Frye Melissa Shopper

WOW, WOW, WOW! What a gorgeous, rich, high quality tote! I recently purchased a Melissa satchel in Cognac and a Melissa wallet in Dusty Rose and fell in love with ithem. Since I’ll be traveling more for work, I thought I’d purchase the tote-so glad I did. This tote is spacious without being overwhelming, structured but still comfortable and slouchy. The leather is stunning-soft,supple,thick,rich. Straps are perfectly comfortable over my shoulder. I LOVE the Cognac color! It’s *the* perfect shade of brown! Now...I originally ordered the Beige color, but I just didn’t love it...too...beige! So I initiated a return on Amazon, dropped my package off at the Post Office the next day at lunch time, and my credit was applied to my account within 2-3 hours!! WOW to Amazon! I immediately ordered the Cognac tote and it’s now happily hanging from my doorknob :) Incredible bag, incredible customer experience!

I swooned over this bag for months before I bit the bullet and bought it. It was everything that I hoped it would be. I had no complaints until recently when my straps began falling apart. I've only had this bag since October 2017. I carry it everyday only half full. I will be contacting Frye regarding this. Not the quality I expected.

ONE YEAR UPDATEI've been using this bag daily for a year. Still amazing. Still looks amazing. Still get tons of compliments. Still the sharpest, most professional, most useful, and most beautiful bag in my collection. Worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY. I still love it so so much.This. Bag. Is. Amazing.It's the perfect size. The straps are the right length and don't fall off my shoulder. It has the perfect interior pockets.It easily fits my computer, a few files, my large wallet, and a few other things.The leather. Oh my God the leather.It feels like butter. It stands up beautifully. And maybe it's weird, but it smells amazing. I keep walking past it and getting a whiff of that rich leather smell. It smells like a new saddle.It's simple, sharp, rich, professional, and super high quality.Buy it.

I had been looking at this bag forever and finally made the purchase when I found a retailer on Amazon with a reduced price. I think they must be discontinuing the Slate Color - which is the color I purchased, hence the reduction in price.This bag easily holds my MacBook Pro, my wallet, makeup bag, a book, etc. Great travel bag! I’m a public speaker and I need to look nice while hauling my computer and connections around. I used to carry a bag with my laptop and also carry my purse but this bag allows me to just carry one bag and I feel less like a hobo with only one bag.The leather is beautiful and so soft and will clearly look even better as it wears. The length of the straps are perfect for me as I hate struggling with shorter straps when I have a coat on.Even though the leather is soft, it doesn’t lose its shape when it’s sitting is on a table. As always, I wish bags had a few more pockets but bag designers seem to hate the idea of pockets. This bag has two shallow, standard pockets on one side of the interior of the bag and another zipper pocket on the other side. There are no exterior pockets which is kind of a bummer because searching for my phone is always such a hassle. It also has a little strap that you can use to connect your keys to instead of having to fish for them at the bottom of this generously sized bag.Frye bags can be a decent financial investment but in my experience they last a lifetime. I can’t imagine anyone would regret buying this bag: great leather, great size, great quality and oh so pretty.

This otherwise beautiful leather Frye tote bag has dark black spots on it (see photos). I expected the "distressed" look of this bag which it does have in a very nice uniform pattern. The black spots are unacceptable and not part of the distressed look. Where are the quality control measures to ensure the products being shipped out aren't damaged or defective? This is a very expensive leather tote bag and I am sadly disappointed. I am torn about what to do now as I don't feel like Customer Service is reliable and I really don't want to wait another extended period of time to get a replacement/exchange.

This is a beautiful bag. It is large but not overwhelming. (I’m 5’2”). I love that it stands up on it’s own and has a wide open bottom which makes it easier to find things. I don’t feel like I loose my wallet in the bottom of this bag. I have 3 preschool/elementary school aged kids and I thought I’d finally graduated from the diaper bag. Finally, I can carry a real purse! But, wouldn’t you know, even though they are out of diapers they are still always handing me stuff to hold for them. It’s roomy enough to hold their umbrellas, books, snacks, light jackets, kindles, rocks, snakes, sticks,... oh, and my stuff too. I sort of regret getting mine in the Slate color; it’s a kind of nondescript dark brown with some grey tones. It’s not terrible but, having read the other reviews, I think I would have liked the Coniac color better. Also, I wish there were feet on the bottom of this bag to protect it a little better from dirt and dampness. I haven’t ruined the bag yet but, I think it will get a lot of use. If it’s made as well as my Frye boots, I will be using this bag for many years.

I tried a few different Frye leather totes that were too small for the plethora of things I carry on a daily basis. This Melissa Shopper is the first one big enough to accommodate my Frye tech clutch (containing a small planner, a notebook, and a small coloring set), my larger tech bag, a cosmetics bag, and a small Baggalini cross body purse with wallet. With everything I stuff inside the top is never closed enough to use the magnetic closure, but the open top is what I prefer in order to easily access the contents (especially when driving). The bag is quite structured and stands up well. My only cons are that it doesn't have hardware on the bottom to protect it from sitting directly on the floor and that the straps are quite narrow. I'm not concerned that the straps will break, but rather that they cut into the shoulder given the weight of the full bag.