I've already talked a bit about Fauré Le Page in my review about the Calibre 21 bag, but I personally don't vibe much with the gun motif, so I'd probably go with this tote or another style. In terms of patterned coated canvas options, FLP's design is probably my favourite, because the pattern looks like a stack of sushi to me hahaha. Particularly so with this green one. The blue one looks kinda waves-ish, so I like that colorway too. I prefer it over Goyard and LV. Moreau (one of my grail bag brands) has another of the patterns I love, but in leather. They did also start putting the pattern on a line of coated canvas bags, but I will always be partial to leather!
The Daily Battle tote (cute name) comes in a few different sizes, with decent pricing and decent quality for the price. It's more on the affordable luxury tier of bags, but with a less common pattern than all the Goyard's and LV's out there. Quality-wise, it looked pretty well made, however I can't guarantee its longevity yet as I don't know anyone who has had their bag for a long time. Stitch consistency is good. Edge paint application looks good. Bags are quite lightweight (expected for coated canvas bags), but don't feel too flimsy. Pretty comparable to Goyard & LV.
Closeup of the stitches
The leather is not the best, especially with it being so lightweight, but it's what I would expect at this price point.
Cute interior pocket detail with the heritage stamp
They've got some unfortunate horizontal stitches in bad places, though. This is what would be considered a "critical error" in a bag's make. I've said it many times before but if you're just stumbling onto my blog now then I may as well reiterate it haha. With areas of a bag that are "load bearing" (i.e. where the straps are attached to the bag), it is best not to have rows of horizontal stitches there, especially small stitches--because eventually they will act as a perforation line where the leather (especially with bags like this where the leather is lightweight/thin) will eventually rip given enough force.
It probably won't happen immediately unless you drop an anvil in there, but that would be the area I'd be wary of over the years.
Some slight inconsistencies in the stitches like this area where the stitches are a bit loose, and then not straight. They also don't pattern-match like LV does, but I think that's acceptable at this price range.
I really love this sushi pattern though haha
The Daily Battle tote prices range from $1200-1600+ depending on the size, so it's quite "affordable" compared to the other patterned coated canvas totes out there. There's also a version with a zipper (Daily Battle zip), and a book-tote-looking bag too that looks cute (but more expensive) called Saga City. The Saga City I was able to inspect in person and looks cute, but it's more expensive because instead of coated canvas, it's leather with woven jacquard not unlike the Prada embroidered fabric bag.
This one in size 31 is a little over 2000$. Cheaper than Prada's (although the Prada is really cute too). As much as I like how it looks though, not entirely sure yet about spending so much money on any of the woven jacquard bags out there (Dior book tote, Prada embroidered, etc.) I just don't know about the longevity of that fabric, and I'm someone who is super clumsy and would definitely get snags on the fabric just like I would likely crack the glass on a watch (which is why I'm not an expensive-watch person either hahaha). But if you have a good track record with jacquard, then there's another cute option for you! haha
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