Invited to a "thirty-one" party. Are any bags park friendly?

[nunzia]

I posted on this thread earlier about being a Vera Bradley fan and preferring their bags. However, after reading on another thread here about VB bags no longer being manufactured in this country, I don't plan to buy any more of their products. I'd really like a hipster-type bag for our next Disney trip, tho, and I'm debating between the ones from Stephanie Dawn and 31 Gifts. Could any of you who are familiar with 31 tell me if all their products are made in the U.S.? Or does it vary from one product to another? I looked on their website and saw that the company was started by a woman in Tenn but couldn't find anything to indicate where their products are currently made.

They are not made in the US..this does bother me, but I like Thirty-One better than Vera. I have the organizing bag for my daily purse (I got a bunch of stuff for a steal last year when there was a toys for kids tie in with the Today show). Yes, they are overpriced, but I think they hold up well..I'm not super crazy about some of their prints right now..I really like the plaid ones. I bought an organizer and little wallet from my daughter's party which work well for what I wanted them for and my DDIL is having a party on Saturday and I might get the Cargo purse thing..anyone have experience with that? I also got a Cindy bag at the same time as I got my organizer bag and managed to stuff a weeks worth of traveling clothes and stuff into it and it worked well and stood up to alot of wear. I do like that it's a nice job for people trying to stretch their budgets so that's a bonus for me.

 

[SDSorority]

I like the cross-body bag for the parks. We have tons of 31 bags.... because DH works at the home office

But in all seriousness, they are good bags and I would be pleased with them even if he DIDN'T work there.

 

[KCMiller]

I bought the crossbody bag last year to use for my WDW trips, and had my user name embroidered on the black bag in lime green . I bought it thinking I could stick all my pins on it - that didn't work so well, until I put the locking backs on them, but the bag was good. A little bulkier than I usually like, and in the summer, it would be way too heavy, but I liked it.

KC

 

[anabelle]

What are the fabrics like? Are they kind of plasticy?

 

[nunzia]

Depends on what you get..my regular bag and cindy bag are great fabric..my organizer (they have a new one now so may be different) is plasticy but that's ok since I use it for shopping list and coupons...you should really go to a party to see..I like to touch things like that before buying.