Beirn Boat Canvas Tote | Canvas & Pink Snakeskin Summery Handbag

Posted on: Mar 16

Beirn Boat Canvas Tote Beirn celebrates the summer weather ahead with this nautical inspired Boat Canvas Tote.

Beirn uses its favorite snakeskin as accents rather than the main attraction here. The vibrant pink skin dresses up the natural toned canvas. It doesn't make it red-carpet worthy, but it does help the Boat work once you step away from the seashore.

And well it should for this kind of money. While the Boat is less expensive than Beirn's all-over snake handbags, it's still pricy by canvas tote standards at $275. We're paying for that exotic skin, no matter how sparingly it's used.

Personally that'd make me loathe to carry this tote at the beach, no matter how much it looks the part. This exotic skin isn't as hardy as the canvas, and I shudder to think how it'll look if it's splashed by water or exposed to that salty sea air for any length of time. It's just not worth the risk.

There's plenty of space for everything you could hope to carry inside, but I'd resist the temptation to overload it. There's only one zippered pocket, so it's bound to become a bit of a black hole. Some extra organizational aids would have made all the difference, as would a secure closure of some sort.

I'm not sure whether Beirn's foray into summer fashion is altogether successful on a practical level, but the Boat tote still has a certain casual charm.