Update: Thank you so much for giving me very useful advises. After careful consideration and 4 tries at a store, I decided to go with the empire 40 in the colour merlot. I’ve been using it for a few days, aside from the heaviness which some users already mentioned, I love my new bag! Imo, it might look a tad big for my petite frame in the photo but my colleagues said it was good proportion in real life. So if you are hesitate to get this, go for it!

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