{"id":1533,"date":"2009-05-21T22:21:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T06:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2009-08-09T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T06:29:45","slug":"helena-de-natalio-sofi-satchel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/helena-de-natalio-sofi-satchel\/","title":{"rendered":"Helena de Natalio &#8220;Sofi&#8221; Satchel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1566\" title=\"helena-sofi\" src=\"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"helena-sofi\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi-300x291.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I have been looking for a bag to travel in the summer.\u00a0 The bag of my choice would need to meet these criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A light neutral color so it would match most of my outfits.\u00a0 I like to travel light, so\u00a0having too much luggage is just too much of a hassle. Therefore, one bag that matches most of my outfits is a must.<\/li>\n<li>Generous size.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;m usually traveling with my kids, a bigger bag would be helpful.\u00a0 At least, it should be able to fit:\u00a0 Travel documents, some snacks, some form of entertainment, camera, sleep mask for the plane ride and other necessities that I usually carry in my bag.<\/li>\n<li>Slouchy. Since I need the bigger bag, it has to be slouchy, to make it look not as big.\u00a0 Too big of a bag will not look pretty on a petite like me.<\/li>\n<li>Convertible.\u00a0 The bag has to be able to convert from shoulder to cross body, for practicality purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1567\" title=\"helena-sofi-front\" src=\"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi-front-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"helena-sofi-front\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi-front-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi-front-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/helena-sofi-front.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This Sofi satchel in caramel seems to have all my required characteristics, plus it has these buckles that are placed strategically, making the big bag ruched beautifully. It measures a generous 19&#8243;L X 17&#8243;H X 14&#8243;D.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I like to give this bag a glowing review, I was a little bit disappointed when I noticed the plastic zipper. Other than that, I think it is a beautiful and functional bag.\u00a0 One that will get used very often.\u00a0 I was told that this bag was launched in Saks this spring and it is the designer&#8217;s best selling bag.\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping to see more great designs from Helena de Natalio.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy this bag from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebags.com\/helena_de_natalio\/sofi\/product_detail\/index.cfm?modelid=123168\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ebags.com\/helena_de_natalio\/sofi\/product_detail\/index.cfm?modelid=123168', 'ebags');\" target=\"_blank\">ebags<\/a> for $484 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideeli.com\/invite\/bagbible\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ideeli.com\/invite\/bagbible', 'Ideeli');\" target=\"_blank\">Ideeli<\/a>, they are having a red sale on the Chocolate and Purple colors for only <strong>$160<\/strong>.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideeli.com\/invite\/bagbible\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ideeli.com\/invite\/bagbible', 'HERE');\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> for the Ideeli invitation if you are not a member yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been looking for a bag to travel in the summer.\u00a0 The bag of my choice would need to meet these criteria: A light neutral color so it would match most of my outfits.\u00a0 I like to travel light, so\u00a0having too much luggage is just too much of a hassle. Therefore, one bag that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,15,238,10,14,392],"tags":[240,190,237,492,37,236],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helena-de-natalio","category-messenger","category-new-emerging-designers","category-satchels","category-shoulder","category-under-200","tag-caramel-bag","tag-convertible-bag","tag-cross-body","tag-helena-de-natalio","tag-shoulder-bag","tag-sofi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1533"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630,"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533\/revisions\/2630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bagbible.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}