Please tell me about brands I may have overlooked for leather bags

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For the past few years I have been searching for the perfect tan leather cross body bag. Not too hard or structured, nice soft leather, no obvious branding, not too many details/too much hardware but not too plain either...I'm not asking much am I?!! I tend to be drawn towards Madewell (although not at the moment, all too structured), Fossil, J. Crew, Anthropologie, M&S men's dept and Kooba but nothing is floating my boat right now, so tell me, lovely stylish Mumsnetters, what brands have I overlooked? Budget not particularly important but I'd rather spend £150 than £600!

I have some lovely crossbody bags from Jones the Bookmaker - not keen on their current selection, but they are worth a look. Also, try the men's bags by John Lewis.

Scaramanga. Beautiful handmade bags. Sign up for regular codes. Based in Scotland. I have this one in Black and Tan. Sure they have something you will love.

You lovely lot! Thank you! Some great ideas here, I'll post my favourites this evening in case anyone else is looking for the same thing

Yoshi have some lovely leather bags.

I've got a lovely brown Rowallan bag, they sometimes have them in TK Maxx.

I second tusting. I have 2, one black tote which I have had for 2 years and have used every day for about 18 months and it still looks brand new, and because that was such a success, a tan tote, which I have used daily since the spring and it is still looking brand new. The quality is truly exceptional makes you realise that what passes elsewhere is not worth it. I am sure that if it were a brand with a following, like mulberry, the would be 5-10 times the price

Liebeskind?

Village England make nice bags, and still have some in their sale.

I absolutely love Yoshi, Francesco Biasia and Coccinelli.

Marking place, as I am in the market for a new bag.

I just got a leather cross body bag from Jones Bootmaker

Here are some in the range, prices are reasonable. www.jonesbootmaker.com/bags

Haven't used it yet so can't comment on quality but it seems nice enough

Osprey - lovely leather and they normally have a sale bit on their website.

Fossil

Iv got a Calvin klein one.

Thanks everyone for your ideas, I'm now thinking I need a slightly smarter option and a casual bag too I've had a lovely evening browsing through brands I'd never heard of/forgotten about/didn't think would have anything I liked (who knew White Stuff did nice bags?!) So here's my long shortlist if anyone else is looking...

Mimiberry Peggy in tan £322

Coach Saddle Bag 23 £375

Jones Bootmaker Aubery £65

Tusting Cardington £245

White Stuff Jasmine £69.95

Boden Mini Saddle Bag £149

Not on the high street Leather Hobo Tote £115

Maison Margiela 11 tan bag £415

I'm going to sleep on it...

That Coach one is beautiful, and I also have the Boden Mini on my shortlist.

I love the Boden mini but I've just looked at the contents of my current bag (old rucksack being used as a changing bag/toddler crap accumulator) and I don't know if it'd fit my phone, wallet, glasses case and hairbrush... The bigger Boden saddle bag looks huge on the model though (to be fair she's tiny and I'm a curvy size 14...on a good day...wearing head to toe Spanx...after 2 weeks of no carbs...)

I recently bought the white stuff jasmine and I love it! It's lovely and slouchy once you start using it, not structured as it looks on the pictures.

I have just been looking at the Paul Costello bags as suggested by a PP. The reductions in their sale section are unbelievable. Are they legit? Particularly like the Signage tote in red but £225 down to £69.99 seems to good to be true. Can you tell I have a suspicious nature? Even in pursuit of a fabulous bag!

more food for thought maybe,? Again from a surprising source!

M&S tan

or this:

rust

and the Paul Costelloe bags are also available at TKMaxx for £69.00 (sad bag addict here, I know too much!)

Paul Costelloe

Massimo Dutti have lovely bags.

Northernpowerhouse, yes the reductions are that good at Paul Costelloe. I'd been coveting a bag for ages as that's where dh goes to buy his suits, the chap in there is outstanding at his job and while I was waiting for dh he saw me perusing this particular bag. He put it to one side for me (without my knowledge) so when I went back to collect dh's new suits after tailoring the bag had dropped into the sale from £250 to £80. I was so pleased!

I just bought the boden maxi saddle & absolutely adore it. It is the perfect size. I had been worried it might be get be too big but it's not. Noa noa have nice leather bags too. I am coveting the brown leather shopper style one now

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