So after what seemed like an eternity of fruitless searching I FINALLY tracked down the infamous Zara Office City Bag- the supposed holy grail of Prada/Chanel tote dupes. I fell in love with this bag after seeing it on countless bloggers and celebrities and just knew I had to have it! However, fate was not on my side and it was temporarily out of stock- heart=broken. But you can imagine my joy a few days later when I got the email telling me it was back in stock- I literally fell off my bed and ran to get my card! But it seems at this point any bad karma I built up over the years took it out on me having this god damn bag and the order wouldn't process.. WOT? Has anyone else had this problem with Zara? I tried to call their customer helpline but was told I would be charged and ain't nobody got time for that. So understandably I was fuuuuming because before I knew it, it was out of stock AGAIN. Anyway skip forward a bit- when it seemed like all hope was lost- a miracle happened. Seriously, it's up there with some of the ones in the holy bible; I was out shopping with my mum and decided to make a last ditch attempt to find this bag in Zara.. Straight away I was pretty pessimistic but my mum- who had also been dragged into this search for the Office City Bag holy grail- wouldn't give up and next thing I know she has found it! I literally slow-mo ran towards her and we basically exchanged a three-way bag/mother/daughter hug (seriously).
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The main reasons I'm obsessed with this bag are:
- Its amazing storage- it has 3 main zip compartments along with 2 poppered ones with amazing small additional compartments for your phone, iPad, credit cards and so on.
- The middle compartment is padded so it would be ideal for carrying any laptop safely and comfortably and there is another smaller padded pocket that can fit any tablet/kindle/iPad.
- It also comes with a detachable shoulder strap with a support pad which is always handy.
- It's large size. Seriously, you will not be short of room EVER with this bag.
- You just can't not adore the cross hatched leather, gold metal detailing and the gorgeous burgundy lining.
The bag is currently in stock in Zara- hopefully they've sorted their problems out now: http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/uk/en/zara-neu-S2013/358019/1098567/OFFICE%20CITY%20BAG
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