, Mint-Green Lining (It looks really dark and gray from the lighting.)