Earth Leather.... pro's con's?

How do you like it?
Have you washed it yet?
How do you like that it's earth friendly?
Have you abused the items enough to know it's ability to withstand use?

Thoughts? Opinions?

I LOVE EL, love love LOVE it. I haven't washed it, just haven't needed to yet, but I love knowing you can! The fact it's earth friendly isn't a huge deal to me, I'm a leather bag girl, but this feels so much like leather!

I haven't "abused" my bags though, I love them too much to do that! I do love knowing that I don't have to be afraid to take them in the rain, or give them the use that they deserve. With my Coach bags, I always babied them to the point it was too stressful to use them! I definitely think these bags will hold up really well! Worth every penny.

I am so in love, the Behave has taken over any other needs for a purse. It fits so amazingly on my shoulder, I'm just in love. Same goes for the Fab, I still haven't used it but it's packed and ready for when I need it!

JJB seriously hit it out of the park with Earth Leather!

Add me to the LOVING it!

Now, I haven't had it enough to really wash it or abuse it (given I'm weird and baby the heck out of my bags with weekly Boogie Wipe baths!!).

However, I really do love it. I am VERY impressed with it! The only thing I'm not super fond of is the new smell (and I do love me some leather smell!), but I've been airing it out and it's not as bad as some bags I've gotten! The fact it's washable is so insane, my husband doesn't really care about my obsessions but when I mentioned it he was like WAAAHT?!

For me, the best part is that it's Earth friendly and gorgeous. It gives me a nice classy look to my regular flip flop days!

Uhh did I mention I LOVE it?

Definitely LOVE it! I love the fact that it's machine washable. I haven't washed it yet because I haven't had a need to yet. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way it FEELS! I just keep touching it cause it's SO amazing!!
I also love that there's no lead in it, which I think real leather does contain. Being pregnant and having little ones, I definitely wouldn't want to be carrying around a bag that contains lead. I don't have to worry if it gets wet and thus far seems very durable. Oh, and it looks AMAZING!
Other people have talked about it's smell, but to be honest I haven't smelled anything unless I put my nose right up to it and even then isn't that bad. I've got a nose like a houndog right now too with my prego self so maybe I just got a rare bag. I honestly don't have any cons to it at this point. It's just AWESOME!!

So far I love the earth leather! I washed mine when I first got it and it didn't look any different! I haven't abused it, I've been very gentle!!! It's too beautiful to use roughly! But I'm sure that day will come! The beHave is amazing! it didn't have AS much room as I expected but I tend to overpack!

I love it!! I hope they come out with more stuff in the Legacy Collection!! I used to love a certain leather wallet/wristlet but hated having to baby it so I switched back to my Major. I LOVE that I can now have the classy "leather" wallet w/out the worry!!

lol.... any features of the EL you love?