Comparision for Moonfancy – Belen Echandia Rock Me & Make Me Smile Midi

Moonfancy, one of my friends on Twitter is interested in the Belen Echandia Rock Me.  I have a gorgeous Dark Purple Pebbled Rock Me and I’m happy to share information about it.  Moonfancy and I both have Belen Echandia Make Me Smile Midi’s so we decided to use this as our comparison point.

The Rock Me is a bigger bag than the Make Me Smile Midi.  I like to use cubic inches as a comparison point for some of my bags.
Make Me Smile Midi: 11 (h) x 13 (w) x 4.7 (d) = 672.1
Rock Me: 15.2 (h) x 15 (w) x 5.5 (d) = 1254 (I used the standard width, not the max width)
Which makes the Rock Me almost twice as large and the Make Me Smile Midi.

Since numbers don’t always tell the whole story, it’s important to include some pictures as well so you can really get a feel for difference between these two bags.  My bags are the Dark Purple Pebbled Rock Me and the Petrol Sheen (I think) Make Me Smile Midi.

The two bags sitting beside each other.  I took a picture of the back of the bags not the front.

And now the bags side by side for another comparison view.

Because as pretty as the exterior is, you sometimes need to see the interior, these are the items that I have inside the bag. These are some of the items I carry just about every day.

Here are those items inside my Make Me Smile Midi

And those same items inside the Rock Me.

The Rock me has a ton more space left after adding those few items. Most of the bag was available to add a long sweater on top if I wanted to.

I hope this post helps Moonfancy out and anyone else who’s interested in the full size Rock Me.

Rethinking the Rock Me

Honestly, when I first saw the Rock Me from Belen Echandia it didn’t draw me in.  While it looked awesome on the model I just couldn’t figure out how it would fit into my handbag wardrobe.  I have 2 large totes already (neither leather).  I just didn’t see how a leather tote would fit in.  So I moved my focus elsewhere.

Three weeks later and I haven’t managed to get the Rock Me out of my mind.  It just looks so fun and chic at the same time.  It should easily make the transitions I demand of my handbags, work, casual and play.  I’ve also learned that if Jackie raves about a bag, I’m going to like it!  The tipping point came a few nights ago when I actually dreamt about the Rock Me.  Of course that’s the only other thing I remember from the dream was I felt fabulous!  I can’t even remember the colour of the Rock Me in my dream.  So now I have to figure out what leather I want and when I can lay my hands on my ‘dream’ bag.