Chainmail Shoulder Bag

The quality of the chainmail is good and as the colour and texture of the chainmail is associated with a childhood memory, for me this bag scores 5 out of 5. It is being given as a present, so no experience or comment on how it performs as a bag.

Looks great but catches everything. Made a right mess of my bobbly winter coat

A gift for my daughter and she was thrilled with it. Great quality.

Lovely party bag - good size to keep essentials. Nothing negative to say about the bag

Not what I expected. I loved the look of it online but didn’t like the feel of the bag when it arrived. I felt it might catch on anything delicate and I wanted the strap to be a little longer. I think I’m just picky and should probably have read the specifications better before ordering. Sadly returned.

I had been trying to make my own big-enough gold mesh evening bag by covering a nylon bag with gold mesh. It wasn’t working well due to the shape of the bag, and the sharp snagging edges of the gold mesh. When I saw that M&S had this bag ready-made, I did a quick calculation of the cost of time and fabric glue that I was gonna have to spend on my DIY bag, and decided the M&S bag was worth it compared to that. Well - I’m not saying it’s bad, but I don’t really like the way it looks. The gold mesh is matt and dull compared to the stuff I’ve been using. And it’s laid over a substrate of really cheap-looking black synthetic material. The black colour underneath shines through and I don’t think it’s helping. Even using the same synthetic material in a brighter colour would have been better. I will keep this bag because it’s big enough to realistically carry on an evening out, and it doesn’t actually look terrible. Maybe I’ll feel better about it when the time comes to actually use it. But it’s also inspired me to persevere with my DIY bag - a bright yellow gold mesh over pale pink nylon - because if I can fix the problems, it’s going to end up looking nicer than this M&S bag