Roots Daily Double Pongo Leather Eggplant Purple Leather Purse

I have a brand new eggplant aubergine purple pongo leather purse. Style name: Daily Double Pongo. This purse has tons of room and compartments with a crossbody and hand-held shoulder-style straps. Adjustable. Paid $400 tax in new in the store. $185 for pickup in Toronto! Limited edition style in more elegant bag by Roots. Similar to high end purse styles by Coach and Micahel Kors. Made in Canada. Goergeous leather quality by roots. Try this fashion experiment: carry a Roots purse anywhere outside of Canada and then be gracious and proudly Canadian as strangers demand to know where you got your gorgeous bag. Under the radar, and lacking garish identifying logos, smooshily soft Roots bags are made from the exact same leather as certain fancy-schmancy French brands (that shall go nameless), and they look suitably “international” when worn on the streets of any major world capital. As well, a Roots bag can be yours without having to fork over several thousand dollars to net-a-porter or ssense. So why do Canadians still crave “designer” bags that cost three (four, five, six) times as much and are often poorly made from cheap unyielding leather? Again, no names. Well, I lied. Here’s a name: Michael Kors. His bags are weighed down by big shiny logos and gold-tone chains (I’m shuddering as I type that), and are made of meh leather. Beautygeek-in-Chief Janine recently observed as we walked by yet another one of his stores, “Michael Kors is the new Nine West.” Oooh. Burn.