Review – J Crew Lockwood Hobo in Mineral Green

The Lockwood Hobo comes in four colors…Masala Chai, Mineral Green, Black and Soft Sandalwood. According to J Crew, it is their “..signature (and most sought-after) bag for Spring. With a less-is-more, minimalist feel in buttery soft leather…”. 
OK…Minimalist…check…Buttery soft leather…check…Most sought-after…maybe not so much. At least not like the Bisbee in Summer Hyacinth (or any of the colors). 

I thought the Mineral Green color would be great for Spring. The Soft Sandalwood looks pretty but it seems like it would get dirty pretty easily and I would be so sad if it got even a smidge of dirt on it.

The bag arrived yesterday and I must tell you I was under-whelmed. I didn’t have that “feeling” I get when I love and want to keep a bag forever. Maybe I’m holding all new bags to a higher standard of “that feeling” due to the Bisbee.

The color is a light minty green, but not quite pastel. The leather is buttery soft. The handle is twisted and it has a main storage compartment which is only closed by the brass turn-lock closure. There is an additional zipper pocket the width and height of the bag. Of course, there is an interior zipper pocket and two additional pockets for cell phone/key storage.

There is no hard bottom so the bag was really slouchy/droopy when I removed all the inside paper.

(My outfit yesterday was just jeans and my Lucky Tie-Dye Embroidered Tunic I’ve had for a few years.)

So, what do you think? I am pretty sure I am going to return it. For full price I really should LOVE it.

6 Comments

  1. February 18, 2011 / 6:56 pm

    if you are`not sure,return it!

  2. February 18, 2011 / 7:05 pm

    For full price…You should more than love it!!! Should go back…

  3. Anonymous
    February 19, 2011 / 2:32 am

    Meh. Thanks for reviewing it. I almost bought it, but now I don't think I will. I vote for it to go back too. At that price, you should love it.

  4. February 19, 2011 / 2:42 am

    I returned it today. Even a few of the SAs didn't care too much for it. I did find something I do love. I'll do a post on it for "Shoes-day".

    Go enter my give-away!

  5. Anonymous
    March 4, 2011 / 9:05 pm

    I feel the same way! I bought the sandalwood color – I don't love it and am going to return it.

  6. Anonymous
    March 6, 2011 / 8:50 pm

    I was just about to buy this bag.. the sandalwood looks so pretty on the site!

    Glad you posted this.. seeing the pictures you posted makes me rethink and want to save my $260 🙂